BBA Photography Prize 2024
Exhibition location
Kühlhaus Berlin
Luckenwalder Straße 3, 10963 Berlin
28. Nov - 08. Dec 2024
28. Nov- Opening Night 19:00
29. Nov- Guided Tour/Talk 18:00
30. Nov- Awards Ceremony 18:00, Announcement at 20:00
4. Dec- In-Person Group Consultation
18:00 - 20:00 Book here
5. Dec- Wine and Art Pairing
19:00 - 21:00 Book here
7. Dec- In-Person Group Consultation
14:00 - 16:00 Book here
Open daily 13:00 - 20:00 (closed Monday)
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*Ermäßigt= students/pensioners- ID cards will be checked at door
Entry free for under 16
For groups of 7+ use the code group-save-15 to get 15% off your booking
About the 2024 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 shortlisters and 50 One Shot Award nominees (digitally displayed), will open its doors this November 2024. 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 2023 exhibition
Focus on the prizes
* cash prize is split between 750€ production budget for your solo show in 2025/6 and 750€ to take away.
The shortlist is here!
Michelle Blancke, Netherlands
Lee Day, USA
Willi Dorner, Austria
Mieke Douglas, UK
Andrés Gallego, Spain
Charlotta Hauksdottir, USA
Vladimir Khorev, Taiwan
Sabrina Komár, Hungary
Stefanie Langenhoven, South Africa
Roman Manfredi, UK
Yasu Matsumoto, Japan
Nora Obergeschwandner, Austria
Norberto Pezzotta, Italy
Enrico Pietracci, Germany
Monika Poul, Poland
Victoria Ruiz, Venezuela
Per Schorn, Germany
Gregg Segal, USA
Adriana Trevino, Mexico
Valentin Valette, Tunisia
50 One Shot Award nominees are here!
Mahin Ali, Germany
Atanas Atanasov, Bulgaria
Benjamin Behre, Germany
Sinan Cetin Parlak, Turkey
Eva Chupikova, Czech Republic
Irina Ebralidze, Finland
Mariana Eugenia Perez, Argentina
Manuela Frattini, Italy
Rosalind Furlong, UK
Rohan Ganapathy, Sweden
Matthew Garnett, Czech Republic
Laetitia Heisler, Germany
Sandra Hernandez, Mexico
JOEM, Turkey
Pati John, Netherlands
Hanne Jones Solfjeld, Norway
Thorben Kern, Germany
Lars Kramer, Germany
Qian Li, UK
Savva Locci, Hong Kong
Marika Lortkipanidze, Georgia
Katarzyna Łukaszewska, Poland
Khrystyna Lyseyko, Ukraine
Dorian Mckenzie, The Bahamas
Yiorgos Michael, USA
Klaus Möller, Germany
Kumi Oguro, Belgium
Jiaxian Peng, UK
Joachim Pfaffmann, Germany
L. Abigail Chua, USA
David Pickens, UK
Arnold Reinisch, Austria
Joana Saffle, Germany
Natasha Schlothauer, Germany
Florian Schuchlenz, Austria
Hanan Shafir, Israel
Maya Shochat, Israel
Thando Sikawuti, Norway
Kacper Staszczyk, Poland
Olga Steinepreis, Germany
Justyna Streichsbier, Poland
Eric Sviratchev, Austria
Daniel Tscharner, Switzerland
Julia Vale, Italy
Wim Van Edom, Belgium
Sahar Vatan, UK
Novelle Wa, Hong Kong
Lisa Wild, Germany
Mario Wong, Hong Kong
Aaron Yeandle, Guernsey
50 made the longlist
46 selected photographers + 4 MPB Award finalists make up the longlist.
Maria Luisa Rosa Aguiar, Germany
Daniela Balestrin, Brazil
Monika Barth, Germany
Michelle Blancke, Netherlands
Lisa Burdeniuk, Germany
Lidija Commeça, Germany
Antonio Cunico, Italy
Lee Day, United States
Mieke Douglas, United Kingdom
Zhaotong Du, United Kingdom
Andrés Gallego, Spain
Andrés Gómez Salazar, Panama
Giulia Grillo, United Kingdom
Telma Haraldsdóttir, Iceland
Charlotta Hauksdottir, United States
Jussi Hellsten, Finland
Chie Hirabayashi, Japan
Christoph Honig, Germany
David Infante, Portugal
Diana Nicholette Jeon, United States
Vladimir Khorev, Taiwan
Sabrina Komár, Hungary
Stefanie Langenhoven, South Africa
Francis Leroy, France
Arrayah Loynd, Australia
Janis Victor Lüders, Germany
Yasu Matsumoto, Japan
Younes Mohammadi, Germany
Lisa Murray, Australia
Bart Nelissen, Netherlands
Photographer Hal, Japan
Enrico Pietracci, Germany
Monika Poul, Poland
Victoria Ruiz, Venezuela
Per Schorn, Germany
Torsten Schumann, Germany
Gregg Segal, United States
Megan Sinclair, United States
Anatoly Suzdaltsev, Kazakhstan
Kyriakos Tarassidis, Germany
Adriana Trevino, Mexico
Valentin Joseph Valette, Tunisia
Kristina Varaksina, United Kingdom
Rocio Villanueva, Guatemala
Kamil Vojnar, France
Grace Weston, United States
MPB Award finalists
The MPB Award finalists were chosen by our official sponsor MPB in a series of 4 heats throughout the open call period. The theme for the 2024 MPB Award is ‘diversity’.
Willi Dorner, Austria
Nora Obergeschwandner, Austria
Roman Manfredi, United Kingdom
Norberto Pezzotta, Italy
Meet the jury
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Steffi Jaeger
Art historian and photo expert, working in the international photo art market for over 25 years and co-owner of Jaeger Art - art consultants and advisors.
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Jennifer Tietze
Vice President of Marketing at MPB
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Heiko Tiemann
Artist, photographer and tutor. Founder of Fotowerkstatt. Lives and works in Düsseldorf.
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Kristian Skeie
Humanitarian documentary Photographer, Professor of Photography, based in Switzerland & Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
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Vishal Shah
BBA Gallery Co-Director and Creative Director
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Antya Umstaetter
Professor of new media at Beuth University Berlin
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Renata Kudlacek
BBA Gallery Co-Director & Founder
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Alexander Jöchl
Museum Director Samurai Museum Berlin, Curator for contemporary art.
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Mathias Thiel
Managing & Creative Director at studio asisi, Berlin
Official sponsor
MPB is the simple, safe, and circular way to buy, sell, and trade used photography and videography kits. While visual storytelling is our main passion, circularity is at the center of MPB. We promote sustainability, diversity, and inclusion in everything we do.
