Edition 2017

Gideon Mendel

Born 1959, Johannesburg, South Africa. Lives and works in London, United Kingdom.

Gideon Mendel intimate style of image-making and long-term commitment to socially engaged projects has earned international acclaim. During 2016, Mendel received the inaugural Jackson Pollock Prize for Creativity and the Greenpeace Photo Award. Shortlisted for the Prix Picket in 2015, he has also received the Eugene Smith Award for Humanistic Photography, the Amnesty International Media Award, and six World Press awards. Mendel established his career with his searing photographs of the final years of apartheid. In 1991 he moved to London, and continued to respond to global issues, especially HIV/AIDS. Mendel has been working on Drowning World since 2007.