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The Deutsche Börse Photography Prize rewards a living photographer, of any nationality, who has made the most significant contribution - in exhibition or publication format - to the medium of photography over the previous year. The four shortlisted artists for this year's prize have been announced:

• Anna Fox (b.1961, UK) is nominated for her exhibition 'Cockroach Diary & Other Stories' at Ffotogallery, Cardiff (28th July - 10th October 2009), initiated by Impressions Gallery, Bradford.
• Zoe Leonard (b.1961, USA) is nominated for her retrospective exhibition 'Zoe Leonard - Photographs', at the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (1st April - 5th July 2009), initiated by Fotomuseum Winterthur.
• Sophie Ristelhueber (b.1949, France) is nominated for her retrospective 'Sophie Ristelhueber' at the Jeu de Paume, Paris (20th January - 22nd March 2009).
• Donovan Wylie (b.1971, UK) is nominated for his exhibition 'MAZE 2007/8' at Belfast Exposed (27th March - 1st May 2009).

The exhibition runs from 12th February until 17th April 2010.

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Exhibition at Liberty (London), 2nd February - 8th March 2009.

A celebration of the recent relocation of The Photographers' Gallery's to the Soho neighbourhood has resulted in a collaboration with Liberty, a store synonymous with style. 'British Landscape Photography' shows the work of eleven contemporary artists represented by Print Sales at The Photographers' Gallery.

Photographers featured include Martin Cole, Ernst Fischer, Stephen Gill, Kevin Griffin, Mischa Haller, Nicholas Hughes, Chrystel Lebas, Mike Perry, Jem Southam, Stephen Vaughan and Mick Williamson.

Landscape has provided inspiration for all these artists, yet they have each approached the subject with a unique and individual vision that results in a diverse look at our environment.

All of the works are available to purchase in signed, limited editions. Prices start from £200 plus VAT and framing.

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The Photographers' Gallery is in transition - this autumn, the gallery will be relocating from Great Newport Street, its home for the past thirty-seven years, to a building at 16-18 Ramillies St., W1. During 2009, the gallery will continue to present exhibitions, talks and events, and education projects, and will also have its print sales, cafe and bookshop facilities all located on one floor.

'Goodbye Great Newport Street': Sunday, November 16th. Join the gallery team for afternoon tea, and sign the book of memories to mark the end of the Great Newport Street address. A special live performance, 'Wall Walk' by artist Silvia Ziranek, is scheduled for 5pm, celebrating the history of the Gallery at its current address and anticipating the challenges and hopes for the new site.

"London has been crying-out for a place like this to rival those in New York and Paris," remarked photographer David Bailey. "The location of the new Photographers' Gallery in Ramillies St. offers a fabulous opportunity to put photography right back into the heart of London life and culture, and finally give photography in this country an international profile."

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Fashion in the Mirror: Self-Reflection in Fashion Photography (18th July - 14th September)

The international photographers in this exhibition undress the theme of fashion and question the creation of perfect beauty. 'Fashion in the Mirror' is an overview of their self-examination and a rare look behind-the-scenes of fashion photography from the 1950s to the present day.

Finding both comedy and poetry in the set-up of the studio, the exhibiting photographers turn their cameras on the processes and paraphernalia of the fashion shoot. Photographers are mirrored in their own work and, as viewpoints are inverted and gazes misdirected, cameras stare back expectantly.

Revealing the fashion industry's secrets and undermining its glamorous illusions, the photographers in this exhibition create work that exposes this world from within.

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Latest news from the Photographer's Gallery:

The four shortlisted photographers for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize are: John Davies, Jacob Holdt, Esko Männikkö and Fazal Sheikh. The exhibition of the nominated artists' work will run between 8th February and 6th April, 2008, at the Photographers' Gallery, with the winner of the prize being announced on Wednesday 5th March, 2008.

The Photographers' Gallery is to have a new home in the heart of Soho in 2010. The new Gallery will have double the current exhibition space, provide state of the art technology for education, have a new on-line resource centre and a street level café and bar. It will be designed by internationally acclaimed architects O'Donnell + Tuomey, and is set to be their first major UK commission.

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Taryn Simon: An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar

This is the first UK exhibition of Taryn Simon's latest project, a culmination of four years extensive research and documentation of the unseen and inaccessible that is hidden beneath the surface of national identity.

Nicholas Hughes: In Darkness Visible

A new body of work that re-examines the traditional symbols and metaphors used in photography to portray the human sense of wonder before nature. In-keeping with the themes of his previous series 'Edge', Hughes seeks to illustrate the frail residue of the contemporary wilderness and our relationship to it.