Friday, June 22, 2007

Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Documentary Prize

Yet another award for Montreal photojournalist Roger Lemoyne. In May, Roger received the Prix de la Photographie Paris award...see May 8 posting.
Roger and his writing partner Kurt Pitzer received the 2007 Lange-Taylor Prize. Their project After War, will explore questions about the lasting effects of war on ordinary civilians of the former Yugoslavia.
This is the second consecutive year a Canadian photographer has received the award. In 2006 photographer Don Weber and writer Larry Frolick were honoured.