Simon Njami, independent curator, art critic, publicist and lecturer for San Diego University in California and chairman of the competition’s jury, commented on the winner of the competition: “Gronsky revives the tradition of documentary photography. He uses the ‘emotional removal’ narrative in his work, opening to us the whole world through classic photography techniques.”
The awards ceremony with a grand prize of 20,000 euro will be held in Amsterdam. Gronsky’s exhibit will also be shown from 27 August to 10 October 2010 at the Foam museum in Amsterdam.