Vanessa Winship has won the prestigious HCB Award, which is given, every two years, to a photographer for the production of new work. This year, the €30,000 grant will be used for Winship's upcoming project shot in the United States.

The HCB Award was first created in 1988. Previous recipients include Chris Killip, Josef Koudelka, Larry Towell, Fazal Sheikh, Jim Goldberg and David Goldblatt. Winship is the first woman photographer to win the award.

The award comes after Winship won numerous prizes in the past two years for her Sweet Nothings series (BJP #7703). She won a World Press Photo prize, as well as the Sony World Photography Award in 2008. She has also won a National Portrait Gallery prize and the PhotoEspaña Discoveries Award in 2010.

Winship is represented by Galerie Vu' in Paris.

For more information about the prize, visit www.henricartierbresson.org.