Sophie Ristelhueber Wins 2025 Hasselblad Award

Sophie Ristelhueber has been honored with the 2025 Hasselblad Award, a significant accolade in photography. This award includes SEK 2,000,000 (around £154,000), a Hasselblad camera, and a gold medal. Born in Paris in 1949, Ristelhueber studied literature at the Sorbonne, focusing on the nouveau roman. Her work powerfully captures the emotional toll of human actions, especially in war-torn areas. The Hasselblad Foundation praised her for transforming journalistic photography, particularly through her poignant depictions of the aftermath of violence in places like the Balkans and the Middle East. She emphasized the award's deep meaning, recalling a friend's saying about belief. The ceremony will take place in Gothenburg, Sweden, on October 10, 2025, with a solo exhibition following from October 11, 2025, to January 18, 2026. Previous winners include Carrie Mae Weems (2023) and Cindy Sherman (1999).