Richard Mosse wins Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2014 » British Journal of Photography: Richard Mosse has been awarded the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2014. The announcement was made this evening at The Photographers’ Gallery in central London, with the award presented by British artist Richard Wentworth.
Each year, the £30,000 cash prize is awarded to “a photographer of any nationality for their significant contribution to the medium of photography, either through an exhibition or publication in Europe”, in the last 12 months.
Mosse was nominated for his multimedia installation exhibition The Enclave at Venice Biennale, Irish Pavilion (1 June – 24 November 2013). In the work, Mosse photographs landscapes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where 5.4 million people have died of war-related causes since 1998. Shot on discontinued military surveillance film, the resulting images register an invisible spectrum of infrared light, rendering the jungle warzone in disorientating, psychedelic hues. The project attempts to find an alternate way of communicating what is a complex and horrific cycle of violence.
