View work by Lindokuhle Sobekwa, the 2025 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize winner at The Photographers' Gallery.
Lindokuhle Sobekwa’s award is connected to his book 'I Carry Her Photo with Me', published by MACK in 2024. This deeply personal project combines photographs, handwritten notes, and family snapshots. Through this scrapbook-like publication, Sobekwa explores the memory of his sister and the broader implications of such disappearances—a troubling aspect of South Africa’s history. The work forms part of his wider practice, which addresses fragmentation, poverty, and the far-reaching effects of apartheid and colonialism across all levels of South African society.
This long-standing annual Prize, originally established in 1996, identifies and rewards artists for their projects that have made a significant contribution to photography over the past year. The Prize has become renowned as one of the most important international awards for contemporary photographers, spotlighting outstanding, innovative and thought-provoking work.
