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List of all winners 2012

The winners of the 2012 edition were announced on the 19th of July 2012. The international jury selected 12 winners including the winner of the Pride Photo Award 2012: the photo Gender as a Performance by Chris Rijken which is featured on our home page

A special mention was given to three series: 1) “Hiv, long term survivors” by photographer Jose Manuel Alorda, 2) “Loser” by photographer Anna-Stina Treumund and 3) “I am gay and muslim” by photographer Bram Belloni.

The jury awarded a first, second and third prize in four categories:

1. Chameleons/Double Life – 2012 theme category

First prize: Wig Outs; Jennifer Lea Osborne, Canada

Second prize: Gender as a Performance; Chris Rijksen, The Netherlands WINNER OF THE PRIDE PHOTO AWARD 2012

Third Prize: Alternative Avenue; Guang Hui Chan, Singapore

August 16, 2010. Vancouver, Canada.

Before and after photos revealing how a marginalized woman presents herself to the world in Vancouver, Canada.

Quotes from the subject about why she dresses this way:âI used to sell drugs and I wanted that to be separate from my personal life. With extreme makeup, nobody could recognize me from those times when I was with my children. The police arrested me at home once and they werenât sure they had the right person because I wasnât wearing makeupâbut then they took my fingerprints. So thatâs what got me into it. I think that Iâm naturally beautiful and now itâs just playful to shock people, even my boyfriend. Iâm more adventurous when Iâm all done up. I try more thingsâIâll go into a nice restaurant. When Iâm not made up, Iâm a little more timid. Lately Iâve been taking inspiration from my culture. Iâm Native and my father was a medicine man. I was thinking of opening up a line of fashion with moose hide and stuff. Itâs so caveman-ish. I think itâs sexy.â

October 4, 2010. Vancouver, Canada.

Before and after make-up photos taken of a woman (and her pet rat) living in poverty in Canada.

Quote from the subject:
âEvery day I want to be somebody totally different. Itâs like being a superhero. You put on a cape and changeâyou can be someone else and it takes away the depression. Itâs like totally changing your whole... you. I like shopping in second-hand stores and sewing some of my own clothes and things. I donât like wearing the same thing that everyone else has, so Iâm always looking for different things. I go from one extreme to another. All the wigs down here seem to have the same style, so Iâll cut them, change the look, dye them, put streaks in them. I make it more âme.ââ

December 21, 2010.

Before and after Make-Up photos of a woman living in poverty in Canada.

Quote from the subject:
âI have short hair, and once in a while I like to throw on something long. I usually buy straight, black, and long. I know other girls who have worn wigs while they work, but I didnât. If you donât take care of your wigs properly, they wonât last long. Iâm just starting to learn that. Before, how I used to brush them, all the hairs would get pulled out. Then a lady told me what kind of combs to buy, but she didnât tell me about how to wash them. I just got a new one and when I washed it, it got all frizzed out and it was a pain in the ass. I only wear them when I first get them and they look good. Itâs expensive to just wear them twice and then throw them out, but thatâs what I do.â

August 22, 2010. Vancouver, Canada.

Before and after photos taken of a woman with eccentric taste in Make-up, who lives in Canada's poorest postal code.

Quote from the subject regarding her makeup:âI have been doing my hair and makeup since I was approximately 11 years old. I use plenty of theatrical makeup, much like television or theater. I enjoy doing it almost every day. I like to call my makeup âprincess wear.â Itâs very unique. I get called a freak, a weirdo. Nobody else that Iâve ever seen wears makeup like I wear it. My ultimate goal when I put my makeup on is that no one else can copy what Iâm wearing. I love sparkles, as you can see. I love lots of color. I am also into black. Black is probably one of my favorite colorsâblack and white. I like to call myself âSparkles.â I wear sparkles a lot of the time. They make me feel lighthearted, friendly, warm. They attract a lot of attention. The sunshine makes them look absolutely gorgeous. They are fun, unique, attractive, and quite often they make you feel very good inside.â

November 21, 2010.

Before and after make-up photos of a woman living in poverty in Canada's Downtown Eastside.

Quote from the subject:
âWearing a wig, I can change my look and even whatever mood Iâm in. You get compliments. Iâm not saying I have low self-esteem, but having people notice you for the beauty you have inside... hey, itâs fun! People say, âWhoa!â It puts a smile on my face every time I change my hair. My natural hair used to be down to the back of my knees, but I chopped it off and gave it to the children with cancer. Iâve been wearing hairpieces off and on for at least 15 years. At first, I felt like the wig was going to fall off and Iâd get embarrassed. I felt like people were going to look at me different because I had a wig on. But now Iâve grown up and I really donât care what they think.â

December 6, 2010. Vancouver, Canada.

Before and after make-up photos of a recovering cancer patient living in Vancouver, Canada.

