BBA Photography Prize 2023
Exhibition location
Kühlhaus Berlin
Luckenwalder Straße 3, 10963 Berlin
23. Nov - 03. Dec 2023
23. Nov- Opening Night 19:00
24. Nov- Guided Tour/Talk 18:30
25. Nov- Awards Ceremony 18:00, Announcement at 20:00
Award winners
1st Prize: Patty Carroll
2nd Prize: Marcel Rauschkolb
3rd Prize: Diana Cheren Nygren
People's Choice Award: Ana Priscila Rodriguez
One Shot Award: Vivian Almas
MPB Award: Boris Suyderhoud
About the 2023 edition
It’s back again. For yet another year, the BBA Photography Prize will present some of the most talented fine-art photographers from all around the world at Kühlhaus Berlin. The group exhibition, comprised of 20-24 shortlisters and 50 One Shot Award nominees (digitally displayed), will open its doors this November 2023. Sponsored by MPB, this exhibition showcases a diverse selection of international contemporary photography and establishes a platform for photographers of any background or experience level.
Moments from the 2022 exhibition
Focus on the prizes
* cash prize is split between 750€ production budget for your solo show in 2024/5 and 750€ to take away.
21 shortlised photographers
Eric Bachmann, Switzerland
Sam Barker, UK
Patty Carroll, US
Jo Ann Chaus, US
Diana Cheren Nygren, US
Marcella Dalla Valle, Italy
René Dissel, Netherlands (MPB Award nominee)
Renata Dutrée, Netherlands (MPB Award nominee)
Xxx Jojo, UK (MPB Award nominee)
Marcin T. Jozefiak, South Korea
Kristina Knipe, USA
Meera Lehr, Germany
Rpnunyez, Spain
Marcel Rauschkolb, Germany
Ana Priscila Rodriguez, Mexico
Anabella Sarrias, Argentina
Per Schorn, Germany
Joseph P Smith, Malta
Boris Suyderhoud, Netherlands (MPB Award nominee)
Kris Vervaeke, Netherlands
Sander Vos, UK
MPB Award Winner 2023
From the 4 finalists, 1 winner is chosen. Congratulations to the 2023 winner Boris Suyderhoud.
50 made the longlist
46 selected photographers + 4 MPB Award finalists make up the longlist.
Eric Bachmann, Switzerland
Sam Barker, UK
Patrik Budenz, Germany
Danae Bulfone, Italy
Luca Caciagli, Germany
Patty Carroll, US
Jo Ann Chaus, US
Diana Cheren Nygren, US
Andrea Christl, Germany
Valeria Ciardulli, Italy
Marcella Dalla Valle, Italy
Lee Day, US
Collective Foto Marvellini c/o Carlo De Vita, Italy
Agnes Eperjesy, Italy
Andrew Espinal, US
Tara Fallaux, Netherlands
Ursula Ferrara, Italy
Toma Gerzha, Netherlands
Tal Givony, Israel
Eva Gjaltema, Germany
Veronika Hubert Natter, Germany
Marcin T. Jozefiak, South Korea
Kristina Knipe, US
Ana Leal, Brazil
Meera Lehr, Germany
Jiang Lei, China
Aixiao Li, China
Katrin Loy, Germany
Indra Moonen, Netherlands
Adam Niklewicz, US
Vera Nowottny, Germany
Rpnunyez, Spain
Marcel Rauschkolb, Germany
Regina Ray, UK
Clair Robins, UK
Ana Priscila Rodriguez, Netherlands
Betina Samaia, Brazil
Anabella Sarrias, Argentina
Per Schorn, Germany
Joseph P Smith, Malta
Jürgen Sobkowiak, Germany
Natalie Strohmaier, Germany
Kris Vervaeke, Netherlands
Sander Vos, UK
Reiko Wakai, Japan
Thomas Whitworth, US
50 One Shot Award nominees shot their shot
Elina Abdrakhmanova
Vivian Almas
Kseniia Antipina
Tamara Aptekar
Maren Burghard
Sara Camporesi
Bruce Carter
Corrado Cascianelli
Valeria Ciardulli
Ana D & Noora K
Christine Ebner
Karen Espinola
Fredia Etienne
Dikla Gabriely
Rohan Ganapathy
Manuel Giron
Nanda Hagenaars
Lingxue Hao
Max Hirshfeld
Constantine Hlyvlias
Yoshiko Kumauchi
Richard Lee
Kuba Lubniewski
Teona Machavariani
Monia Marchionni
Jack Margerison
Jennifer McLain
Oksana Meister
Anna Morozova
Björn Nilsson
Joachim Pfaffmann
Carlos Rincón
Nicolai Sauer
Mona Singh
Jürgen Sobkowiak
Viktoriia Sorochuk
Lukas Stander
Željko Stevanić
Anatoly Suzdaltsev
Desiree Sydow
Charly Techio
Yuan Tian
Asia Tsyhankova
N. A. Vague
Tiaan van Deventer
Bela Varadi
Jordi Vidal
Zixi Xia
Alessandro Zenok Lombardo
Zhenting Zheng
Meet the jury
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