Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2020 shortlist announced
05 Nov 2019 | Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2020 shortlist announced
Finalists are Mohamed Bourouissa, Anton Kusters, Mark Neville and Clare Strand
The four artists shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2020 are Mohamed Bourouissa; Anton Kusters; Mark Neville and Clare Strand.
Now in its twenty-fourth year, this highly regarded annual prize, originated by The Photographers’ Gallery in 1996 and awarded in collaboration with the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation since 2016, recognises artists and projects deemed to have made the most significant contribution to photography over the previous 12 months.
From an experiment with image-making, transmission and interpretation (Strand); to a photographic portrait of a farming community in Brittany (Neville); a conceptual response to violence, trauma and memory (Kusters); and an interrogation of consumerism, trade and disenfranchisement (Bourouissa); the four projects offer very distinctive approaches to the photographic medium whilst demonstrating its ability to accommodate and give form to a diverse range of practice and concerns.
The exhibition of the shortlisted projects, curated by Anna Dannemann, will be on show at The Photographers’ Gallery from 21 February – 7 June 2020, before touring to Deutsche Börse's headquarters in Eschborn/Frankfurt on 26 June 2020.
The winner of the £30,000 prize will be announced at a special award ceremony held at The Photographers’ Gallery on Thursday 14 May 2020.
The Shortlisted Artists and Projects:
Mohamed Bourouissa has been shortlisted for his exhibition Free Trade at Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France (1 July – 22 September 2019).
Anton Kusters is shortlisted for his exhibition The Blue Skies Project exhibited at Fitzrovia Chapel, London, UK (15-19 May 2019).
Mark Neville is shortlisted for his publication Parade published by the Centre d’Art GwinZegal, Guingamp, France (2019).
Clare Strand is shortlisted for the exhibition The Discrete Channel with Noise exhibited at PHotoESPAÑA, Madrid, Spain (5 – 21 June 2019).
The 2020 Jury and statements
This year’s jury are: Martin Barnes, Senior Curator, Photographs, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom; Melanie Manchot, artist and photographer, based in London, United Kingdom; Joachim Naudts, Curator and Editor at FOMU Foto Museum in Antwerp, Belgium; Anne-Marie Beckmann, Director of the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, Frankfurt a. M., Germany; and Brett Rogers, Director of The Photographers’ Gallery as the non-voting chair.
Brett Rogers, Director, The Photographers’ Gallery: “This year’s shortlist celebrates the breadth and diversity of photography and its power to interrogate some of the most important issues facing us today. Mohamed Bourouissa’s work has collaboration at its heart, and proposes new ways of addressing issues around labour, consumption and the nature of financial exchange. Anton Kusters deals with the difficult and ethical question of how to photograph and document trauma. Mark Neville operates at the intersection of documentary, art & activism while Clare Strand combines conceptual rigour with playfulness in exploring the problematics of transmission and communication. Together they convey the extraordinary ability and generosity of the photographic form to accommodate and give voice to a diverse range of practice and enquiry.”
Anne-Marie Beckmann, Director, Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation: “We are delighted to announce the four finalists of the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2020. Once again, this outstanding shortlist emphasizes the significance of the Prize as an important indicator for quality and relevant artistic position in today’s world. We are very much looking forward to presenting the exhibition at our premises in 2020.”
Notes for Editors:
Please find enclosed an image sheet with captions, please contact us directly for high-res press images. Artist Bios available on request
Media contacts:
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation:
Leticia Adam,
Phone +49 (0)69 211 11500
Leticia.adam@deutsche-boerse.com
The Photographers‘ Gallery
Grace Gabriele-Tighe or Harriet Black at Margaret PR,
Phone +44 (0) 20 7739 8203
grace@margaretlondon.com or harriet@margaretlondon.com
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation
The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation is a Frankfurt-based non-profit organisation. The foundation activities focus on collecting, exhibiting and promoting contemporary photography. Deutsche Börse began to build up its collection of contemporary photography in 1999. Art Collection Deutsche Börse now comprises more than 1,800 works by over 130 international artists. Expanding the Art Collection Deutsche Börse is one of the key aims of the foundation. The collection and a changing exhibition programme are open to the public. Together with The Photographers' Gallery in London, the foundation awards the renowned Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize each year. The promotion of young artists is a special concern of the foundation. It supports them in the form of awards, scholarships, exhibitions and cooperations with other institutions, such as the Foam Talents Programme of the Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam. Other focal points include supporting exhibition projects of international museums and institutions, and the expansion of platforms for academic discussion about the medium. www.deutscheboersephotographyfoundation.org.
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 UK to exhibit many key names in international photography, including Juergen Teller, Robert Capa, Sebastiano Salgado and Andreas Gursky. 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 in Soho, the first stage in its plan to create a 21st century home for photography. Following an eighteen months long redevelopment project, the Gallery reopened to the public in 2012. The success of The Photographers’ Gallery over the past four decades has helped to establish photography as a recognised art form, introducing new audiences to photography and championing its place at the heart of visual culture. www.thephotographersgallery.org.uk
The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize History
Founded in 1996 by The Photographers’ Gallery, and now in its twenty-fourth 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. In 2016 the Prize was retitled as the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize following the establishment of the foundation as a non-profit organisation dedicated to the collection, exhibition and promotion of contemporary photography.
Winner of the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2019 was Susan Meiselas for her retrospective Mediations. Past winners include Dana Lixenberg, Trevor Paglen, Paul Graham, Juergen Teller, Rineke Dijkstra, Richard Billingham, John Stezaker and Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin.