In its very successful second year, Px3 received thousands of extremely high-quality entries. Entries were judged by category: Advertising, Photojournalism, Book, Fine Art, Nature, and Portraiture, all which contain various sub-categories.
Both professional and non-professional photographers compete for Px3’s top award, the Photographer of the Year and 3,000 Euros. Non-professional photographers compete for the Best New Talent award and 2,000 Euros. In addition, Certificates of Excellence and Honorable Mentions are awarded in all categories.
The winner of the most coveted public recognition, the Px3 Photographer of the Year, is professional photographer Balazs Gardi of Budapest, Hungary. Gardi is being recognized in particular for his photograph titled "The Valley."
The recipient of the Best New Talent Award is Ryan Schude of Los Angeles, California. Schude is being awarded for the overall quality of submissions in several categories, although primarily for his entry titled "The Saturn."
The winning images from the annual Px3 competition as well as selected images from Px3’s Human Condition competition will be exhibited in Paris at the Acte 2 Galerie from 7-9 on June 27, 2008. The Human Condition competition, which ran in conjunction with Px3, was created to document the wide spectrum of peoples' ways of life around the world; from rich to poor, from third world nations to western society, and from joyful to desolate. In total, 51 photographs will be displayed.
The Acte 2 Gallery is located at 41 rue d'Artois in the 8th arrondissment. The gallery primarily displays contemporary and fine art photography, and shows such artists as Greg Gorman, Eikoh Hosoe, Nadav Kander, Jock Sturges, Albert Watson, and Rankin.
Px3 is juried by top international decision-makers in the photography industry, including:
Carol Johnson: Curator of Photography of the Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
Viviene Esders: Expert près la Cour d'Appel de Paris
Kenan Aktulun: VP/Creative Director of Digitas, New York
Natalie Belayche: Director of Visual Delight, Paris
Chiara Mariani: Photo Editor of Corriere della Sera, Italy
Mark Heflin: Director of American Illustration + American Photography, New York
Arnaud Adida: Director of Acte 2 Gallery and Acte 2 Agency, Paris
Bernard Utudjian: Director of Galerie Polaris, Paris
Agnès Voltz: Director of Chambre avec Vues, Paris
Alice Gabriner: World Picture Editor of Time Magazine, New York
Sara Rumens: Lifestyle Photo Editor of Grazia Magazine, London
Françoise Paviot: Director of Galerie Françoise Paviot, Paris
Chrisitine Ollier: Art Director of Filles du Calvaire, Paris
Natalie Johnson: Features Editor of Digital Photographer Magazine, London
Patrick Kahn: Editor/
Eliane Laffont: Editorial Director of Hachette Filipacchi Media, New York
Julien Frydman: Director of Magnum Agency, Paris
Jeannette Mariani: Art Director of 13 Sévigné Gallery, Paris
