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Photography and Imaging
A B O U T T H E J U R O R
Christopher Jones
Christopher Jones is the Stanton B. and Nancy W. Kaplan Curator of Photography and Media Arts at The Ringling Museum of Art and is a faculty member of Florida State University. He has been a part of the curatorial team since 2012 and has curated numerous photography and contemporary art exhibitions including Working Conditions; Territories: Photography, Space, and Power; Approaching the Border; Hank Willis Thomas: Branded/Unbranded; Coco Fusco: Twilight; Manuel Álvarez Bravo: Specters and Parables; and many others. His most recent major project, the 2022 exhibition Metadata: Rethinking Photography in the 21st Century and its eponymous catalog, explored artists approaching photography as a conceptually expanded practice. Prior to the Ringling, Christopher’s previous curatorial position was Assistant Curator of Prints of Photographs at the University of New Mexico Art Museum. He received his MA in Modern and Contemporary Art History from the University of New Mexico. He has taught courses on the history of art and the history of photography at Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL and at New College of Florida, Sarasota.
W I N N E R S
P R E S I D E N T ‘ S A W A R D
Stephanie Varone
The Fallen Shoe
2024
GOLD JUROR’S AWARD
Julien Crespo
Botched
2023
SILVER JUROR’S AWARD
Cecilia Marty
Savannah
2023
BRONZE JUROR’S AWARD
Emma Doing
Dade
2024
FACULTY AWARD FOR BEST CONCEPT
Grace Mannion
Lady Lamp
2024
FACULTY AWARD FOR BEST TECHNIQUE
Savannah Carroll
Emerged
2023
H O N O R A B L E M E N T I O N S
Anthony Brownstead
Ruby’s Heart
2023
Franco Censabella
Theft in Identity
2023
Maria Clark
Self Portrait
2024
Sydni Fohrman
7:30:2017
2024
Hannah Mahler
Beauty
2023
Grace Mannion
Hotel Bed
2023
Ryan Moore
Bitter Sweet
2023
Julia Sankar
Alice
2023