I’ve not been to this yet (working for money really getting in the way of my work) but I thought this was interesting for two reasons.

1. Relevant reference re. Limits of photography – might have to include this in list of pejorative words I keep coming across describing photography

2. Conservative response to Clare Strand’s work referred time as ‘slightly bonkers’ – surprising and, for me undermines everything he’s ever written. I shall forevermore read his reviews through this coating.

3. Saying that – the inadvertent criticism of the gallery space feels timely. More and more work is contextual – the institution is critiqued and queried frequently nowadays.

‘From second world war concentration camps to the effects of global capitalism on Parisian youth, this year’s contenders produce moving work that struggles in a group context
— Read on www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/feb/20/deutsche-borse-photography-prize-review-big-ideas-but-the-wrong-place-for-them