Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2014
There were four
artists represented. My favourite was Richard Mosse who had done photographs of
war affected areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo where he had used old
military surveillance film which turned green colours pink. Hence there were
pictures of mountains covered in pink foliage and soldiers in pink uniforms.
I found the work
of Jochen Lempert interesting in his juxtaposition of pairs but a little dull.
I liked Lorna Simpsons work using anonymous 1950s images of a man and woman
with her own photos recreating the poses. Although the originals had a sense of
love as they had been taken by another person whereas her, which were self
portraits, seemed a little lonely.
Albert
Garcia-Alix had done rather explicit and egotistical images which acted as a
photo diary of his life. I liked the ones of objects and interiors such as his
hand holding an old pair of moccasins more than those of him.
Review
Evening Standard
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