The Arnold Newman Prize for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture is a $20,000 prize awarded annually by Maine Media Workshops + Collegeto a photographer whose work demonstrates a compelling new vision in photographic portraiture. In addition to the winner, the jury selects three finalists each year who are invited to participate in an exhibit at the Griffin Museum of Photography.
Jon Henry is the recipient of 2020 Arnold Newman Prize, one of the nation’s largest in the world of photographic portraiture. Provoking timely themes of family, socio-political issues, grief, trauma, and healing within the African American community, Henry’s work will be on View at The Griffin Museum in the Main Gallery along with the finalists Michael Darough, Rubén Salgado Escudero and Priya Kambli.
