Birgit Jürgenssen (1949 – 2003) was an Austrian photographer, painter, graphic artist, curator and teacher who specialized in feminine body art with self-portraits and photo series, which have revealed a sequence of events related to the daily social life of a woman in its various forms including an atmosphere of shocking fear and common prejudices. (Excerpt from Tate Gallery website).
The Birgit Jürgenssen Prize is annually being awarded to a male or female student of the Academy of Applied Arts Vienna for a piece of work in the field of media, with a special attention on works in artistic photography, video and digital media arts.
The winners featured in this book are:
2013 Antoinette Zwirchmayr, 2012 Bernadette Anzengruber, 2011 Toni Schmale, 2010 Nathalie Koger, 2009 Susanne Miggitsch,
2008 Ulrike Köppinger, 2007 Björn Kämmerer, 2006 Andreas Duscha, 2005 Marlene Haring and 2004 Pirmin Blum.
