Our War, a selection of images from Edgar Martins’ new project titled Anton’s hand is made of guilt, no muscle or bone. He has two clinically depressed fingers and an angry thumb received the highest accolade at the International Photography Awards 2023, in the Film/Analogue Portrait category.

Works from the series I’m Still Here are presented at Art Rio 2023 @ Galeria Lume, Stands B10 and S3. The fair takes place from 13-19.09.2023. This marks Edgar Martins’ first collaboration with Galeria Lume.

Our War, a selection of images from Edgar Martins’ new project titled “Anton’s hand is made of guilt, no muscle or bone. He has two clinically depressed fingers and an angry thumb”, has won the Juror’s Choice Award at the Hariban Prize 2023. Selected by Nestan Nijaradz, this work-in-progress project is based on a poignant and very personal story and experience: the death and disappearance of the artist’s good friend, photojournalist Anton Hammerl, during the 2011 Libyan war.

Works from the series The Accidental Theorist (20070 and When Light Casts no Shadow (2008), from the collection António Cachola are included in the exhibition Contravisões, Parte II, at the Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, Portugal. This exhibitions is curated by Sérgio Mah and runs from 26 June – 30 August 2023.

Civilization: The Way we Live now, an exhibition curated by William Ewing featuring works from the series The Poetic Impossibility to Manage the Infinite, The Time Machine and 00:00.00 is exhibited at The Saatchi Gallery, London. This exhibition will run from 01 June until 17 September 2023.

Edgar Martins discusses his latest work in the context of the one-day online symposium Documentary Futures : Redefining Technical Images and Speculative Blind Spots on 1 June, 9:30.

Works from the series I wance met Jesus in a Coille and What Photography & Inc. have in Common with an Empty Vase are presented at Arco Madrid 2023 @ Galeria Filomena Soares, Stand A05. The fair takes place from 25-28.05.2023.

Edgar Martins and Edmunk Clark discuss their work with Isabelle von Ribbentrop at Prix Pictet space, Photo London, on 10 May 16.30.

Works from the series Destinerrances are presented at Photo London 2023 @ Purdy Hicks Gallery. The fair takes place from 11-14.05.2023.

Works from the series What Photography & Inc. have in Common with an Empty Vase are presented at Art Brussels 2023 @ Galeria Filomena Soares, Stand 5D-11. The fair takes place from 20-23.04.2023.

Edgar Martins is interviewed by CNN on the Connect the World with Becky Anderson program, 14.04.2023, in the context of the SONY World Photography Awards 2023 and being awarded the prize’s highest accolade World Photographer of the Year.

Edgar Martins’ new project Anton’s hand is made of guilt, no muscle or bone. He has two clinically depressed fingers and an angry thumb, wins the Portrait Category of the SONY World Photography Awards 2023. The artist also took the main prize of the evening: Photographer of the year.