2017 Hasselblad Award Winner announced
Dutch photographer Rineke Dijkstra has won the 2017 Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography.
A specialist portrait photographer, Dijkstra was recognised by the jury for her concentration on human themes.
As the award winner, Dijkstra receives a one million Swedish Krona (approx. $110,000 USD/€100,000) prize.
‘At a moment when the portrait image dissipates itself in an economy of narcissism and fractal celebrity, Rineke Dijkstra reminds us of the photographic portrait’s public potential,’ said Duncan Forbes, Chair of the Jury.
Dijkstra’s long-term projects depict people going through transitions and different stages of life, and her work has been compared to that of 17th century Dutch painters.
The prize will be awarded in October at the Hasselblad Center in Gothenburg, which will house an exhibition of Dijkstra's work.
For more information see the Hasselblad Foundation website: www.hasselbladfoundation.org/wp/.