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Viewing The 2022 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize

Photography enthusiasts, especially those who like to keep their finger on the pulse of the next wave of talent, should not miss The Photographer’s Gallery’s latest exhibition. Curated by Katrina Schwarz, The 2022 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize exhibition presents the nominated projects from this year’s shortlisted artists: Anastasia Samoylova, Jo Ractliffe, Deana Lawson and Gilles Peress. The final winner of the £30,000 prize will be announced at an awards ceremony at the Gallery on 12 May.

While each of the artist’s projects is deeply unique and personal, they share an ambition and scale both in terms of subject focus and technical skill. Both Jo Ractliffe and Gilles Peress have used their lens to explore new ways to photograph and pay witness to conflict and its aftermath, with Ratcliffe turning her camera on post-Apartheid South Africa and Peress turning his on the streets of Northern Ireland. Representation is also a central consideration of Deana Lawson’s work, who looks to reframe and reclaim the Black experience by creating portraits that challenge the historical representation of Black bodies. For Anastasia Samoylova, climate change is in sharp focus, with her project documenting her personal experience of the environmental damage and changes in Florida, posing a concerning contrast to the typically sun-soaked, relaxer images of the state we’ve been used to.

Be sure to catch the provocative and fascinating works before they tour to Deutsche Börse’s headquarters in Eschborn, Frankfurt on 30 June 2022.

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Dates
25 March 2022 — 12 June 2022
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Doing Toklas

Art meets food in this exciting new culinary opening from the founders of Frieze. Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover, the revered art world names who launched the London fairs and the Frieze magazine, have pivoted to a new venture: Toklas, a modern European restaurant housed in 180 The Strand, the central London site owned by Soho House.

The eatery takes its name from Alice Toklas, the life partner of Gertrude Stein and author of a groundbreaking 1954 cookbook that is notorious for including the first modern recipe for cannabis brownies and for kickstarting the 1960’s passion for edibles. Cannabis may not be a star ingredient here, but instead the chefs curate an evolving seasonal menu that focuses on celebrating the natural flavours and aromas of the ingredients. There is also a bakery on site, where those on-the-go can pick up breads, pastries, sandwiches and breakfast bites — alas, no brownies here either.

Casual yet refined, the Frieze duo have applied an artistic eye to the interiors, decorating the brutalist space with forest green leather banquettes and mid-century furnishings surrounded by art school-like prints, posters and original artworks. With the arrival of spring, though, it’s the terrace that’s sure to be the most coveted spot.

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Dates
24 March 2022
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Viewing Ming Smith: A Dream Deferred

Over the past six decades, the African American photographer Ming Smith has captured life in Africa and its diaspora to dazzling effect. By experimenting with blur, double exposure, collage and hand tinting, she imbues her images with an otherworldly feel that makes it difficult to look away.

Smith’s first solo exhibition in the UK features a selection of rare, vintage prints from her Invisible Man series (1988-1991) and previously unseen hand-painted photographs. Also on display are key photographs from the 1970s and 80s showing her varied experiences from her travels across America. You’ll see everything from the jazz clubs of New York and charged protests in Harlem to fairground goers in her home state of Ohio.

With such a variety of images on display, it is a rare opportunity to celebrate an artist of remarkable talent.

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Dates
18 March 2022 — 30 April 2022
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