I visited the The Deutsche Börse Photography Prize which was based in Baker Street. It is a Photographer's Gallery which rewards £30,000 to the winner of the exhibition. The photographer who has made the most significant contribution to photography in Europe would win the prize. The contestant who won this years prize was Jim Goldberg with his series of work called 'Open See' which are documents of immigrants from destroyed countries to start fresh new lives in Europe.
Compared to the other contestants Goldberg's work stood out more. He used many different forms of media to exhibit his work. This is to reflect the experimental approaches to photographic storytelling to show the issues of migration and thought that we surrounded by ungrateful luxury that only others can only dream and hope for. His media takes form of collaging Polaroids, creating videos, text, large and medium formats of photographs.
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