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Sanne De Wilde

Location: Belgium

Sanne De Wilde (Belgium, 1987) in her photography, explores the role genetics plays in people's lives and how this shapes and affects communities. She graduated with a Master's in the Fine Arts at KASK in Ghent (BE) with great honours in 2012. Her photo series 'The Dwarf Empire' was rewarded with the Photo Academy Award 2012 as well as the International Photography Award Emergentes DST in 2013. Her series ‘Snow White’ was awarded the 16ème Prix National Photographie Ouverte and the NuWork Award for Photographic Excellence. She was awarded the Nikon Press Award in 2014 and 2016 for the most promising young photographer.

The British Journal of Photography selected De Wilde as one of 'the best emerging talents from around the world' in 2014 and received the Firecracker Grant 2016, PHmuseum Women's Grant and de Zilveren Camera award for 'The Island of the Colorblind' and most recently won a World Press Photo for her collaborative project with NOOR Photographer Benedicte Kurzen for "Land of Ibeji" in 2019. She has been internationally published (Guardian, New Yorker, Le Monde, CNN, Vogue) and exhibited (Voies OFF, Tribeca Film Festival, Circulations, Lagos Photo, Lodz Fotofestiwal, IDFA, STAM and EYE).


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