In June the Prix Pictet launched a special commission series in collaboration with The Guardian in which four shortlisted photographers present their personal response to the coronavirus crisis. Nadav Kander, Rena Effendi, Rinko Kawauchi and Alexia Webster, all photographers who have been shortlisted for the Prix Pictet over the last decade, present their recent work in a weekly picture essay……
The Prix Pictet today launches its first podcast series entitled, Prix Pictet: A lens on sustainability. This series consists of five initial episodes where leading global creators, thinkers and photographers discuss photography and sustainability within the themes explored in Prix Pictet. Each episode approaches its selected theme with a photographer, an on-location interview… Source
In a ceremony at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London on the evening of Wednesday 13th November, the Director of the Museum, Tristram Hunt, presented Ivorian photographer Joana Choumali with the Eighth Prix Pictet for her series Ça va aller (it will be ok) on this cycle’s theme of Hope. The photographs for her Prix Pictet winning series were…
On 4 July 2019, the shortlist of twelve photographers selected for the eighth cycle of the Prix Pictet was announced during a screening at the Roman Theatre in Arles, to mark the opening of Les Rencontres d’Arles International Photography Festival. The shortlist was announced by Stephen Barber, Chair of the Prix Pictet, and features work by 12 artists from 8…
To mark the 10th anniversary of the Prix Pictet, Pictet is delighted to announce a special one-off award of £10,000 to be given to a photographer under the age of 30 for the best proposal to complete a body of work based on an issue of sustainability. The award will be given on the basis of a written proposal with…
It was with immense sadness that we learned, on Saturday 18th August, of the death of Kofi Annan. He served as honorary president of the Prix Pictet from its inception in 2008. Commenting on the influence he had on the prize since its early days, the Chairman of the Prix Pictet, Stephen Barber, said, ‘Apart from being a statesman of…
At a special evening at the Rencontres d’Arles on 5 July the theme for the eighth cycle of the Prix Pictet was announced. The new theme is Hope. The announcement was made by the Chairman of the Prix Pictet, Stephen Barber. The cycle of Prix Pictet Hope will begin now and further announcements will follow shortly. The announcement was made…
Launched by the Pictet Group in 2008 the Prix Pictet has steadily grown in prominence to the point where it is now regarded as one of the world’s leading photography prizes. The first seven cycles of the award have uncovered outstanding photography applied to some of the most pressing environmental and social challenges of our times. Within the broad theme…
Lieko Shiga has been announced as winner of the second Prix Pictet Japan Award. The winner was chosen for her series Blind Date. The prize was awarded on 22 November 2017 at a special ceremony at Hillside Forum, Daikanyama, Tokyo. This year marks the second edition of the Prix Pictet Japan Award. This award is open to Japanese photographers under…
A special exhibition is being shown at Moor House, the London headquarters of the Pictet Group. On display is a wide selection of spreads from the Prix Pictet book Space. Space, which is currently available to purchase from teNeues, features work from the twelve shortlisted artists as well as a carefully chosen selection of images from some of the other…