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The First ‘INTRODUCING!’ Young California Photographer Award 2015: Laureates will Exhibit Their Work @ Paris Photo Los Angeles May 1-3, 2015

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This is an update to the previous blog, Paris Photo Los Angeles: An Art Fair for Works Created in the Photographic Medium @ Paramount Pictures Studios May 1-3, 2015.

For the first time, J.P. Morgan joins the Los Angeles edition of Paris Photo as part of a mutual commitment to support the next generation of talented young photographers.

Culled from some of the most prestigious M.F.A. programs in California, the 2015 Laureates will exhibit their work at the Paris Photo Los Angeles fair, May 1 – 3, providing the public with the opportunity to engage with new and innovative talent at:

Paramount Pictures Studios
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Los Angeles, CA 90038
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PRESS RELEASE

Tuesday, April 14th, 2015

PARIS PHOTO LOS ANGELES
ANNOUNCES THE FIRST
INTRODUCING! YOUNG CALIFORNIA PHOTOGRAPHER AWARD

MAY 1-3, 2015
PARAMOUNT PICTURES STUDIOS

Paris Photo, in partnership with J.P. Morgan Private Bank, is pleased to announce the inaugural INTRODUCING! Young California Photographer Award. For the first time, J.P. Morgan joins the Los Angeles edition as part of a mutual commitment to support the next generation of talented young photographers.

“We are thrilled to be sponsoring the first INTRODUCING! award as part of this year’s Paris Photo Los Angeles fair,” notes Lisa K. Erf, Director and Chief Curator of the JPMorgan Chase Art Collection. “Ever since David Rockefeller established our corporate art collection in 1959, we have been devoted to identifying and supporting emerging contemporary artists. We are proud to be playing an important role with Paris Photo Los Angeles in recognizing new photographic talent.”

Culled from some of the most prestigious M.F.A. programs in California, the 2015 Laureates will exhibit their work at the Fair in May, providing the public with the opportunity to engage with new and innovative talent.

The six finalists whose work will be featured at the fair are:

  • Daniel Centofanti, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia
  • Brian Dean, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
  • Shannon Foreman, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
  • CJ Heyliger, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Paul Mpagi Sepuya, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Arden Ellis Surdam, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia

The INTRODUCING! jury, presided by Lisa K. Erf, includes:

  • Christoph Wiesner, Paris Photo Artistic Director
  • Michael Hawley, Collector
  • Britt Salvesen, Department Head and Curator of the Wallis Annenberg Department of LACMA
  • Jamie Lee Curtis, Actress, Collector, Photographer
  • Jennifer Pastore, Director of Photography, WSJ. Wall Street Journal Magazine

The jury will announce the recipient of the $5000 award on Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 7pm at the J.P. Morgan booth in stage 14.