DEUTSCHE BORSE PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2009

Posted on 2009-02-23

Now in its 13th year, this annual prize of £30,000 rewards a living photographer, of any nationality, who has made the most significant contribution to photography in Europe, through either an exhibition or publication, over the past year. The winner will be announced on 25 March 2009.
The four shortlisted artists for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2009 are:

Paul Graham (b. 1956, UK) nominated for his publication, A Shimmer of Possibility (steidlMACK, October 2007).

Emily Jacir (b.1970, Palestine) nominated for her installation, Material for a Film, presented at the 2007 Venice Biennale (7 June – 21 November 2007).

Tod Papageorge (b.1940, USA) nominated for the exhibition Passing Through Eden – Photographs of Central Park at Michael Hoppen Gallery, London (7 March – 12 April 2008).

Taryn Simon (opposite) (b.1975, USA) nominated for her exhibition An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar at The Photographers’ Gallery, London (13 September -11 November 2007).

This exhibition runs until the 12th of April 2009

The Photographers Gallery
16-18 Ramillies Street
London
W1F 7LW

www.photonet.org.uk