Assembly

Sarker Protick was celebrated as the winner of the After Nature: Ulrike Crespo Photography Prize, which was launched as a collaboration between the Crespo Foundation and CO Berlin.

The jury included Lewis Chaplin (co-founder, Loose Joints Publishing), Martin Guinard (curator, LUMA Arles), Hajra Haider Karrar (curator, SAVVY Contemporary), Iris Sikking (curator, Fotomuseum, Den Haag), Olga Smith (Newcastle University) as well as Christiane Riedel (Director, Crespo Foundation), Sophia Greiff (Co-Program Director, C/O Berlin Foundation) and Katharina Täschner (Junior Curator, C/O Berlin Foundation). The decision was unanimous and was based on the nominations of 15 international experts.

Sarker Protick's project Awngar explores the historical territory of Bengal, which today extends across India and Bangladesh. He transfers the colonial history of the British Empire to the present through a photographic investigation, focusing on the expansion of railroad connections and coal mining in the 19th century. Traveling through Bangladesh and India, Protick's precise and atmospheric visual language creates a photographic treasure trove that illuminates the global, geopolitical, and historical dimensions of imperialism.

The exhibition of Protick's work is also on view from February 28 - May 25, 2025 at Crespo Open Space in Frankfurt, Germany. Learn more at www.crespo-foundation.de

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