Susan Meiselas Awarded Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize for Kurdish Mass Graves Exhibition

The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize has been awarded to Susan Meiselas, who received £30,000 for her solo exhibition 'Meditations' held in 2018 at Jeu de Paume in Paris. This American photojournalist's work focuses on the discovery of Kurdish mass graves post-Iraq War, blending her own photographs with archival and vernacular images through slideshows and vitrines. Following its Paris debut, the exhibition is now featured at The Photographers' Gallery in London as part of the prize shortlist, running until 2 June. Meiselas, a Magnum photographer recognized for her coverage of Central American conflicts from 1978 to 1983, was chosen from a shortlist that included Laia Abril, Arwed Messner, and Mark Ruwedel. The jury featured Sunil Gupta, Diane Dufour, Felix Hoffmann, and Anne-Marie Beckmann. In the April issue of ArtReview, Oliver Basciano analyzed Meiselas's work, discussing its ethical dimensions within conflict photography.