An exhibition of the four selected artists will go on view at The Photographers’ Gallery in London, from 7 March to 15 June 2025
The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize has nominated Cristina De Middel, Rahim Fortune, Tarrah Krajnak and Lindokuhle Sobekwa for the 2025 edition.
An exhibition of the four selected artists will go on show at The Photographers’ Gallery in London, running from 7 March to 15 June 2025. The winner, who will receive a GBP£30,000 prize, will be announced at the gallery on 15 May 2025. The other finalists will each receive GBP£5,000.
This year’s Jury includes Anne-Marie Beckman (Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation); Gwen Lee (cofounder of Singapore International Photography Festival & Director DECK Photography Art Centre); Dana Lixenberg (photographer and Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize shortlisted artist, 2017); Aron Mörel (publisher, Mörel Books); and voting chair Shoair Mavlian (The Photographers’ Gallery).
‘Through a mix of photobooks and exhibitions, these international artists have an individual take on conveying deeply personal yet universal narratives. Their work powerfully demonstrates the importance of telling stories through images,’ director of the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Anne-Marie Beckmann said in a statement.
The prize, originally established in 1996, recognises artists who have made the ‘most significant contribution to photography’ in a given year. The artist Lebohang Kganye took last year’s award for her solo exhibition Haufi nyana? I’ve come to take you home.
Explore the shortlist:
Cristina De Middel (b. 1975, Spain) is shortlisted for the exhibition Journey to the Center at Les Rencontres De La Photographie, Arles, France (1 July–25 August 2024), which follows the Central American migration route from Tapachula on the southern border of Mexico and Guatemala, and ends in Felicity, a small town in California.
Rahim Fortune (b. 1994, USA) is shortlisted for the book Hardtack, published by Loose Joints in 2024, in which Fortune uncovers the roots that tie the American South to the conflicts and nuances associated with the post-emancipation America, painting a picture of the enduring nature of Black culture and traditions.
Tarrah Krajnak (b.1979, Peru) is shortlisted for the exhibition Shadowings. A Catalogue of Attitudes for Estranged Daughters at Huis Marseille, Amsterdam (28 October 2023–3 March 2024), a retrospective overviewing how her practice bends time and blurs the lines between staged self-portraiture and performance, self and other, fact and fiction.
where accident happened. © the artist
Lindokuhle Sobekwa (b, 1995, South Africa) is shortlisted for the book I carry Her photo with Me, published by Mack Books in 2024, which combines photographs, handwritten notes and family snapshots in a a scrapbook-like format to explore the memory of Sobekwa’s disappeared sister and the wider implications of such disappearances in South African history.
