Deutsche Börse Photography Prize
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The Deutsche Börse Photography Prize is a prize that annually rewards a photographer who has made the most significant contribution to the photographic medium in Europe, during the past year.
The prize was set up in 1996 by The Photographers' Gallery with the intention of promoting the finest contemporary photography. Deutsche Börse
has sponsored the competition since 2005, with a £30,000 prize. It has been described as "the biggest of its kind in photography in Europe" and "the most prestigious".
The prize was set up in 1996 by The Photographers' Gallery with the intention of promoting the finest contemporary photography. Deutsche Börse
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has sponsored the competition since 2005, with a £30,000 prize. It has been described as "the biggest of its kind in photography in Europe" and "the most prestigious".
Winners and shortlisted artists
- 2005 winner Luc DelahayeLuc DelahayeLuc Delahaye is a French photographer known for his large-scale color works depicting conflicts, world events or social issues. His pictures are characterized by detachment, directness and rich details, a documentary approach which is however countered by dramatic intensity and a narrative...
, also shortlisted JH EngströmJH EngstromJH Engström is a photographer and artist based in Stockholm.-Biography:In 1997 he graduated from the Photography and Film department at Gothenburg University...
, Jörg Sasse, Stephen ShoreStephen ShoreStephen Shore is an American photographer known for his deadpan images of banal scenes and objects in the United States, and for his pioneering use of color in art photography.- Life and work :... - 2006 winner Robert AdamsRobert Adams (photographer)Robert Adams is an American photographer who has focused on the changing landscape of the American West. His work first came to prominence in the mid-1970s through the book The New West and the exhibition New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape...
, also shortlisted Yto BarradaYto BarradaYto Barrada is a visual artist living and working in Tangier, Morocco.-Life and work:Yto Barrada is the daughter of French journalist Hamid Barrada...
, Phil Collins, Alec SothAlec SothAlec Soth is an American photographer notable for "large-scale American projects" featuring the midwestern United States. His photography has a cinematic feel with elements of folklore that hint at a story behind the image. New York Times art critic Hilarie M... - 2007 winner Walid RaadWalid RaadWalid Raad is a contemporary media artist. The Atlas Group is a fictional collective, the work of which is produced by Walid Raad....
, also shortlisted Philippe Chancel, Anders PetersenAnders Petersen (photographer)Anders Petersen is a Swedish photographer, who lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden.-Biography:Anders Petersen is noted for his intimate and personal documentary-style black-and-white photographs. He studied photography under Christer Stromholm in Sweden, 1966-1967...
, Fiona TanFiona TanFiona Tan , is an artist in photography as well as film and video installations. She grew up in Australia and currently lives in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. She studied at Gerrit Rietveld Academie, and the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunst and teaches at the postgraduate academy De... - 2008 winner Esko Männikkö, also shortlisted John Davies, Jacob HoldtJacob HoldtJacob Holdt is a Danish photographer, writer and lecturer. His mammoth work, American Pictures, gained international fame in 1977 for its effective photographic revelations about the hardships of America's lower classes....
, Fazal SheikhFazal SheikhFazal Sheikh is an American photographer.He graduated from Princeton University in 1987.He exhibited at the International Center of Photography, and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, at Tate Modern, London; the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation, Paris, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow.He... - 2009 winner Paul GrahamPaul Graham (photographer)Paul Graham is an English fine-art photographer whose work has been exhibited, published and collected internationally. In 2009, he won the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize...
, also shortlisted Emily JacirEmily JacirEmily Jacir is a Palestinian artist. Born in Bethlehem, Jacir spent her childhood in Saudi Arabia, attending high school in Italy. She divides her time between New York and Ramallah....
, Tod PapageorgeTod PapageorgeTod Papageorge is an American art photographer whose career began in the New York City street photography movement of the 1960s.Papageorge started taking photographs in 1962 as an English literature major at the University of New Hampshire....
, Taryn SimonTaryn SimonTaryn Simon is an American photographer. She is a graduate of Brown University and a Guggenheim Fellow. She was born in New York.Her photography and writing have been featured in numerous publications and broadcasts including the New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, CNN, BBC, Frontline, and NPR... - 2010 winner Sophie RistelhueberSophie RistelhueberSophie Ristelhueber is a French photographer. Her photographs concern the human impact of war, and she has photographed extensively in the Balkans and Middle East. She was born in Paris, where she still lives. In January 2010, she earned a place on the shortlist for the Deutsche Börse Photography...
, also shortlisted Anna FoxAnna FoxAnna Fox is a British photographer. She studied at Farnham, Surrey, and first came to attention with her 1988 documentary study of London office life on the mid-1980s, Work Stations: Office Life in London, published by the left-wing Camerawork...
, Zoe Leonard, Donovan WylieDonovan WylieDonovan Wylie, is a British Photographer from Northern Ireland.-Career:He started photography in his teens, and at the age of 16 he left school and went on a three-month journey around Ireland... - 2011 winner Jim GoldbergJim GoldbergJim Goldberg is an American photographer and writer whose work reflects long-term, in-depth collaborations with neglected, ignored, or otherwise outside-the-mainstream populations.-Artistic career:...
, also shortlisted Thomas DemandThomas DemandThomas Demand, in full Thomas Cyrill Demand, is a German sculptor and photographer. He currently lives and works in Berlin and Los Angeles, and teaches at the University of Fine Arts, Hamburg.-Education:...
, Roe Ethridge, Elad LassryElad LassryElad Lassry is an American artist who lives and works in Los Angeles. Lassry received his BFA from the California Institute of the Arts in 2003 and his MFA from the University of Southern California in 2007.- Life and career :...