Aperture Announces Aperture Portfolio Prize 2009

Posted by Aperture Foundation

NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 24, 2010

This year’s Aperture Portfolio Prize drew an incredibly diverse pool of applicants. Of the nearly eight hundred submissions, the judges awarded the top prize to Estonia’s Alexander Gronsky. Additionally, five runners-up were selected: New York–based Keliy Anderson-Staley, Alejandro Cartagena of Mexico, Brooklynite Maureen Drennan, San Francisco–based Jason Hanasik, and Mark Lyon of Marlboro, New York. Aperture is pleased to present their portfolios here.

Aperture Portfolio Prize Winner: Alexander Gronsky

Runner-up: Keliy Anderson-Staley

Runner-up: Alejandro Cartagena

Runner-up: Maureen Drennan

Runner-up: Jason Hanasik

Runner-up: Mark Lyon

The following staff took part in judging the 2009 competition:
Lesley A. Martin, Publisher, Books
Denise Wolff, Editor
Kellie McLaughlin, Director, Limited-Edition Photographs
Nima Etemadi, Assistant Editor
Jenny Goldberg, Assistant to the Publisher
Julia Barber, Work Scholar
Kira Grennan, Work Scholar
Christopher Kissock, Work Scholar

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Aperture Portfolio Prize