Canadian and U.S. Photographers Compete for 2010 Grange Prize

Marco A. Cruz, (Mexico, born 1957), Andrea Islas Garc�a, farmer, blind from cataracts, Buenavista Community, Municipality of Otumba, State of Mexico, 1998. Blind series, ink-jet print; 27.9 x 40.6 cm, 11 x 16 in. Collection/Courtesy of the artist � 2009 Marco A. Cruz.

TORONTO.- Four leading-edge photographers, two Canadian and two American, will have the opportunity to win the $50,000 Grange Prize, presented by Aeroplan and the Art Gallery of Ontario. Each year, The Grange Prize partners with one international art institution in an effort to recognize the best in Canadian and international photography � and 2010�s partner is the Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) at Columbia College Chicago.