Laura Huertas Millán and Sarker Protick receive the 'After Nature . Ulrike Crespo Photography Prize' in 2024. Their double exhibition ‘Curanderxs’ (Laura Huertas Millán) and ‘অঙ্গার . Awngar‘ (Sarker Protick) can be seen at C/O Berlin until January 22, 2025 and then, from Friday, February 28 to Sunday, May 25, 2025, at Crespo Open Space in Frankfurt.

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.

Lisa Barnard (1967, Great Britain) and Isadora Romero (1987, Ecuador) are the winners of the ‘After Nature . Ulrike Crespo Photography Prize 25’. The double exhibition will be on display for the first time at C/O Berlin from September 27, 2025 to January 28, 2026 and then at Crespo Open Space in Frankfurt from February 2026.

The jury included Tomáš Dvořák (Associate Professor, Department of Photography, FAMU, Prague), Zippora Elders (Freelance Curator), Boaz Levin (Curator and Co-Program Director, C/O Berlin), Hinde Haest (Curator, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam), Michelle Henning (Professor of Photography and Media, University of Liverpool), Maria-Kyveli Mavrokordopoulou (Research Associate, VU University Amsterdam), Christiane Riedel (Director, Crespo Foundation), Katharina Täschner (Junior Curator, C/O Berlin). The decision was unanimous and was based on the nominations of 12 international experts.

The prize, endowed with a total of 80,000 euros, is awarded annually to two artists whose work questions the relationship between man, nature and technology. It is the second highest endowed prize in the field of photography in Europe. In addition to the prize, it includes an exhibition at C/O Berlin – a renowned exhibition venue for photography and visual media – and at Crespo Open Space in Frankfurt, as well as an accompanying publication. It is named after the founder and photographer Ulrike Crespo. In numerous photographic series, she has intensively explored the themes of landscape and nature and in her works presents a natural world that appears both impressive and fragile in the face of the increasingly noticeable effects of the climate crisis.

‘After Nature’ opens up a dual perspective on the relationship between photography and nature. The award supports projects that explore landscapes in the Anthropocene. They view photography itself as an ecological practice or adopt new perspectives that go beyond the human and explore alternative forms of life and nature.

In the Anthropocene, humanity has a responsibility to shape a new understanding of humans, nature and technology. In view of the global impact of capitalism on the ecosystem, conventional ideas are beginning to falter. The climate crisis makes it clear that nature can no longer simply be regarded as untouched, but is strongly influenced by human activity and closely interwoven with social and political aspects.

Dr. Maja Pflüger
Crespo Foundation

Katharina Täschner
C/O Berlin Foundation