Kraszna-Krausz Photography and Moving Image and Book Awards 2021 showcase - Artist and Editor Talks

The winners of the Kraszna-Krausz Photography and Moving Image Book Awards will be celebrated in two digital events presented in partnership with The Photographers’ Gallery on the 1st and 3rd June 2021.

PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK AWARD WINNERS EVENT
Tuesday 1 June 2021, 6.30-8.00pm 
Sunil Gupta and Maria Kapajeva in conversation, chaired by Monica Allende

Event Synopsis:
Sunil Gupta and Maria Kapajeva will discuss their award-winning books in this live-streamed event. Joining them is curator and editor Monica Allende, who will be chairing the conversation. There will be an opportunity for audience Q&As following the discussion. 

The artists will discuss common threads shared by both their books – including the power of community, use of personal archival material and how lived experience can be distilled into book form.  In ‘From Here to Eternity’ Sunil Gupta’s unique vision and political practice is explored alongside his activism and instrumental efforts for LGBTQ+ rights across his career. The book weaves in intimate family and personal moments from Gupta’s past to form a detailed and richly personal portrait of the artist. Maria Kapajeva’s book, ‘Dream is Wonderful, Yet Unclear’ is an extraordinary journey through contemporary social history and personal memory. Drawing on experiences of her childhood community in Estonia in the lead up to re-independence from Soviet occupation, Kapajeva’s beautifully designed publication explores female collectivity, community and independence.

MOVING IMAGE BOOK AWARD WINNERS EVENT
Thursday 3 June 2021, 6.30-8.00pm
Marie-Hélène Gutberlet and Brigitta Kuster on the work of Med Hondo, chaired by Keith Shiri 

Event Synopsis:
Marie-Hélène Gutberlet and Brigitta Kuster will speak about the process of editing their volumes on the work of Med Hondo, his career and cinematic legacy.

Gutberlet and Kuster’s books offer a rich insight and tribute into the life works of the late multi-faceted filmmaker and pioneer of African cinema, Med Hondo (1936-2019), capturing the scope and spirit of his practices. Hondo’s work centres around the question of what cinema means from an African perspective and examines a long history of colonialism, racism and cultural ignorance that remains pertinent today.