The Kraszna-Krausz Foundation is delighted to be collaborating with the V&A South Kensington to present the Photography Book Award Symposium 2024. Drawing together political and personal histories, artists Hristina Tasheva, Alice Proujansky and Lewis Bush will present their award-winning and nominated publications, followed by a conversation chaired by Dr Duncan Forbes, Head of Photography at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Award Symposium 2024
Tuesday, 19 November 2024
17.00 – 19.45
The Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre, V&A South Kensington, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 2RL
Free event, booking required
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Programme
17:00 – 17:05 – Welcome
17:10 – 17:35 – Hristina Tasheva (Far Away From Home: The Voices, the Body and the Periphery (self-published)
17:35 – 17:55 – Lewis Bush (Depravity’s Rainbow, Disphotic Editions)
17:55 – 18:15 – Alice Proujansky (Hard Times are Fighting Times, Gnomic Book)
18:15 – 18:45 – In-conversation chaired by Duncan Forbes (Head of Photography, V&A)
18:45 – 19:45 – Drinks reception in Silver Galleries
Artist info:
Hristina Tasheva, winner of the 2024 Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Award, will present Far Away From Home: The Voices, the Body and the Periphery (Self Published). As an Eastern European living in Western Europe, migration, identity, and belonging have been central themes in Tasheva's work. Using photography, text, and performance, she develops most of her projects in photo book format. Her award-winning book investigates the question of what it means to be a communist today or to define yourself as one and how the interpretation of history and politics of remembering influence the formation of our identities and our view of the future.
www.hristinatasheva.com
Lewis Bush will discuss his book Depravity’s Rainbow (Disphotic Editions), longlisted for this year's Award. The project, undertaken between 2018 and 2023, examines the colonial and fascist origins of modern space exploration, through the figure of Wernher von Braun (1912-1977). Best known for his work on the American Apollo lunar landing project, von Braun’s other triumph was the development of the V-2 ballistic missile, a Nazi terror weapon which killed thousands. Using archival material and site visits, Depravity’s Rainbow reveals the improbable connections between these two rockets, and through them, argues that contemporary space exploration is still deeply shaped by its largely unacknowledged origins.
www.lewisbush.com
Alice Proujansky is a photographer who looks at family labour: birth, work, motherhood and identity. Her photobook, Hard Times are Fighting Times(Gnomic Book), uses archival and documentary images to consider the legacy of radical activism in her family. It was shortlisted for the 2024 Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Award and the Rencontres d’Arles Author Book Award, and was selected for exhibition through Baxter St’s MidCareer Artists Initiative. Alice has taught photography since 2002, currently for Aperture.
www.aliceproujansky.com
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