WINNERS

Sugarcoated America

  • Photographer
    Laura Johansen, United States
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention

This series, Sugarcoated America, is about the stories we tell ourselves and the fallacy of American exceptionalism. The visuals are made by coating metaphorical or symbolic objects with excessive quantities of sprinkles. Sprinkles are made with petroleum products, sugar, chemicals, bright colors and various other fillers.