For the open call of the Pride Photo Award 2024 we received a total of 9193 entries from 87 countries, from all continents. An enormous number of photos. The jury was very impressed by the quality of the submitted photos. Not only where it concerned the artistic strength or beauty of the images, but also the diversity of stories they showed. Stories that were moving, sometimes joyful and hopeful. But also pictures that touched and made the jury think. Stories from the colourful, diverse and multifaceted international LGBTQIA+ community.
After two digital rounds, the jury of the Pride Photo Award 2024 met to discuss the entries and to decide on the winning photos. One in the category Single Image and one in the category Series.
Pride Photo Award 2024
Winner single image: Invisible by Alexis
Project description
The jury is extremely proud to put forward this winning image, a moment that speaks to us from the outer edges of Russian society. In the margins of the margins of Putin’s Russia, queer bodies exist and dare to stay true to themselves. A couple share a tender embrace in a field, only feeling safe when they are far away from civilization. The jury commends the work for its defiance, both politically and visually, by portraying queer bodies in the open landscape standing together in an intimate embrace.
Author biography
Due to concerns around privacy, the photographer is participating under the pseudonym Alexis. Alexis is a documentary photographer, whose career spans over a decade, and has been exhibited in multiple exhibition spaces and galleries.
Pride Photo Award 2024
Winner series: I Remember Everything by Julie Sundberg
Julie Sundberg’s I Remember Everything (USA), is this year’s winner in the Series category.
Project description
Julie Sundberg’s extraordinary long-term series, accompanying Danny Abood through more than 3 decades of his life, made a striking impression on the jury.
Julie writes, “This is a story spanning my 35 year relationship with Danny Abood. It is about identity and gender, addiction, ageing and illness, love, loss and death.” In this series we are invited to share in the different aspects that made Danny’s life so rich, filled with moments and experiences that range from the joyful to the sublime.
I remember everything is an ode to life, and a call to remember and honour those who paved the way for us.
Author biography
Julie Sundberg is a Sydney-based photographic artist, with an academic background in art history and literature. Julie has decades of experience in education, stills photography, arts management and community work with a longstanding interest in social justice and storytelling.