Jerry Takigawa was honored to again serve as a judge for this year’s competition, along with Noah Dasho (senior print producer/art buyer at Goodby, Silverstein and Partners, San Francisco, CA); Todd James (senior photo editor at National Geographic, Washington, DC); Erin Mayes (designer/founder of EmDash LLC, Austin, TX); and photographer Sarah Wilmer (Brooklyn, NY)….

Lisa Hostetler, Curator-in-Charge at the George Eastman Museum, wrote in her juror’s statement: “As usual with CENTER awards, there were a number of strong submissions that made selecting the finalists difficult. The ones that I chose seemed to me to be the most effective combinations of concept and form; in other words,…

Two of Jerry Takigawa’s False Food images, Untitled F-379 and Untitled F-406, will be exhibited at the 6th International Marine Debris Conference. Hosted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and United Nations Environment, the conference will be held March 12-16, 2018, in San Diego. This will be the second year that…

Jerry Takigawa’s Balancing Cultures portfolio was selected by juror Paula Tognarelli to win the New Orleans Photo Alliance 2017 Clarence John Laughlin Award. This award was created to support the work of photographers who use the medium as a means of creative expression. It honors the life and work of Clarence John…

The Clarence John Laughlin Award was created by the New Orleans Photo Alliance to support the work of photographers who use the medium as a means of creative expression. It honors the life and work of Clarence John Laughlin (1905-1985), a New Orleans photographer best known for his surrealist images of the American South….