The 21st edition of the HSBC Prize for Photography,for which Diane Dufour is artistic advisor, was won by Marta Zgierska and Christian Vium. Marta is a young Polish photographer, 28 years old. For her entry, she presented her series Post created following a serious road accident that happened in 2013.
The 21st edition of the HSBC Prize for Photography, for which Diane Dufour is the artistic advisor this year, was won by Christian Vium and Marta Zgierska. Christian is a 35-year old Danish photographer. The series that was proposed is an anthropological study of Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania, provisorily entitled The Nomadic City.
Mauro Bedoni, photo editor of Colors Magazine, selected Christian Vium’s project, NOMAD_SCAPES as CENTER’s Juror’s Choice. NOMAD_SCAPES “is a generative anthropological index of urbanization in Nouakchott, the capital city of the Islamic Republic of Mau
NOMAD_SCAPES “is a generative anthropological index of urbanization in Nouakchott, the capital city of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania – one of the world’s fastest growing cities of the last half century
Christian Vium’s project “Clandestine” has just been awarded the 2011 Anthropographia Award for Human Rights. It’s a harrowing look at the space between old life and new as young African migrants move to Europe.
