Sarah Anne Johnson, a Winnipeg based artist, has won the AGO's first Grange Prize for Photography. In keeping with the AGO's new strategy of increasingly involving the community in its programming choices, Johnson won a people's choice selection driven by online voting. Almost 3,000 votes were tallied in the process.

Last night's announcement took place at the Drake Hotel. The Grange Prize is sponsored by the AGO, the Globe and Mail, and Aeroplan.

Here are two samples of Johnson's work:


Nadine


Ben