Foam Paul Huf Award 2011
Wednesday evening the 2nd of March Raphaël Dallaporta (1980) was chosen as the winner of the Foam Paul Huf Award. 2011 by an international jury. Along with a cash prize of € 20.000,- Dallaporta will have an exhibition in Foam from 9th September to 26th October 2011.

The Foam Paul Huf award continues to attract portfolios from all over the world. Out of 81 nominees this year, 25 were from Europe, 7 from Asia, 17 from North America, 3 from South America, 15 from Africa and 14 from the Middle East.

« The quality of the candidates was very exciting. Given the great variety of practises in photography, the challenge was to compare very good works that have very different aesthetics », was quoted by the jury who unanimously chose the portfolio of French photographer Raphaël Dallaporta.

The chairman of the jury noted on the winner:
« His true political approach of society perversion, combined with a very creative and rigorous conceptual approach, free from influences, make him a distinctive photographer of the next generation. »

The members of the jury were:
François Hébel, Chairman (France, Director of Les Rencontres d’Arles)
Elie Domit (Dubai, Creative Director van The Empty Quarter Gallery)
Nathalie Herschdorfer (Switzerland, Director of Photography Festival Alt. +1000 and Curator)
Annaleen Louwes (the Netherlands, Photographer)
Davide Quadrio (China, Founder and Director of Arthub Asia)

Foam has a special relationship with Dutch photographer Paul Huf (1924-2002). Huf was known for his innovative approach to photography and was personally involved in the founding of Foam in 2001.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Nominated by Evan Mirapaul, Raphael Dallaporta is the winner of the 2010 Young Photographer ICP Infinity Award.

ICP’s Infinity Awards were inaugurated in 1985 to bring public attention to outstanding achievements in photography
by honoring individuals with distinguished careers in the field and by identifying future luminaries.
The awards ceremony in New York is ICP’s primary fund-raising benefit, and the revenues generated assist the full
range of the Center’s programs, including exhibitions, collections, community outreach, and the School at ICP
Each year ICP acknowledges some of the image-makers whose work allows us to see the world anew and enables us
to celebrate the richness and diversity of their photographic accomplishments.

The recipients of the 26th Annual Infinity Awards are:

JOHN G. MORRIS Lifetime Achievement Award
GILBERT C. MAURER ICP Trustees Award
PETER MAGUBANE Cornell Capa Award
RAPHAËL DALLAPORTA Young Photographer
LOOKING IN: ROBERT FRANK’S “THE AMERICANS,” SARAH GREENOUGH Publication
LUC SANTE Writing
LORNA SIMPSON Art
REZA Photojournalism
DANIELE TAMAGNI, GENTLEMEN OF BACONGO Applied/Fashion

The Twenty-Sixth Annual ICP INFINITY AWARDS ceremony
Monday, May 10, 2010, CHELSEA PIERS New York City