The Danny Wilson Memorial Awards were established to commemorate the life and work of the late Director of Brighton Photo Fringe who passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in 2008.

For 2024 there are three categories:

• Professionals' Choice (selected by a panel of industry professionals)
• Emerging Curators' Choice (selected by participants of the Photo Fringe 2024 Emerging Curators Programme)
• Exhibitors' Choice (selected by Photo Fringe 2024 exhibitors)

Our sincere thanks to our partners London College of Communication, University of the Arts London and Photoworks for their continued support for the Danny Wilson Memorial Awards.

Professionals' Choices

selected by Danit Ariel, Curator, Photoworks
Krasimira Butseva, Senior Lecturer at London College of Communication
Ricardo Reverón Blanco, Curator and Project Manager, Aspex, Portsmouth

Professionals' Choice for emerging artists
(solo or twin exhibition)

Winner:
In the Bazaar
by Gurnoor Singh and Kamal Badhey

In the Bazaar includes the photographic works of Kamal Badhey and Gurnoor Singh. It is a conversation between two photographers and their long-term projects Portals and Passageways and Life at Chawri, geographically located in bazaars of South Asia in Delhi and Hyderabad.

Installed at Guru World Foods in Brighton's Open Market during Photo Fringe 2024, the exhibition can still be viewed digitally on our festival website.

Special Commendations:

Until Daylight Comes, Matthew Paul Bruce, Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts
Silly, Toby Lamborn and Oliver Rimmer, One Garden Stanmer Park

Professionals' Choice for emerging artists
(online exhibition)

Winner:
Barako
by Chelsea Pineda

Barako delves into Chelsea's father’s youth in the 1960s-70s Philippines, when he became a serial street fighter to survive. Amidst an era that glorified the "tough guy," he trained in combat fighting, using his skills to protect himself and others. The exhibition can be viewed on our festival website.

Special Commendation:

A State of Statelessness, Sally Itani

Professionals' Choice for emerging artists
(group or collective exhibition)

Winner:
Cast in Salt, Etched in Stone
by Maya Brasington, Serena Burgis and Livvy Eden

Cast in Salt, Etched in Stone speaks to personal, embodied experiences of place; questioning how land shapes memory, identity, and potential futures. The exhibition proposes a circular perception of time, where dialogues of truth and diaspora are interwoven with land and natural formations. Installed at The Round Tower, Portsmouth during Photo Fringe 2024, the exhibition can still be enjoyed digitally at our festival website.

Emerging Curators' Choices

selected by Photo Fringe 2024 Emerging Curators:
Dominika Jarečná, Oliver Mansell, Jackson Mount and Ngo Chun Tse.

Emerging Curators' Choice
(in venue exhibition)

Winner:
A Land Within

Curated by Jane & Jeremy, the exhibition brings together the work of artists who explore mankind’s physical, emotional, and cultural connection to the land: Rhiannon Adam, Eric Hosking, Sara Knelman, Alison Lloyd, Molly Maltman, Kathryn Martin and Véronique Rolland. Although the exhibition at The Marine Workshops, Newhaven has now closed, the online gallery accompanying the show can be viewed on our festival website.

Emerging Curators' Choice
(online exhibition)

Winner:
Halo Tango
by Diane Bielik

A fictional photographic narrative told from a single found object - a small framed charcoal portrait of a woman ‘Mrs Eyles’ made by another woman Betty Steer in 1962. The exhibition can be viewed on our festival website.

Emerging Curators' Choice
(Collectives Hub exhibition curation)

Winner:
Interwoven Legacies: A Postcolonial Dialogue
by Emic

Emic is a new research collective specialising in interrogating and exploring post-colonial narratives. The group comprises of Yuxing Chen, Margarita Galandina and Harry Compton. Installed during Photo Fringe 2024 at our Collectives Hub at Phoenix Art Space, Brighton, the exhibition can still be viewed digitally on our festival website.

Exhibitors' Choices

Selected by Photo Fringe 2024 exhibiting artists

Exhibitors' Choice
(in venue exhibition)

Winner:
Carrying Life - Motherhood and Water in Malawi
by Laura El-Tantawy

Commissioned by WaterAid and part-funded by the Wimbledon Foundation, this exhibition celebrates the dignity and strength of women in Ntchisi district, Malawi, whilst also drawing attention to the stark reality of giving birth without access to the basic essentials of clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene, leaving mothers and babies at risk of deadly infections. WaterAid have worked to bring these basics to four health clinics in the region with support from the Wimbledon Foundation. The multi-screen installation is produced by standard 8 design. On show during Photo Fringe 2024 outside St Peter's Church, Brighton, an online image gallery accompanying the exhibition can be viewed on our festival website.

Exhibitors' Choice
(online exhibition)

Winner:
The Weight of Silence
by Emily Damyan

Combining photography with sculpture, The Weight of Silence explores the stigmatisation of abortion and how it can impact personal narratives. Adressing introspective physical and emotional difficulties experienced within the artist's own abortion, the work has not only been a catharsis in processing trauma, but also an act of reclamation—reclaiming narrative, space, and autonomy. The exhibition can be viewed on our festival website.

We're looking forward to Photo Fringe talks from many of our winners in coming months.