BORIS MIKHAILOV WINS SPECTRUM PHOTO PRIZE

Artinfo reports that the seventy-three-year-old Ukranian-born photographer Boris Mikhailov has received the eighth Spectrum Photo Prize by an international jury in Hanover. The award, given every three years and sponsored by the Foundation of Lower Saxony, carries with it a prize of $19,000, as well as an exhibition at the Sprengel Museum. Previous winners of the photo prize have included Martha Rosler, Sophie Calle, and Robert Adams.