2025 Paula Riff Award Winner
The Center for Photographic Art and Lenscratch are pleased to announce that Marni Myers is the 2025 Paula Riff Award winner! We received hundreds of submissions for this year’s competition from photographers across the country and around the world. Juror Paula Tognarelli had no small feat selecting a single artist for this award. When asked about the jurying process, Paula had this to say:
"Before jurying this call for entry, I wanted to touch base with Paula Riff. Online I found Paula in discussion with the host of “Keep the Channel Open.” The conversation was recorded on December 3, 2019. Sure enough, Paula told me exactly what to look for in this year’s award call.
I present to you the work of Marni Myers whose work for me echoed the language of the call for entry for the Paula Riff Award. Myers is an alternative process artist. Like Paula, Myers experiments, sorts, and cuts. She also repurposes cyanotype output, which adds a layer of unplanned uncertainty to all of her artwork endeavors. I felt that of all the submissions, Marni checked all the boxes for the requirements of the call for entry for this very prestigious award.
My gratitude to Aline Smithson and Ann Jastrab for the opportunity to visit with Paula Riff again, as well as my gratitude to all the artists who submitted to this year’s call for entry. The moments with all of the artwork were bittersweet, yet very positive and such an enjoyable experience for me. May Paula Riff remain in all our hearts and in our mind's eye.
Paula Tognarelli
June 19, 2025