Hariban Award 2021 Catalogue

An integral part of Convenience Hall’s mission is to support the continuation of the collotype tradition by working with contemporary photographers. The Hariban Awards is an annual photography competition that encourages artists to rethink their work through the collotype process.

The 2021 competition was won by Tarrah Krajnak. Four Special Jury Award winners. Donavon Smallwood, chosen by Pauline Vermale; Andrea Olejarena and Caleb Stein, chosen by Yasushi Nakamori; Dustin Thierry, chosen by Oluremi C. Onabanjo; Feiyi Wen, chosen by Yangyou Yuan Di; and Convenience Hall Award winner Sharia Sharmin and six photographers (Ichiko Ageno, Matan Ashkenazi, Dylan Hausseau, Gideon Mendel, Ed Panner, Aaron Schuman, and Dominique Turner) received honorable mentions.

All of these artists’ works are included in this limited edition handwritten collotype book. The jurors were Yanyou Yuan Di (Founder, Jiazazhi Press/Library), Yanyou Yuan Di (Founder, Jiazazhi Press/Library), Yanyou Yuan Di (Senior Curator, Tate Modern International Art Photography), Oluremi C. Onabanjo (Curator & Scholar of Photography of Africa, Associate Curator of Photography). The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; and Pauline Vermaerle (Independent Curator and Historian of Photography, former Cultural Director of Magnum Photos, and Curator at ICP, New York).

The culmination of meticulous development and production, the catalog offers a visual and tactile experience that combines traditional techniques with contemporary projects. The catalog is limited to 150 copies and is hand printed on gampi and mitsumata washi paper.