Donald Weber (photographer) explained

Donald Weber (born 1973) is a Canadian photographer who focuses on the effects of world power.[1] He is a member of VII Photo Agency. Weber's books include Bastard Eden, Our Chernobyl (2008), Interrogations (2011), Barricade: The EuroMaidan Revolt (with Arthur Bondar, 2015) and War Sand (2017).

Weber has had solo exhibitions at Phodar Foundation, Pleven, Bulgaria; Pikto Gallery, Toronto, Canada; and Alice Austen House, New York City. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship,[2] a World Press Photo Award,[3] the Lange-Taylor Prize,[4] a Sony World Photography Award[5] and the Duke and Duchess of York Prize in Photography.[6]

Life and work

Weber was born in 1973 in Toronto, Ontario.

He joined VII Network in 2008 and became a full member of VII Photo Agency in 2013.[7]

Weber focuses on the effects of world power, how state power functions the world over and how those in power use theatre to coerce their subjects; he seeks to uncover the unspoken collaboration between the parties with his photography.[8]

He worked in Ukraine and Russia for seven years, making numerous visits beginning in 2005. In 2010 and 2011 for his book Interrogations he investigated the power relationship between police and criminals by photographing people being interrogated by Ukrainian police and subjected to both psychological and physical abuse in order to extract information. Weber has spoken about how these techniques are not specific to Ukraine but are standard police practice and used elsewhere, for example in Canada.[9] [10] [11] In The Photobook: A History, Vol. 3, Martin Parr and Gerry Badger praised Interrogations, writing "Weber's vision is clear-eyed and unflinching in its sober directness, which makes it both effective and discomforting to look at."[12]

Together with Christopher Nunn and Kateryna Radchenko, Weber has created a series of newspaper-format publications called The Information Front that collates images by Ukrainian photographers and photojournalists of the war in Ukraine.[13] [14]

Publications

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions and exhibitions with others

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Donald Weber: Interrogations, White Cloth Gallery, Leeds. 22 February 2013 . 8 December 2014 . .
  2. Web site: Donald Weber . 8 December 2014 . John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation . https://web.archive.org/web/20130603092531/http://www.gf.org/fellows/15465-donald-weber . 3 June 2013 . dead .
  3. Web site: 2005, Donald Weber, Honorable mention, Daily Life. 8 December 2014 . World Press Photo.
  4. Web site: 2006 Winners: Larry Frolick and Donald Weber . 8 December 2014 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20130603092531/http://www.gf.org/fellows/15465-donald-weber . 3 June 2013 . dead .
  5. Web site: Winners of Sony World Photography awards 2012 – in pictures. 8 December 2014 . The Guardian.
  6. Web site: Donald Weber wins Duke and Duchess of York Prize in Photography from the Canada Council for the Arts. 8 December 2014 . Canada Council.
  7. Web site: VII Photo rises to challenges of changing photographic landscape with dynamic new agency model. 21 May 2014 . 8 December 2014 . Olivier . Laurent . .
  8. "Bio ", Donald Weber. Accessed 9 December 2014.
  9. News: Photography: Interrogations, by Donald Weber. 15 January 2012 . 8 December 2014 . .
  10. Web site: Donald Weber's Brutal Ukrainian Interrogation Photos. 18 April 2013 . 8 December 2014 . .
  11. News: A Gun to Your Head: Inside Post-Soviet Interrogation Rooms. https://web.archive.org/web/20120215004328/http://lightbox.time.com/2012/02/13/a-gun-to-your-head-inside-post-soviet-interrogation-rooms/#1 . dead . 15 February 2012 . 13 February 2012 . 9 December 2014 . Ishaan . Tharoor . .
  12. Book: Martin Parr . Gerry Badger . Martin Parr . Gerry Badger . The Photobook: A History, Volume III . London . Phaidon . 2014 . 137 . 978-0-7148-6677-2 .
  13. Web site: Jörg. Colberg. Jörg Colberg. 2023-02-25. The Information Front ensures the war and atrocities taking place in Ukraine are not forgotten. British Journal of Photography.
  14. News: 2023-02-25. How Ukrainian photographers captured a year of conflict. Financial Times. 17 February 2023.
  15. Web site: Results from the competition of Phodar Biennial'07 . 17 March 2014 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402094213/http://www.fodar.dir.bg/44-4.htm . 2 April 2015 . dead .
  16. Fifty best bets at Contact 2009: Donald Weber. 4 May 2009 . 8 December 2014 . .
  17. Web site: Donald Weber. 8 December 2014 . .
  18. Web site: Donald Weber: Interrogations. 8 December 2014 . White Cloth Gallery .
  19. "Saturday May 3 – Sunday June 29, 2014 ", Third Floor Gallery. Accessed 6 July 2014.
  20. "Exhibitions: Shift: Ukraine in Crisis", VII Photo Agency. 29 September 2014.
  21. "Mila Teshaieva Wins Critical Mass Book Award ", Photo District News. Accessed 9 December 2014.
  22. "Curriculum Vitae ", Donald Weber. Accessed 9 December 2014.
  23. "War is Good* ", Magnum Foundation. Accessed 8 December 2014.
  24. Web site: 2012, Portraits, 1st prize stories, Donald Weber. 8 December 2014. World Press Photo. https://web.archive.org/web/20141213043754/http://www.worldpressphoto.org/photo/2012-donald-weber-pos1-al. 13 December 2014. dead.
  25. Web site: Finalists. 8 December 2014 . Scotiabank.
  26. News: Scotiabank Photography Award finalists: Graham, Weber, Ruwedel. 4 March 2014 . 8 December 2014 . Murray . Whyte . .

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