Winner of The Seventh Edition of The MAST Photography Grant on Industry and Work / 2023 Announced
Fondazione MAST is delighted to present the works of the five finalists of the seventh edition of "MAST Photography Grant on Industry and Work", a photography competition on
industry and work dedicated to emerging talents: Farah Al Qasimi, Hicham Gardaf, Lebohang Kganye, Maria Mavropoulou, Salvatore Vitale. These young photographers, selected from fifty-three candidates from all over the world, have developed an original and unpublished project for the Fondazione MAST.
Winner: Hicham Gardaf (Tangier, 1989)
The winner has been announced today: Hicham Gardaf (Tangier, 1989) with the project In Praise ofSlowness, has been selected by the Jury composed of Isabella Seràgnoli, François Hébel, Milo Keller, Michael Mack, Simon Njami, Alona Pardo, Giovanna Silva, Urs Stahel, Francesco Zanot. The Jury’s Special Mention has been awarded to Lebohang Kganye.
The exhibition, curated by Urs Stahel and set up in the Photo Gallery, also features the works of the twenty-four finalists of the previous editions, forming a large, multi-faceted exhibition, a sort of tour of the world through images, to celebrate both the tenth anniversary of MAST and the fifteen years of commitment to organising the Grant for young photographers (the first was awarded in 2008).
“Through the MAST Photography Grant on Industry and Work, Fondazione MAST offers young photographers the opportunity to confront the issues related to the world of industry and technology, to the systems of work and capital, to inventions, developments and the universe of production, and often, their innovative and unseen before gaze, forces us to confront incongruities, fractures, phenomena and perhaps even abysses that we had previously neglected or tried not to see“ Urs Stahel explains.
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The Jury’s Special Mention: Lebohang Kganye