Event: Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Symposium 2025 / London, 19 November 2025

[Alex Anthony]

Join us for this special event at the V&A South Kensington celebrating the artists and editor shortlisted for this year’s Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Award. Hear about the joys and challenges of making award-winning and nominated photobooks.

Wednesday 19 November 2025
17.00 – 19.30
V&A South Kensington, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 2RL
Gorvy Lecture Theatre
Free event, ticket required
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This year’s symposium brings together short-listed artists Mahmoud Khattab, Linda Bournane Engelberth, and editor Charlotte Flint. Explored through different material and conceptual frameworks, their books consider ideas of imposed, embodied and cultural identities. Each author will present their book, discussing the process of developing and publishing their project, followed by a panel discussion hosted by Hana Kaluznick, Assistant Curator of Photography at the V&A.  

PROGRAMME

17:00 – 17:05 – Welcome

17:10 – 17:35 – Mahmoud Khattab (The Dog Sat Where We Parted, self-published)

17:35 – 17:55 – Linda Bournane Engelberth (Outside the Binary, Journal)

17:55 – 18:15 – Charlotte Flint (Ed.) (Tee A. Corinne: A Forest Fire Between Us, Mack)

18:15 – 18:45 – In-conversation chaired by Hana Kaluznick (Assistant Curator, V&A)

This will conclude with a short audience Q&A, time permitting.

18:45 – 19:45 – Drinks reception and book signing in the V&A’s Silver Galleries

Artist biographies

Mahmoud Khattab is an independent photographer and writer based in Cairo. He is a fellow of Magnum Foundation and a member of Everyday Africa and Everyday Middle East. He studied medicine at Ain Shams University in Cairo and is currently pursuing a Masters in contemporary art practice at the Academy of the Arts in Bern. Khattab is the winner of the 2025 Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Award.

Linda Bournane Engelberth is a Norwegian-Algerian visual artist working with photography, installation, and film. Spending several years in Mexico, she adopted the camera as an artistic tool before returning to Norway, establishing herself as an artist with a broad practice ranging from photography and installation to film. She has received numerous awards and accolades for her work. Her artistic focus centers on conveying personal narratives within sociopolitical frameworks or gender discourses. Since 2009, she has held various solo exhibitions and participated in group exhibitions at major institutions such as Die Haus der Photographie/Deichtorhallen in Hamburg, Fotogalerie Wien, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Bomuldsfabriken in Arendal and Nitja Center for Contemporary art. Since 2015, she has been teaching at Bilder Nordic School of Photography and Kristiania. She is a contributing photographer for the VII Photo.

 

Charlotte Flint is a curator and writer based in London. She is a senior editor at Phaidon Press where she focuses on their art and photography titles. Her book Tee A. Corinne: A forest fire between us is the product of extensive archival research into the trailblazing photographer and activist Tee A Corinne, which was shortlisted for the 2025 Arles Historical Book Award. Charlotte’s research explores politically engaged artistic and photographic practice, the importance of archives, and the representation of women and the Queer community. She has held curatorial positions at the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Hayward Gallery and the Barbican Centre.

 

The Awards: Celebrating excellence in photography and moving image publishing

The annual Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards recognise individuals or groups of individuals who, in the opinion of the Judges, have made an outstanding original or lasting contribution to the art and practice of photography or the moving image through the medium of the book. Two winning titles are selected; one in the field of photography and one in the field of the moving image (including film, television and digital media). 

www.kraszna-krausz.org.uk