Thanks to all who came out to the gallery last night to see the work of our five newest Hot Shots. We're excited to have their work on our walls and hope you'll stop by while the exhibit is up through Saturday, September 19th.
One of the prints it seemed everyone was gushing over was Kurt Tong's Guangzhou Zoo II, part of the People's Park series which we found out this morning won Kurt the editorial category of the Photography.Book.Now competition. And if that alone doesn't impress you, Kurt also received second runner-up honors in the category for his submission, In Case It Rains In Heaven.
Congratulations, Kurt!
Darius Himes, lead judge of the competition, wrote of Tong,
The fact that two of [Tong's] books were chosen as winners really speaks to the quality of his photographic vision and the strength of the projects themselves...The judges were really pleased to be able to support him.
We also extend hearty applause to the other winners of the competition, including the recipient of the Grand Prize, Rafal Milach for Black Sea of Concrete, Joshua Deaner in the art category for I Sell Fish, and Dennis Kleiman for Volume One in the commercial category.
All of the winners' books are for sale via blurb, and we hope you'll stop by and see Kurt's work in-person at the gallery as part of the Hey, Hot Shot! 2009 First Edition Exhibition.