28. October 2009
The four artists, who were nominated from more than 70 artists for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2010 are: Anna Fox, Zoe Leonard, Sophie Ristelhueber and Donovan Wylie. The international jury will announce the prize winner on 17 March 2010. The Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2010 is presented by The Photographers’ Gallery, London. This is also where the exhibition of the four finalists will be presented at first. After that, the exhibition will move to Berlin and then to Frankfurt. The annual award of £30,000 rewards a living photographer, of any nationality, who has made the most significant contribution, in exhibition or publication format, to the medium of photography in Europe during the previous year. The four shortlisted artists are: Anna Fox (b.1961 in the UK) is nominated for her exhibition, Cockroach Diaries & Other Stories at Fotogallery, Cardiff (28 July – 10 October 2009). Zoe Leonard (b.1961 in the USA) is nominated for her retrospective exhibition, ZOE LEONARD: Photographs, at Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (1 April – 5 July 2009), initiated by Fotomuseum Winterthur. Sophie Ristelhueber (b.1949 in France) is nominated for her retrospective, Sophie Ristelhueber at Jeu du Paume, Paris (20 January – 22 March 2009). Donovan Wylie (b.1971, UK) is nominated for his exhibition MAZE 2007/8 at Belfast Exposed (27 March – 1 May 2009). This year’s Jury is: Olivia Maria Rubio (Director of Exhibitions, La Fàbrica, Spain); Gilane Tawadros (Chief Executive, Design Artists Copyright Society, curator and writer); James Welling (artist, USA); and Anne-Marie Beckmann (Curator, Art Collection Deutsche Börse, Germany). Brett Rogers, Director of The Photographers’ Gallery, is the non-voting Chair. Brett Rogers said:‘The four finalists all manifest a sustained commitment to investigating the nature and role of the photographic image. Each of them, in their own way, explores pertinent ideas around gender, nationality, surveillance and political conflict. Donovan Wylie investigates the psychology of architecture through one of Ireland’s most oppressive institutions, the Maze prison; Zoe Leonard traverses photographic genres in her unique approach to urban anthropology; Anna Fox dissects the bizarre and the ordinary in British life; and Sophie Ristelhueber reveals the marks of history on the physical and human landscape.’ Alexandra Hachmeister, Corporate Responsibility for Deutsche Börse, commented: ‘We are delighted to announce, with The Photographers’ Gallery, this year’s shortlist. Once again it features four exciting artists whose nominated works reflect the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize as a leading contemporary and international photography award. We are looking forward to presenting the exhibition later next year at C/O Berlin and in our headquarters in Frankfurt.’ Deutsche Börse Group is one of the leading exchange organisations and a major sponsor of photographic art. The Group owns an extensive art collection of contemporary photography which, to date, includes more than 700 works by over sixty international artists. Further information on Deutsche Börse Group and its art collection can be found at http://www.deutsche-boerse.com/art_e. | 
