With the melancholy Aassmaa Akhannouch and the witness Cyrus Cornut as the 2021 HSBC Prize for Photography laureates, it is a fresh breath that sweeps the geography of memories, that is to say the kingdom of each one, the contemporary world in all its antagonisms, the Earth shared by all of them, the history of photography as a living, critical, aesthetic and sensitive discipline.
There is a lot to see, feel and think about in this 26th edition of the HSBC Prize, which has seen a number of contemporary talents parade over the years.
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“Photography, after almost two centuries of existence, still carries with it its ontological ambiguity, this double duality which makes it both a sharp technique and a popular practice; a clearly identified profession and a recognized art. More than ever,
in 2021, the great mix of authors and uses, looks and know-how can be found in the HSBC Prize ”
, underlined Sylvie Hugues, the artistic advisor who proposed twelve photographers to the
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