Lange-Taylor Prize Explained

The Lange-Taylor Prize (or Dorothea Lange–Paul Taylor Prize) is a prize awarded annually since 1990 by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Durham, NC, to encourage collaboration between documentary writers and photographers.^{[1] [2]} The prize, that has variously been $10,000 and $20,000 (USD), is named after photographer Dorothea Lange and her husband, writer Paul Schuster Taylor. It has been awarded since 1990.

Winners

• 1991: Keith Carter^[3]
• 1992: Gray Brechin and Robert Dawson^[4]
• 1993: Donna DeCesare and Luis J. Rodriguez for Mara Salvatrucha – An exploration of the lives of the young men and women in Salvadoran street gangs.
• 1994:
• 1995:
• 1996: Mary Berridge and River Huston for Women – Visual and verbal portraits of HIV-positive women and their families.
• 1997: Ernesto Bazan and Silvana Paternostro for El Periodo Especial – Life in Cuba since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
• 1998: Rob Amberg and Sam Gray for I-26: Corridor of Change – the physical, economic, and social changes accompanying highway construction in remote Appalachia.
• 1999: Jason Eskenazi and Jennifer Gould Keil^[5] for Mountain Jews: A Lost Tribe – the transition of a centuries-old village in the Caucasus from its traditional way of life.
• 2000:
• 2001: Mary Cappello and Paola Ferrario^[6]
• 2002:
• 2003: Misty Keasler and Charles D'Ambrosio.^[7]
• 2004: Katherine Dunn and Jim Lommasson.^[8]
• 2005: Kent Haruf and Peter Brown.^[9]
• 2006: Donald Weber and Larry Frolick.^[10]
• 2007: Kurt Pitzer and Roger LeMoyne.^[11]
• 2008: Ilan Greenberg and Carolyn Drake for Becoming Chinese: Uighurs in Cultural Transition.^[12]
• 2009: Teru Kuwayama and Christian Parenti.^[13]
• 2010: Tiana Markova-Gold and Sarah Dohrmann.^[14]
• 2013: Jen Kinney.^[15]
• 2014: Jon Lowenstein.^[16]
• 2015: Michel Huneault Post Mégantic^{[17] [18] [19]}
• 2016: Steven M. Cozart for The Pass/Fail Series^[20]
• 2017: Katherine Yungmee Kim for Severence^[21]
• 2018: Daniel Ramos for The Land of Illustrious Men^[22]
• 2019: Chinen Aimi for Finding Ryukyu^[23]
• 2020: Tarrah Krajnak for El Jardín De Senderos Que Se Bifurcan^[24]
• 2021: V Haddad and Sam Richardson for Self Portrait Service^[25]

Notes and References

1. 2015 . Better Together . Olivier . Laurent . . 52 . 12–17 . TCOLondon Publishing.
2. Web site: Dorothea Lange–Paul Taylor Prize overview . .
3. Web site: 2019-02-12. Museum of Contemporary Photography. www.mocp.org.
4. News: A Sorry State: Award-winning team documents the cost of California's prosperity . Houston . James D. . April 18, 1999 . . July 5, 2022.
5. Web site: 2019-02-12. Guide to the Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize Photography Collection, 1996-2005. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
6. 2001, Mary Cappello and Paola Ferrario, for Pane Amaro/Bitter Bread: The Struggle of New Immigrants to Italy.
7. Web site: 2003 Winners: Misty Keasler and Charles D'Ambrosio . 8 December 2014 . Duke University . https://web.archive.org/web/20150118053503/http://documentarystudies.duke.edu/awards/dorothea-lange-paul-taylor-prize/prizewinners/2003-prizewinners . 18 January 2015 . dead .
8. Web site: 2004 Winners: Katherine Dunn and Jim Lommasson. 1 June 2018 . Duke University .
9. Web site: 2005 Winners: Kent Haruf and Peter Brown. 1 June 2018 . Duke University .
10. Web site: 2006 Winners: Larry Frolick and Donald Weber. 1 June 2018 . Duke University .
11. Web site: 2007 Winners: Kurt Pitzer and Roger LeMoyne. 1 June 2018 . Duke University .
12. Web site: 2008 Winners: Ilan Greenberg and Carolyn Drake. 1 June 2018 . Duke University .
13. Web site: 2009 Winners: Teru Kuwayama and Christian Parenti. 1 June 2018 . Duke University .
14. Web site: 2010 Winners: Tiana Markova-Gold and Sarah Dohrmann. 1 June 2018 . Duke University .
15. Web site: 2013 Winner: Jen Kinney. 1 June 2018 . Duke University .
16. Web site: 2014 Winner: Jon Lowenstein. 1 June 2018 . Duke University .
17. Web site: Michel Huneault Wins Dorothea Lange–Paul Taylor Photo Prize. 21 September 2015 . 3 November 2015 . Lucia . De Stefani . .
18. Web site: $10K Lange–Taylor Prize Goes to Michel Huneault for Project About Oil Train Disaster. 21 September 2015 . 3 November 2015 . Conor . Risch . .
19. Web site: 2015 Prizewinner: Michel Huneault. 1 June 2018 . .
20. "2016 Lange-Taylor Prize:Steven M. Cozart, "The Pass/Fail Series"", Duke University. Accessed 28 November 2017.
21. Web site: 2017 Prizewinner: Katherine Yungmee Kim. 1 June 2018 . Duke University .
22. https://documentarystudies.duke.edu/projects/2018-lange%E2%80%93taylor-prize-daniel-ramos-land-illustrious-men Taylor Prize Daniel Ramos Land Illustrious Men
23. https://documentarystudies.duke.edu/projects/2019-lange%E2%80%93taylor-prize-chinen-aimi-finding-ryukyu Taylor Prize Chinen Aimi Finding Ryukyu
24. https://documentarystudies.duke.edu/projects/2020-lange-taylor-prize-tarrah-krajnak-el-jard%C3%ADn-de-senderos-que-se-bifurcan
25. Web site: 2021 Lange-Taylor Prize: V Haddad and Sam Richardson, Self Portrait Service | Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University .