The exhibition is on display at the Photographer’s Gallery until the 7th June.
It has been announced that Rene Matić has won the 2026 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize, winning £30,000. The winner was confirmed in a ceremony at The Photographer’s Gallery this evening (14th May).
The 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 in Europe over the past 12 months.
This year’s winner Rene Matić was awarded the Prize for the exhibition AS OPPOSED TO THE TRUTH, at CCA Berlin, Germany (8 November 2024 – 15 February 2025). The exhibition featured newly produced photographs, installations and sound pieces. Its focus was on identity and belonging, subculture, class and family.
Matić’s work covers photography, film and sculpture, converging in a meeting place they describe as “rude(ness)” – an evidencing and honouring of the in-between. In a climate of rising right-wing populism and performative compassion, they turn to interpersonal relationships as spaces of resistance and care, how people hold on to one another, and learn to live with vulnerability – despite, or in defiance of, so-called contemporary ‘truths’. For Matić, intimacy, vulnerability and desire become tools for survival.
Talking about the news, Shoair Mavlian, Director of The Photographers’ Gallery and Chair of the Jury, said: “We are delighted to announce Rene Matić as the winner of the 2026 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize.
“Rene’s deeply personal work is rooted in community and belonging – and their power both to heal and bring people together. Rene’s raw and honest photographs bring a story of Britain today to audiences outside the UK.
We have been thrilled to share Rene’s work with our visitors, alongside the other shortlisted artists. Many congratulations to Rene.”
To find out more about the exhibition click here.