Adam Broomberg

Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Artist statement

Broomberg has spent his career hacking into the very source code of photography (to paraphrase the founder and director of Forensic Architecture, Eyal Weizman). His work explores conflict, power and the ways in which photography intersects with the two, whether photojournalism, portraiture or appropriated footage from government surveillance cameras. Resistant to easy categorisation, his practice has taken many forms over the years, from artist books and archiving through to photomontage and performance.

Artwork

• To Photograph the Details of a Dark Horse in Low Light, 2012. C-Type print
• Every piece of dust on Freud’s couch, 2015. Woven tapestry
• The Holy Bible (Divine Violence), 2013. Book
• Polaroid Revolutionary Workers Movement, 2013. Polaroid
• Glitter in my Wounds, 2021. C-Type Print
• Al Badawi, Anchor in the Landscape, 2023. C-Type print