{"id":221744,"date":"2025-10-24T03:21:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T03:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/221744\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T03:21:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T03:21:17","slug":"photography-has-the-power-to-confront-and-question-and-these-artists-are-doing-exactly-that-competing-for-a-30000-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/221744\/","title":{"rendered":"Photography has the power to confront and question \u2013 and these artists are doing exactly that, competing for a \u00a330,000 prize"},"content":{"rendered":"

The four shortlisted artists of the Deutsche B\u00f6rse Photography Foundation Prize 2025 are using photography to slow things down. From prisons to personal histories, encyclopaedic fictions to the fluidity of identity, this year’s shortlist underscores photography’s power to confront \u2013 and question \u2013 our perceptions of reality.<\/p>\n

Deutsche B\u00f6rse Photography Foundation Prize<\/p>\n

Founded in 1996 by The Photographers’ Gallery, the award was originally named the Citigroup Photography Prize. In collaboration with Deutsche B\u00f6rse Group since 2005, it became the Deutsche B\u00f6rse Photography Foundation Prize in 2016, establishing the Foundation as a non-profit dedicated to contemporary photography.<\/p>\n

“This year’s shortlist is a powerful testament to photography’s enduring ability to explore our shared social and societal circumstances.\u2009It celebrates photography\u2019s versatility and capacity to not only document the world but to challenge our perceptions of it, giving significance to issues and communities that are often overlooked…”, says Anne-Marie Beckmann, Director of the Deutsche B\u00f6rse Photography Foundation.<\/p>\n

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The winner will be announced on 14 May 2026 and will receive a prize of \u00a330,000 ($40,000), with each of the other shortlisted artists awarded \u00a35,000 ($6,670).<\/p>\n

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The shortlisted works will be exhibited at The Photographer’s Gallery, London, from March 6 to June 7 2026, before being presented at the Deutsche B\u00f6rse Foundation, Eschborn\/Frankfurt, from September 3 2026 to January 17 2027. For more information, visit The Deutsche B\u00f6rse Photography Foundation website. <\/a><\/p>\n

Too Much Time \/ Trop de Peines<\/p>\n

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\"BlackVisiting rights for a married couple jailed for stealing a painting from a museum. Maison d\u2019arret de Femmes de Dijon, France, 1991(Image credit: Jane Evelyn Atwood)\"BlackPrisoner in the prison workshop, Centre P\u00e9nitentiaire Les Baumettes, Marseille, France, 1991(Image credit: Jane Evelyn Atwood)\"BlackHandcuffed, pregnant inmate writhes in pain during gynecological examination, moments before she gave birth by cesarean. Two armed guards were posted outside the open door to her hospital room. Providence City Hospital, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A, 1993(Image credit: Jane Evelyn Atwood)\"BlackInmate serves boiled water instead of tea or coffee to prisoner in solitary confinement. Perm penal colony for women, Perm, Russia, 1990(Image credit: Jane Evelyn Atwood)<\/p>\n

Jane Evelyn Atwood\u2009(b. 1947, New York, USA) is shortlisted for her publication\u2009Too Much Time \/ Trop de Peines, a revised, bilingual reprint of two works originally published in 2000 and updated by Le Bec En L\u2019Air, Marseille in 2024.\u2009<\/p>\n

Atwood’s Too Much Time \/ Trop de Peines is a decade-long study of incarcerated women across nine countries in the 1990s. Her black-and-white images reveal harsh realities \u2013 poor hygiene, inadequate healthcare, and inequality \u2013 highlighting the need for reform as the global female prison population has risen since 2000.<\/p>\n

Encyclopaedia<\/p>\n

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\"ColourNear Dark, from the \u2018Encyclopaedia\u2019 series, 2023-2025. Courtesy of the artist and Jednostka Gallery(Image credit: Weronika Ge\u0328sicka)\"ColourArgusto Emfazie, from the \u2018Encyclopaedia\u2019 series, 2023-2025. Courtesy of the artist and Jednostka Gallery(Image credit: Weronika Ge\u0328sicka)\"ColourBessa Vugo, from the \u2018Encyclopaedia\u2019 series, 2023-2025. Courtesy of the artist and Jednostka Gallery(Image credit: Weronika Ge\u0328sicka)\"SetEachy #1 (fragment) from the \u2018Encyclopaedia\u2019 series, 2023-2025. Courtesy of the artist and Jednostka Gallery(Image credit: Weronika Ge\u0328sicka)<\/p>\n

Weronika G\u0119sicka\u2009(b. 1984, W\u0142oc\u0142awek, Poland) is shortlisted for the publication\u2009Encyclopaedia, published by BLOW UP PRESS and Jednostka Gallery in November 2024.\u2009\u2009<\/p>\n

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Encyclopaedia explores fake entries inserted into reference works as copyright traps or editor jokes. G\u0119sicka reimagines these fabricated definitions using manipulated and AI-generated images, questioning the blurred line between fact and fiction in today’s info-saturated world, highlighting how trust in knowledge is fragile amid rising misinformation.<\/p>\n

One Hundred and Twenty Minutes<\/p>\n

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\"One Hundred and Twenty Minutes, 2019-2024(Image credit: Amak Mahmoodian)\"ColourOne Hundred and Twenty Minutes, 2019-2024(Image credit: Amak Mahmoodian)\"BlackOne Hundred and Twenty Minutes, 2019-2024(Image credit: Amak Mahmoodian)\"BlackOne Hundred and Twenty Minutes, 2019-2024(Image credit: Amak Mahmoodian)<\/p>\n

Amak Mahmoodian\u2009(b. 1980, Shiraz, Iran) is shortlisted for the exhibition\u2009One Hundred and Twenty Minutes at the Bristol Photo Festival, UK (16 October \u2013 17 November 2024).\u2009\u2009\u2009<\/p>\n

Mahmoodian’s exhibition blends photography, poetry, and video to explore exile’s emotional landscape. Over six years, she collaborated with sixteen people from fourteen countries, translating their recurring dreams into an immersive experience. The work envisions a world without borders, where shared dreams connect memory, identity, and displaced communities.<\/p>\n

AS OPPOSED TO THE TRUTH<\/p>\n

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\"BlackSelf Portrait with Mohawk, 2024. Courtesy of the Artist and Arcadia Missa, London(Image credit: Rene Matic\u0301 Kiss)\"ColourClapham, London, 2022. Courtesy of the Artist and Arcadia Missa, London(Image credit: Rene Matic\u0301 Kiss)\"ColourClapham, London, 2022. Courtesy of the Artist and Arcadia Missa, London(Image credit: Rene Matic\u0301 Kiss)\"BlackKiss, Glastonbury Festival, 2024. Courtesy of the Artist and Arcadia Missa, London(Image credit: Rene Matic\u0301 Kiss)<\/p>\n

Rene Mati\u0107\u2009(b. 1997, Peterborough, UK) is shortlisted for the exhibition AS OPPOSED TO THE TRUTH, at CCA Berlin, Germany (8 November 2024 \u2013 15 February 2025).<\/p>\n

AS OPPOSED TO THE TRUTH features photographs, installations, and sound exploring identity, class, and belonging. Mati\u0107’s intimate, diaristic images and mixed media create. layered portrait of contemporary life, emphasizing vulnerability and interpersonal connection as acts of resistance amid rising populism and shifting notions of truth.<\/p>\n

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