KT&G Sangsangmadang selects 3 photographers of the year for 17th SKOPF

KT&G Sangsangmadang announced Monday that it has selected three photographers of the year through the 17th SKOPF (Sangsangmadang Korean Photographer's Fellowship), a support program for Korean photographers.

The open call, which ran in April, drew 105 applicants — a record-high competition ratio of 35 to 1. The three photographers named this year's honorees — Park Su-bin, Ahn Jae-young and Hyeon Seon — will each receive an activity grant of 6 million won ($3,900) and the opportunity to participate in a group exhibition at the Goeun Museum of Photography. One of the three will be named the year's final photographer of the year at year's end, receiving additional benefits including publication of a monograph and support for a solo exhibition.

KT&G SKOPF is an artist support program that KT&G Sangsangmadang has operated since 2008 to discover and nurture emerging photographers. Over the past 17 years, the program has produced 57 emerging photographers.