WINNER OF THE #SAATCHISELFIE
2017-03-31Saatchi Gallery and Huawei are delighted to announce that Dawn Woolley from Cambridge has been named the winner of the #SaatchiSelfie competition with her selfie The Subsitute (holiday).
Dawn was announced as winner at Saatchi Gallery on 30th March at the launch of the From Selfie to Self-Expression exhibition. The winning image was selected from over 14,000 entries by judges Tracey Emin, Idris Khan, Juergen Teller, Juno Calypso and Saatchi Gallery CEO, Nigel Hurst. The winning image will be exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery alongside a shortlist of the other nine best selfies submitted to the competition from 31st March – 30th May, while a digital wall in the Gallery will show all 14,000 submissions from the competition.
The overall winner receives an all expenses paid trip to join a Leica Photography Ambassador on an international photo shoot assignment and the ten shortlisted artists will each receive the P10, Huawei’s newest smart phone featuring a dual Leica lens.
The ten shortlisted artists are Sarah Carpenter (UK), Finnian Croy (UK), Debora De Haes (Belgium), Ollie Hayward (UK), Felicia Hodoroaba-Simon (Romania), Andy Kassier (Germany), Van O (Russian Federation), Patrick Gonzales (France), and Ola Walkow (Canada)
The #SaatchiSelfie competition was launched on the 23rd January as part of the From Selfie to Self-Expression exhibition at Saatchi Gallery.
Opposite – Dawn Woolley – The Substitute (holiday)
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