August Prize おーがすとしょう
Edition 20 (2008)
Winners
4 peopleA memoir that traces the road from youth to a literary life through fragments of memory. Illness, family, politics, and a stubborn devotion to writing accumulate into the portrait of a single life.
The farther memory goes, the sharper the shape of a life becomes.
A large-format visual biography that follows Ingmar Bergman's life and directing career through photographs and testimony. It builds a three-dimensional portrait that reaches beyond film history into the stage and private life.
Photographs become Bergman's own chronology.
A photo book that views Bergman's world from the perspective of the photographer who documented it. Film memory emerges through a sequence of striking still images.
Each photograph speaks from behind the scenes of the films.
An adventure tale about Sally Jones, a gorilla who cannot speak and travels the world through voyages and farewells. The unfamiliar landscapes and careful emotional buildup leave a lasting afterglow.
What will Sally Jones find at the end of the journey?