Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2013 Shortlist announced

The four artists shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2013 are Mishka Henner, Chris Killip, Cristina De Middel and the artist duo Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin. The winner will be announced at a special ceremony at The Photographers’ Gallery in London in May 2013. Works by the shortlisted photographers will be shown in an exhibition at The Photographers’ Gallery followed by its presentations at the Deutsche Börse headquarters in Frankfurt/Eschborn and C/O Berlin, Forum for visual dialogs.

The Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2013 is presented by The Photographers’ Gallery, London. The annual award of £30,000 rewards a living photographer, of any nationality, for a specific body of work in an exhibition or publication format, which has significantly contributed to photography in Europe between 1 October 2011 and 30 September 2012.

The four shortlisted artists have been nominated for the following projects:

Adam Broomberg (b. 1970, South Africa) & Oliver Chanarin (b. 1971, UK) are nominated for their publication War Primer 2 (2012, MACK).

Mishka Henner (b.1976, Belgium) is nominated for his exhibition No Man’s Land at Fotografia Festival Internazionale di Roma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy (20 September - 28 October 2012).

Chris Killip (b.1946, UK) is nominated for his exhibition What Happened Great Britain 1970 - 1990 at Le Bal, Paris (11 May - 19 August 2012

Cristina De Middel (b.1975, Spain) is nominated for her publication The Afronauts (2011, self-published).

The members of the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2013 jury are: Joan Fontcuberta, artist; Andrea Holzherr, Exhibition Manager, Magnum; Karol Hordziej, Artistic Director, Krakow Photomonth; and Anne-Marie Beckmann, Curator, Art Collection Deutsche Börse, Germany. Brett Rogers, Director of The Photographers’ Gallery, is the non-voting Chair.

Brett Rogers said: “This year’s jury selected four artists whose work represents four distinct and significant positions within contemporary photography: Chris Killip  for his singular and timeless vision reinterpreting the possibilities of documentary practice; Broomberg & Chanarin for their surgical examination of images of conflict using Brecht’s War Primer as their source; Mishka Henner for appropriating the archive of Google Street View photographs to examine the landscape of today’s sex workers and Cristina de Middel’s  ‘mockumentary’ on the Zambian space programme which confidently blurs the boundaries of fact and fiction in a highly original way.”

Julia Taeschner, Head of Corporate Responsibility, Deutsche Börse said: “This year’s shortlist once again shows the broad variety of different approaches to the medium of contemporary photography – from traditional to innovative positions. We thank the jury for their excellent selection and look very much forward to the Exhibition next year.”

Further infomation:

The Photographers’ Gallery

The Photographers’ Gallery opened in 1971 in Great Newport Street, London, as the UK’s first independent gallery devoted to photography. It was the first public gallery in the country to exhibit many key names in international photography, including Juergen Teller (fashion), Robert Capa (photojournalism), Sebastião Salgado (documentary) and Andreas Gursky (contemporary art). The Gallery has also been instrumental in establishing contemporary British photographers including Martin Parr and Corinne Day. In 2009 the Gallery moved to 16 – 18 Ramillies Street, the first stage in its plan to create a 21st century home for photography. Following an eighteen month long redevelopment project the Gallery reopened to the public on Saturday, 19 May 2012. The success of The Photographers’ Gallery over the past four decades has helped to establish photography as a recognised art form, introducing generations of visitors to important names in photography and championing photography’s place at the heart of visual culture. The Gallery’s Chair of the Board of Trustees is Sir Brian Pomeroy, CBE. www.thephotographersgallery.org.uk

Deutsche Börse

Deutsche Börse Group is one of the leading international exchange organisations and a long-time sponsor of photographic art. The Group owns an extensive collection of contemporary photography, the Art Collection Deutsche Börse, which is presented in its main locations in Frankfurt/Eschborn, Luxembourg and Prague. To date the Art Collection includes series of works by over eighty international artists. Further information on the collection can be found at www.deutsche-boerse.com/art.

The Photography Prize History

Founded in 1996 by The Photographers’ Gallery, and now in its seventeenth year, the Prize has become one of the most prestigious international arts awards and has launched and established the careers of many photographers over the years. Previously known as the Citigroup Photography Prize the Gallery has been collaborating with Deutsche Börse Group as title sponsors since 2005. Winner of the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2012 was John Stezaker for this exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery (29 January - 18 March 2011). Other past winners include Paul Graham, Juergen Teller, Rineke Dijkstra and Richard Billingham.