The artist was announced as the 2025 winner of the prestigious £30,000 prize at The Photographers’ Gallery, London by photographer and author Caleb Azumah Nelson on Thursday 15 May 2025.
Lindokuhle Sobekwa said:
“This is such a huge honour. I’ve looked up to the people who have received the Prize before so this is such a milestone. Given our times I think it’s such an
important place to be a photographer and a storyteller in South Africa.”
The influential prize, in partnership with the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, rewards artists and their projects recognised as having made the most significant contribution to international contemporary photography over the past 12 months.
Lindokuhle Sobekwa (b.1995, South Africa) was awarded the Prize for the book I carry Her photo with Me, published by MACK in 2024.
