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Sujata Setia wins top UK photography award for work on domestic abuse
Setia’s work, which won in the Storytelling Series category, was developed in collaboration with survivors and the charity SHEWISE.
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Pranavi Sharma - Sat, 26, Jul 2025
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Sujata Setia and her painting. / G5A, Wellcome
Sujata Setia, an Indian-origin photographer based in the UK, has been named one of the three winners of the Wellcome Photography Prize 2025. Her winning series, A Thousand Cuts, explores the long-term impact of domestic abuse within South Asian communities through collaborative portraiture. She shares the £10,000 prize with Bangladeshi photographer Mithail Afrige Chowdhury and UK-based science photographer Steve Gschmeissner.
Setia’s work, which won in the Storytelling Series category, was developed in collaboration with survivors and the charity SHEWISE. To preserve anonymity while maintaining identity, Setia used sanjhi, a traditional Indian paper-cutting technique, overlaying each portrait with patterns that reflect the complexity of trauma, silence, and survival. The images are composites of oral testimonies and symbolic visuals, tackling the generational legacy of gender-based violence.
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