APERTURE PORTFOLIO PRIZE WINNER ANNOUNCED

Aperture Foundation has announced the winner of its second annual Aperture Portfolio Prize competition, reports Mediabistro. Australian photographer Michael Corridore will receive the twenty-five-hundred-dollar prize for his project “Angry Black Snake.” Five runners-up were also selected: Jowhara AlSaud (Saudi Arabia), Colin Blakely (Ann Arbor, Michigan), Joe Johnson (Columbia, Missouri), Hector Mata (Los Angeles), and Elizabeth Pedinotti (San Francisco). All six photographers will have their portfolios featured on Aperture’s website. Inaugurated last year to replace the foundation’s biannual portfolio reviews, the competition was created to “identify trends in contemporary photography and specific artists whom we can help by bringing their work to a wider audience.”