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February 7, 2008
40+ Photos: Deutsche Borse Photography Prize Finalists
Stockport Viaduct, England, 1986, © John DaviesFour photographers were named this week as finalists for the annual £30,000 ($60,000) Deutsche Borse Photography Prize. The finalists are: John Davies (UK), Jacob Holdt (Denmark), Esko Mannikko (Finland) and Fazal Sheikh (USA).
Exhibitions of work by all four photographers will be on display in London at The Photographers' Gallery, February 8 - April 6, 2008. The winner of the award will be announced Wednesday, March 5, 2008.
Lens Culture is pleased to present more than 40 photographs from the finalists, right here. So take a look, and try to pick the winner yourself.
We'd love to read your comments about the finalists, and your guess as to who the winner will be.
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For me it's Holdt. Nothing beats that redhaired woman eating a lobster. I also like the portraits of Mannikko.
Holdt should win, his are by far the most engaging photos. Raw, experiential and full of emotion. Lovely muted colours too. I really felt that Anders Petersen should have won last year...
Jacob Holdt is great. Check out his excellent book, "American Pictures".
Well, no doubt Jacob Holt made some good pictures back in the 1970s. What I don't understand, however, is why he is showing up in THIS contest that is supposedly about the photographer who made "the most significant contribution to the medium of photography in Europe between 1 October 2006 and 30 September 2007."
It baffles me how the Deutsche Borse jury arrives at its selections, period. I mean, couldn't they find at least 4 photographers who did important work LAST YEAR?
And Diarmait, I agree with you. I thought Anders Petersen deserved the prize last year, hands down. Maybe there is some cronyism going on behind the scenes? If I had to make a pick from these four finalists, I would go for John Davies. I love his eye, always looking down from a high (heavenly?) perspective, and always showing the truly bizarre sorry truth about man's ham-handed intrusion into our natural environment. He makes the case so eloquently, too -- this is sad documentary that you could hang on your wall and enjoy every day.
And while I'm at it, I don't understand the leap from Mannikko's older funky human environmental shots and the four photos of the animal eyes. Seems like an unfortunate pairing for such a big important prize.
Okay, enough griping for now...