Quote from the subject: âSix years ago I got cancer and several months after that I started losing my hair. And of course the natural thing for a woman to do after that is redo her mane. My nerves are really bad and it took me a while to grow my hair back, so I got a wig. I still like wearing them. You can be a different person any old time. And theyâre cheap tooâunless itâs human hairâonly about $50. There was this guy, a binner, who found about 30 really high-end blond wigs. They were gorgeous. I bought three. I wonât go into detail because the crime is still unsolved, but he pulled off a pretty big heist while wearing one. They have him on camera but they still havenât caught him because of the wig.â

November 28, 2010. Vancouver, Canada.

Before and after photos of woman applying her make-up in Vancouver, Canada.

Quote from the subject: âI got introduced to wigs by my best friend, Antoinette, a 55-year-old transvestite. I always had long hair myself, but it was cut off by somebody because I wouldnât sleep with them. It changed everything about meâmy sensuality, my sexuality, everything. Eventually I contracted MRSA, the St. Paul superbug. Itâs a very aggressive infection that usually comes in a flesh-eating form. They call it cellulitisâchunks of flesh just die. I lost my eye due to MRSA. I constantly had cocaine on my fingers, and I was getting cocaine in my eyes. Because my nerves were paralyzed I wasnât feeling it. I went to the optometrist and they said it looked like I had ten thousand little scratches across the cornea surface of my eye, which allowed the MRSA staph infection in. One day I ran into somebody I had sold a BMX to that I had gotten for my birthday. He didnât want to pay. He made it look like I stole the bike and made a big scene. I allowed him to punch me in the face three times. And when he did that he lacerated my cornea even worse and that allowed the MRSA staph infection to go back into the chamber of my eye. My eye basically exploded.â

November 20, 2010. Vancouver, Canada.

Before and after Make-Up photos of a woman living in poverty in Canada.

Quote from the subject:
âWhen I wear wigs I put on a different persona. I can act sexy and sleazy without people knowing that itâs me. I love being a hooker. Itâs fast and thereâs always something new going on. I always wanted to be a bank robber or feel like a sexy womanâhave a gun, hold up a bank. I wondered if I had enough balls to do it. I said, âYou know what? Iâm going to go try it.â So I held up a 7-Eleven and they gave me all their money. I couldnât believe it! It was just like, âThere you go!â I thought, âGeez, fuck, Iâm going to go try another store down the lane while the cops are at the 7-Eleven.â I got away for about a month, but they had me on video. I wish Iâd had a wig thenâI could have went on a crime spree. Oh well.â

November 13, 2010. Vancouver, Canada.

Before and after photos of a she-male and her makeup, living in poverty in Canada.

Quote from the subject:
âI use my face and body as art, like a canvas. Itâs my way of expressing myself and my feelings. There are hairpieces nowadays that can fit into your hair so it looks all-natural. Not necessarily extensions, but there are clip-ins you can add to your normal hair and people go, âWow, that looks great.â Many people on TV, mostly women, all use hair. You do not wake up with hair like that. The DTES is eclectic as far as fashion goes. I love it when people take the time, as I do, to present themselvesâto comb their hair, to put on something clean, or for women to wash their faces and put on new makeup and to be presentable. I do it, and I hope it inspires others to do it. Because I like to look attractive.â

November 15, 2010. Vancouver, Canada.

Before and after photos of woman applying her makeup in Vancouver's DTES.

Quote from the subject:
âMy hair is too short to wear comfortably. Until itâs long Iâm going to keep wearing wigs with longer hair. Wigs are just something to wearâanother expensive fucking thing, like getting your nails done. I donât get fake nailsâI get fake hair instead. Wigs mean you can get away from people if theyâre trying to find out where youâre going. If youâre traveling through town, itâs possible you can get away. If theyâre slow and if thatâs what youâre trying to do, sure. Have you never worn one? Have you ever dyed your hair a punk color? Have you ever shaved your head? No, you havenât! No! Every time I see a video, I try to look like the bitches. Just to be stupid. I have my Bieber hairstyle. Yeah, my Bieber hair! In a girl style! But itâs still boy-short.â

2. Gender

First prize: Transportraits; Lorenzo Triburgo, United States

Second prize: Transmongolian, Alvaro Laiz, Spain

Third prize: Switch, JJ Levine, Canada

3. Documentary:

First prize: Lala Life, Fabian Weiss, Germany

Second prize: Morine, Tobin Bryce Jones, United Kingdom

Third prize: Trans Islam, Luca Desienna, Italy

4. Open Category:

First prize: Where the boys are; Pacifico Silano, United States

Second prize: Solitary Fruit; Risk Hazekamp, The Netherlands

Third prize: Moms and gays, Diederick Habermehl, The Netherlands

Special mention

1. HIV long term survivors; Jose Manuel Alorda, Spain

2. Loser 2011; Anna-stina Treumund, Estonia

3. I am gay and muslim; Bram Belloni, The Netherlands

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