LWFP award recipients announced – from over 600 submissions across the US, photographers Debi Cornwall, Yana Paskova and Eva Woolridge were selected by a prestigious panel of judges in the photography, art and entertainment industries to each receive $10,000 and a Leica Q2 to pursue a personal project that tells a story through the female viewpoint.
- Debi Cornwall was chosen for her series Necessary Fictions, which explores the staging and performance of American power in immersive, realistic military wargames.
- Yana Paskova, chosen for her series Where Women Rule, uses her experience as a political asylum immigrant to find a way to bridge humans’ understanding of each other.
- Eva Woolridge brings her personal experiences to life in her project The Size of a Grapefruit, an artistic interpretation of Woolridge’s medically traumatic experiences following her diagnosis of a dermoid cyst – the size of a grapefruit – and consequential removal of her right ovary, which she believes could have been saved had medical professionals taken swifter action following their early conversations.
