The Hasselblad Award, the world's largest prize in photography, has been awarded to South African visual activist Zanele Muholi – "one of the most influential contemporary photographers, with an impact that reaches far beyond the art world," the Foundation says. Presented annually by the Hasselblad Foundation since 1980, the prestigious award includes SEK 2,000,000 (approx. $217,000 / £162,087/ AU$308,048), a gold medal, and a Hasselblad camera (worth over US$7,000). The prize makes it the biggest available for a photo contest – eclipsing that available for the overall winner of the HIPA contest.Over a career spanning more than two decades, Muholi has created powerful portrait series that document and celebrate the lives of Black LGBTQIA+ communities. For this, Muholi worked with Canon cameras such as the EOS R5 or EOS 5D Mark IV, paired with classic portrait lenses including the EF 50mm f/1.8 STM and EF 85mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art, along with zooms like the EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS USM.
