Deutsche Börse:Deutsche Börse together with the Offenbach University of Art and Design (HfG) presented the 'Deutsche Börse und HfG Fotoförderpreis' (Deutsche Börse and University of Art and Design Photo Advancement Award 2015) on 10 July. This year's winners are Malte Sänger and Rudi Weissbeck. The award has been presented since 2010 to students at the University of Art and Design who focus on the medium of photography.

Due to the extremely high quality of the submissions this year, the jury decided to present the award to two students and to increase the prize money from €2,500 to €4,000. This year's jury comprised photographer Barbara Klemm, President of the University of Art and Design Professor Bernd Kracke, and curator of the Art Collection Deutsche Börse Anne-Marie Beckmann. The presentation was made as part of the annual show at the Offenbach HfG.

Malte Sänger was recognised for his work 'Partition'. This work portrays photographs of hard disks that Malte Sänger bought as electronic scrap and whose content he restored - as far as possible. He displays a hand-written description of the contents beside the photographs. 'Partition' is an intelligently composed conceptual piece which poses numerous questions about retention of memories in modern times.

Rudi Weissbeck's 'Journeyman's Piece' (Gesellenstück) is a successful associative examination of depiction and creation of reality. Weissbeck reveals the wide variety of technical and visual possibilities of the photography medium in his precisely composed arrangement of different motives in the room.

About Deutsche Börse Group:
Deutsche Börse Group is one of the world's leading stock exchange companies and - as part of its cultural commitment - also one of the most important promoters of photographic art. The Group has collected contemporary photography since 1999. The Art Collection Deutsche Börse comprises some 1,600 works by more than 100 international artists. The works are displayed at company headquarters The Cube in Eschborn/Frankfurt, among other locations. The company also supports exhibition projects by international museums and institutions, such as the English Theatre Frankfurt. To address the importance that Deutsche Börse attributes to photography and photographers, the non-profit Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation is currently being established, which will comprise all the company's cultural activities. These include the Art Collection Deutsche Börse, the exhibition programme and promotion of contemporary photography.

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