The acclaimed documentary photographer, Susan Meiselas, whose career spans five decades, was awarded the prestigious £30,000 prize at an evening ceremony held at The Photographers’ Gallery on Thursday 16 May.

Meiselas was nominated for her European retrospective Mediations held at Jeu de Paume, Paris in 2018. The 2019 jury considered Meiselas to have made a consistently outstanding contribution to the medium of photography, exemplifying a unique commitment and personal investment in the stories, histories and communities she documents, and enabling a critical revision to the possibilities of...