In 2018, Ooshot launches the Ooshot Award, the first Prize dedicated to the photographic commission. This new Prize wishes to valorize the creative photographic commission, and thus to reinstate all its artistic legitimacy to this practice also defined as a creative territory.
This award will reward work done by a professional photographer on behalf of a client. It concerns all sectors where images are needed to serve a communication objective: corporation, institution, public authority, industry ..., whatever its field of application: fashion, advertising, beauty, still life, culinary, reportage / documentary, portrait ... The prize excludes the press/news photography.
The Ooshot Award will focus above all on the aesthetic and formal quality of the order. The Ooshot Award has been founded by Valérie Hersleven, head of Ooshot.com, with the consulting advice of Fannie Escoulen, co-director of LE BAL from 2007 to 2014 and currently independent curator.
An endowment of 10,000 euros will be awarded to the winner of the Ooshot Award. This endowment will allow the award-winning photographer to pursue a personal project, whether ongoing or future work. Special mentions might also be awarded.
The winning photographic projects (winner + special mentions) will be exhibited during a special night in Spring 2019 in Paris. The production of the exhibition will be handled by Ooshot.
The Ooshot Award selected thirty internationally recognized image-making experts to suggest a selection of photographers who have left their mark on commissioned photography during the last three years. But if one is not nominated by an expert one can also submit its work without this nomination. Any professional photographers can apply to the Ooshot Award (no age or nationality requirement).
Fannie Escoulen and Valérie Hersleven will select up to 25 finalists. Those 25 pre-selected photographers (finalists) will be required to send the following items by post before November 27 2018:
Address : 3 rue de Nancy, 75010 Paris, France
Deadline : 27th of November 2018 (post stamp will be proof)
William Klein
The Ooshot Award is sponsored by William Klein, internationally renowned painter, photographer and filmmaker, and author of many iconic advertising campaigns (film and photo) (Dim, Citroën, Naf Naf, Ricqlès ...).
President of the jury: Alex Prager, Photographer, Los Angeles
Rémi Babinet, Founding Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of BETC group, Paris
Xavier Barral, Xavier Barral Publisher, Editions Xavier Barral, Paris
Susana Gallego-Cuesta, Senior Curator - Exhibitions Manager, Photographic Collection, Petit Palais, Paris
Valérie Hersleven, President & Co-founder, Ooshot, Paris
Francesca Marani, Photo Editor Vogue.it and PhotoVogue, curator of the Photo Vogue Festival
Sylvain Orebi, president of Orientis (Kusmi Tea), Paris
Sophie Toporkoff, Creative Director, Hermès, Paris
Christoph Wiesner, Art Director, Paris Photo, Paris