annual awards competition and exhibition, created for to find and reward the best photographers in the music of the New Europe.

The winner of this year’s prestigious Lex van Rossen and cash price of 2,500 € is young Belgian photographer Tom Verbruggen . The award, which was received earlier this year Eurosonic / Noorderslag Festival Groningen Verbruggen recognizes the talent to capture life and stunning portraits silhouettes atmosphere backstage. In fact, his work is said to have reminded the judges of the Great Dutch photographer Anton Corbjin music. These images and the work of the six finalists will be exhibited at Roundhouse in Camden congratulated August 2 to September 10, 2009.

Among the highlights on display in London, are the images taken by photographer Danny North NME , which represents the UK’s talent with its portfolio of vaccines in the way music festivals and study. The work of other finalists such as happiness, discrete imaging Belgian photographer Charlie Keersmaecker eccentric journalistic shots taken by Dutch photographer Jordi Huisman and stunning images captured by the elimination bourgeois Frenchman Julien . Also included is the Finnish photographer Bjørklid Kalle pictures of the fascinating interaction with the public and the Danish photographer, Patrick Ryming the documentation of the ups and downs of life on tour.

The European nature of this award is underscored by the support of Rockarchive, the international collective of photographers in the music. Jill Furmanovsky, renowned rock photographer and founder of the file, has been invited to the gallery Noordelicht in March to inaugurate the exhibition there and gave a lecture to the delegates to the party rock photography. He noted that “the standard price PopView was impressive and inspiring. We had a hard time choosing a single winner! P

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Tom Verbruggen – Winner of Lex Van Rossen 2009

Ghent-born Tom Verbruggen was 22 when I got my first SLR camera. He experimented with the technique since then and recently founded the Antwology Genthology and photographers collective music. The idea behind the photographic record is to capture and contribute to the local music scene by creating a chronicle of photos online. The image recalls the atmosphere of judges of great music photographer Anton Corbjin.

commended finalists

Danny North

Danny North has been involved in the music business for a number of years – he played bass in various groups involved in promoting concerts and even managed a band. It was during the group’s management is really interested in the photograph. A few months later, he was hunting more than ever and early 2006, he was approached by the NME and decided to turn professional. Since then it has become like The Guardian and The Independent and runs regularly to magazines the United Kingdom and Rock Sound front. In November 2007, he became the photographer of Kaiser Chiefs and visit completed two long tours in the UK with them until now.

Kalle Kalle Bjørklid is Bjørklid

a photographer of 28 years old semi-professional music of Finland. His main interests are music and documentary photography and his work has been published in Finnish newspapers, magazines, music, books, brochures and CDs and DVDs. He also works as an artist independent and exhibited regularly. Bjørklid photographed Although major international artists in large stadiums and arenas, his real passion is taking pictures in small clubs and document the dark bands with a cult following.

Julien Bourgeois

Julien Bourgeois discovered the art of photography in a dark room where he studied painting in Fine Arts. instinctively knew it was his natural habitat and joined the Ecole Nationale Supérieure of Photographie (ENSP), Arles, where he won first prize for his use of light Broncolor. He currently lives in Paris working for a freelance portrait photographer for the likes of Le Monde, Libération, Les Inrockuptibles, Rock & Folk, and has recently been hired to work for the British magazine The Clash. It also works with music labels so that sooner or later, Asthmatic Kitty, Full Time Hobby and K Records.

Patricio Ryming

Danish photographer Patrick Ryming bought his first camera in 2001 and began taking pictures of everyone he met in different groups. He was hired to shoot his first business in 2003 and moved to Copenhagen, shortly after having worked as a freelance photographer for music magazines , record labels and bands. Patrick fired all his work on the film, where it grows. Their philosophy is to show his work the way it was filmed by the camera. All his prints are presented in full screen without the culture and not retouch photos .

Jordi Jordi Huisman Huisman

photographer began his career as a photographer in 2003 and quickly became a freelancer, working for small newspapers and magazines. He studied at the Royal Academy of Visual Arts in The Hague, Netherlands but left the school in its second year, because I was so busy freelance. In 2006 he began working in a series on hip hip duo Pete Philly & Perquisite. Since then he has completed an internship at one of the largest newspapers in the Netherlands, Het Parool. He spent the first part of the year traveling around Japan is working on a new project.

Charlie Keersmaeker / p> Belgian photographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker Charlie is a regular photographer for The Knack Focus Magazine. chose to defy the digital revolution and shoot a black and white film.

About Lex Van Rossen

The award is named after the famous Dutch photographer Lex Van Rossen music, which, unfortunately, has died at the age of 57 February 2007. Lex worked for magazines and newspapers such as BR, Haarlem Dagblad and NRC Handelsblad and left an impressive collection their images. is considered one of the greatest photographers of the Dutch music of his time. PopView organization, now in its second year, aims to try and provide a stimulus for young photographers from European music.

About Rockarchive

Following in the footsteps of the Magnum Photos collective, inspired by the digital revolution, the photographer Jill Furmanovsky registered a website called rockarchive.com in 1998. The idea was to do his work and of other rock photographers and visual artists, more accessible to fans and collectors. To start the project, Jill selected 30 images of classic rock artists in black and white important of his 30 years of files, for an edition of 30 copies in the darkroom. 30/30/30 Edition as it was known, was the first collection for an innovative and original that publishes more than 500 images from 50 photographers and art directors. The group continues to grow and held its 10 th anniversary 1998.

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