As the prestigious award marks its 30th anniversary, this year’s nominees consider hidden human labour, life in war-torn Ukraine and the Buddhist concept of rebirth

‘Psychoanalytic ideas’ … from the series The Fold (2019-25) Photograph: Carlos Ayesta/Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac Thu 29 Oct 2026 03.00 EDT Last modified on Thu 29 Oct 2026 03.44 EDT

Untitled, 2023, from the series Death by GPS, 2022–26

The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation prize identifies and rewards artists for an exhibition or book in Europe that has made a significant contribution to photography in the past 12 months. Salvatore Vitale (born 1986, Palermo, Italy) is shortlisted for the exhibition Sabotage at Photo Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland.…