Bright Spark
- Adam Makarenko
Flash Forward 2008
Competition Catalogue
Foreword by Andrea Carson
Format & Features
Hardcover, 7″ × 9″, 192 pages
160+ photographs, full colour throughout
ISBN 978-0-9739739-6-9
Released
First Edition: 2008
List prices
$30
About Flash Forward 2008
The Magenta Foundation is pleased to announce year four of its Emerging Photographers exchange. With every year our artists exchange program grows and gets stronger. Flash Forward showcases the future of photography, focusing on emerging talent that jurors have identified as having great potential.
“The artists represented in this collection will usher photography into its third century.” —Sara Knelman
Featured Artists
Canada
Winners
- Jessica Auer
- Karin Bubas
- Ryan Carter
- Becky Comber
- Jolie Dobson
- Carrie Duplessis
- Jenna Edwards
- Amy Friend
- Hudson Hayden
- Simon Hayter
- Laurie Kang
- Anthony Koutras
- Eamon Mac Mahon
- Sarah Mangiarlado
- Margherita Marzorati
- Nik Mirus
- Dominic Nahr
- James Nizam
- Ed Ou
- Lindsay Page
- Andrew Rowat
- Sabrina Russo
- Talia Shipman
- John Van Der Woude
- Lizzie Vickery
Honourable Mentions
- Arantxa Cedillo
- Danny Custodio
- Eric Deis
- Jessica Eaton
- Gregory John Hern
- Eric Kaluzny
- David Larraguibel
- Lindsay Murrell
- Lucas Oleniuk
- Dustin Parr
- Guillaume Simoneau
- Aubrey Wade
United Kingdom
Winners
- Mariama Attah
- Benjamin Becker
- Emma Blau
- Adam Capper
- Jacob Carter
- Yvonne De Rosa
- Afshin Dehkordi
- Philipp Ebeling
- Ilan Godfrey
- Matthew Hammond
- Darren Harvey-Regan
- Alex Hill
- Frederic Huska
- Sam Kemp
- Christos Koukelis
- Moira Lovell
- Susanne Ludwig
- Ivor Prickett
- Charlotte Rea
- Ali Richards
- Johanna Ruebel
- Jan Stradtmann
- Jamie Tiller
- Alys Tomlinson
- Stuart Whipps
Honourable Mentions
- Rowan Butler
- Jo Gane
- Lydia Goldblatt
- Jason Havneraas
- Paul Hockett
- Katharine MacDaid
- Louise Maher
- Gareth Phillips
- Helga Steppan
- Phill Taylor
- Kurt Tong
- James Wakefield
United States
Winners
- Ian Baguskas
- Gideon Barnett
- Damion Berger
- Erik Boker
- Michael Christopher Brown
- Michael Bühler-Rose
- Caleb Charland
- Michal Chelbin
- Kevin Cooley
- Katrina Marcelle d’Autremont
- Clémence de Limburg
- Scott Eiden
- Juliane Eirich
- Lucas Foglia
- Nicole Jean Hill
- Joelle Jensen
- Virginie Lamarche
- Curtis Mann
- Eric Percher
- Dulce Pinzon
- James Pomerantz
- Brian Shumay
- Jonathan Smith
- Will Steacy
- Hugo Tillman
Honourable Mentions
- Beau Comeaux
- Molly Corso
- Tanja Geis
- Wayne Lawrence
- Phillip Andrew Lewis
- John Wesley Mannion
- John Francis Peters
- Elise Rasmussen
- Liz Rubincam
- Kristopher Stallworth
- Lisa Wiltse
- David Wright
The Magenta Foundation gratefully acknowledges the support of TD Bank Group for their ongoing commitment to Flash Forward and to emerging artists.
Thank you to our jurors
Canada
- Dean Baldwin (Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation, Toronto)
- Sara Knelman (Art Gallery of Hamilton)
United Kingdom
- Simon Bainbridge (British Journal of Photography, London)
- Paul Herrmann (Redeye: The Photography Network, Manchester)
- Paul Wombell (Independent Curator and Writer, London)
United States
- Darren Ching (Photo District News, New York)
- Debra Klomp Ching (Klompching Gallery, New York)