As part of the founding principle of the Planche(s) Contact Festival, Deauville welcomed ten students from European photography schools, a selection based on their portfolios and an interview, for a ten-day residency program (from Tuesday, June 21 to Friday, July 1, 2016). Each student received the same production envelope and were given Deauville as subject. It is their individual creativity, imagination, and photography that are going to make a difference before the panel of judges and the public. Their work is exhibited throughout the festival and submitted to a jury composed of prominent figures in photography headed by Bettina Rheims. At the end of the festival, all the photographs made during the residency will be entered into the public photography collection of the City of Deauville. This year, the Louis Roederer Foundation Prize was given to Linda Laird and the People’s Choice Award to Vincent Marq.
Awards:
> The Louis Roederer Foundation Award is bestowed by the Planche(s) Contact jury. A grant of €5,000 and a commissioned exhibit for the 2017 edition of Planche(s) Contact are awarded to the winner. Goes to Linda Laird.
> Attributed for the second consecutive year, the People’s Choice Award carries a grant of €3,000. The two winners will be also invited to a three-day residency in summer 2017, in Reims, at the headquarters of the Louis Roederer Foundation, the founding partner of the Planche(s) Contact Festival. Goes to Vincent Marq.
The Jury:
Bettina Rheims, president
Isabelle Huppert
Marin Karmitz
Philippe Augier, mayor of Deauville
Serge Bramly, writer
Héloïse Conesa, contemporary photography curator at the BnF
Thierry Consigny, publicist
Babeth Djian, director of Numéro Magazine
Alain Genestar, director of Polka Magazine
Thierry Grillet, director of cultural affairs at the BnF
Didier Mouchel, former head of the Mission photographique at the Pôle Images in Haute-Normandie
Jean-Jacques Naudet, director of L’Oeil de la Photographie
The students:
ENSP, Arles: Hélène Bellenger and Vincent Marcq
Weissensee Kunsthochschule, Berlin: Lukas Fisher and Rie Yamada
La Cambre, Bruxelles: Han Chen and Justyna Wierzchowiecka
The London College of Communication, Londres: Lynda Laird and Yunya Yin
CEPV, Vevey: Charles de Senarclens and Yvan Alvarez
Deauville: The Student Competition
From October 20 to November 6, 2016, then Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays until November 27, 2016
Salle des fêtes
130, avenue de la République
Deauville
France
