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Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2022 winner revealed

Deana Lawson has won the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2022 for her solo exhibition Centropy.

Ms Lawson, from Rochester, New York, was awarded the £30,000 prize on Thursday at a ceremony at The Photographers' Gallery in London.

The annual award recognises artists and projects for their contributions to the world of photography over the past year.

Deana Lawson A photo by Deana Lawson of a shirtless man sitting on a sofa, with religious images beside him on the wallDeana Lawson
Chief, 2019
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The photographer, who is a professor of visual arts in the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University, cast models to pose in a style reminiscent of family photographs.

While the majority of the models are unrelated, she describes them as a "mythological extended family" in images that provide "portals" into other worlds.

Deana Lawson A photo by Deana Lawson of a child wearing a headdress stood on a red sofa, next to a woman who is sitting downDeana Lawson
An Ode to Yemaya, 2019
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"Interrogating the position of the black body in visual culture and playing with tropes such as family portraiture, artifice and nature, [Lawson] takes the personal and makes it political," says Anne-Marie Beckmann, director of the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation.

Deana Lawson Framed portrait of two women standing side by sideDeana Lawson
Emily and Daughter, 2015. Pictured on display at The Photographers' Gallery, London
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Ms Lawson's Centropy exhibition was originally displayed at Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland, in 2020.

Her work is on display at The Photographers' Gallery, alongside the other shortlisted artists - Anastasia Samoylova, Jo Ractliffe and Gilles Peress - until 12 June 2022.

Deana Lawson Framed photo of a woman lying down with her arms crossedDeana Lawson
Deleon? Unknown, 2020. Pictured on display at The Photographers' Gallery, London
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Here is a selection of work by the three other shortlisted artists.

Anastasia Samoylova A woman with a dog standing outside a hairdressersAnastasia Samoylova
Barber Shop, Miami, 2018, from the series FloodZone
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Jo Ractliffe Black and white photo of a seated woman looking out from a tent decorated with postersJo Ractliffe
Video club, Roque Santeiro market, 2007, from the series Terreno Ocupado
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Gilles Peress Black and white composite photo of a large fire in a street, next to an image of a group of children in a streetGilles Peress
Whatever You Say, Say Nothing: from the chapter, The Last Night
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All pictures courtesy of the artists and subject to copyright. Deana Lawson images courtesy of the artist; Sikkema Jenkins & Co, New York; David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles.