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\n 02\/11\/2025 – 9:14 GMT+1\n <\/p>\n
Four artists exploring truth, memory, identity and social justice have been shortlisted for the 2026 Deutsche B\u00f6rse Photography Foundation Prize. <\/p>\n
Announced by The Photographers\u2019 Gallery in London, the nominees are Jane Evelyn Atwood, Weronika G\u0119sicka, Amak Mahmoodian and Rene Mati\u0107.<\/p>\n
Now in its 30th year, the \u00a330,000 (\u20ac34,000) prize recognises a photographer or artist who has made a \u201csignificant contribution to photography\u201d through a recent exhibition or publication. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis year’s shortlist is a powerful testament to photography’s enduring ability to explore our shared social and societal circumstances,\u201d said Anne-Marie Beckmann, the director of the Deutsche B\u00f6rse Photography Foundation. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
An exhibition will open at The Photographers\u2019 Gallery, London, from 6 March to 7 June 2026, showcasing the shortlisted works, before travelling to the Deutsche B\u00f6rse Photography Foundation in Eschborn\/Frankfurt from 3 September 2026 to 17 January 2027. <\/p>\n
The overall winner will be announced on 14 May 2026. Below are a selection of images from the four shortlisted artists. <\/p>\n
Amak Mahmoodian – One Hundred and Twenty Minutes<\/p>\n
Drawing on photography, poetry and film, Mahmoodian\u2019s One Hundred and Twenty Minutes transforms dreams into shared narratives of exile and belonging. Working with collaborators from 14 countries and drawing from her own personal experiences, she explores how displacement shapes memory and imagination. <\/p>\n
The title refers to the amount of time humans dream each night – a poetic metaphor for the fragile border between the real and the imagined.<\/p>\n
Jane Evelyn Atwood – Too Much Time \/ Trop de Peines<\/p>\n
Atwood\u2019s deeply humanist project returns to her decade-long documentation of women in prisons across nine countries during the 1990s. <\/p>\n
Her black-and-white images capture the stark inequalities faced by female inmates – from lack of access to hygiene to limited healthcare – revealing both systemic neglect and moments of quiet resilience.<\/p>\n
Weronika G\u0119sicka – Encyclopaedia<\/p>\n
G\u0119sicka\u2019s Encyclopaedia delves into the world of \u201ctrap entries\u201d – fake words or facts intentionally added to reference books. <\/p>\n
By visually reinterpreting these through AI-generated imagery and manipulated stock photos, she explores the instability of truth in the digital age. Her playful yet unsettling project asks: how do we navigate a world where fact and fiction increasingly blur?<\/p>\n
Rene Mati\u0107 – AS OPPOSED TO THE TRUTH<\/p>\n
Through photography, installation and sound, Mati\u0107\u2019s work captures the texture of contemporary British life – exploring themes of identity, class, family and subculture. <\/p>\n
Their practice, which they describe as existing within \u201crude(ness),\u201d honours the in-between spaces of identity and belonging.<\/p>\n
The overall winner will be announced on 14 May 2026. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on 02\/11\/2025 – 9:14 GMT+1 Four artists exploring truth, memory, identity and social justice have been shortlisted…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267819,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,33215,229,1129,88,688,35026],"class_list":{"0":"post-267818","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-contemporary-art","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-documentary","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-photography","16":"tag-prize"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}