The theme of the fifth cycle of the Prix Pictet is Consumption. The announcement was made at Les Rencontres d’Arles on Thursday 4 July. The award ceremony and finalists’ exhibition will take place at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London in May 2014. At the same time it was announced that the sixth …
The first public preview of the images that Simon Norfolk, winner of the fourth Prix Pictet Commission, has made in Afghanistan was the centrepiece of a special evening screening at the Théâtre Antique in Arles. This presentation coincided with the announcement of the theme, Consumption, and Jury for the fifth Cycle …
With the Power exhibition running at Huis Marseilles, Amsterdam until 16 June the Prix Pictet is gearing up for a busy summer with openings to come at the Beirut Exhibition Center in June, Thessaloniki Museum of Photography in July and Westbau, Löwenbräu Art Complex Zurich in September. In addition, there will be an …
Prix Pictet Power was featured in the Swiss Newspaper L’Hebdo, in an article which contained a commentary on their preferred works from the shortlist. Click the link below to view the full article. [download id=”144″]
The Evening Standard gave the Prix Pictet launch a glowing review in an edition published last week. Stating that the work was of an ‘astonishingly high standard’ and commenting that the 12 photographers of the shortlist serve as a ‘reminder of the continuing significance of documentary photographers worldwide’. The show …
Luc Delahaye was announced as the winner of the Prix Pictet Power at the Saatchi Gallery, London on 9 October 2012. Delahaye was shortlisted for his 10-image submission drawn from the outstanding body of work that he made from 2008-2011, and was awarded by an independent Jury of 8 people. This …
The Shortlist for the fourth edition of the Prix Pictet was announced on 4 July 2012 at Les Rencontres d’Arles, France. The independent jury shortlisted twelve artists from ten countries for the award, the winner of which will be announced by Kofi Annan on 9 October at the Saatchi Gallery. …
Submissions for the fourth cycle of the Prix Pictet are now in, and in total we received 643 nominations for work by photographers in 76 countries, including the most substantial ever showing of work from the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific.
The second Prix Pictet Conversation on Photography hosted by the Prix Pictet, in collaboration with The Whitechapel Gallery, will be taking place on Saturday 12 May 2012. Mitch Epstein, winner of the Third Prix Pictet – Growth, will be in conversation with Simon Baker, Curator of International Art and Photography …
It was announced recently that the Prix Pictet Growth book had been awarded ‘Best Photographic’ book at this year’s British Book Design and Production Awards. This is a great honour, as it was selected from a collection of other noteworthy publications including Alexander McQueen; Savage Beauty and Brian Cook’s; Landscapes of …
The Prix Pictet Growth cycle reached its conclusion this week with the opening of an exhibition of photographs by Chris Jordan at Diemar/Noble Photography, London.
This first Prix Pictet exhibition in the US will open at the Museum of Photographic Arts (MoPA) in San Diego with an event on 14 October. Under the title ‘Infinite Balance: Artists and the Environment’ the exhibition will showcase works selected from among those shortlisted under the three themes that have …
Power, the fourth cycle of the Prix Pictet was launched the week of July 21 2011. The opening of the exhibition of photographs made by Chris Jordan for the third Commission brought the Growth cycle to a close and a worldwide advert in Financial Times marked the start of the new phase. And …
Power will be the theme for the fourth Prix Pictet, announced on Thursday 7 July, at the 42nd edition of Les Rencontres d’Arles in France.
Shortlisted photographer Chris Jordan is currently touring the Nakuprat Conservancy in Northern Kenya where, with the support of the UK-based charity, Tusk Trust, he is making a series of images for the third Commission.
The first in the series of Whitechapel/Prix Pictet Conversations on Photography took place at the Whitechapel gallery in London on 7 July 2011.
As part of the 42nd edition of Les Rencontres d’Arles there will be a Prix Pictet special presentation at the Théâtre Antique on 7 July, during which the theme of the fourth Prix Pictet will be unveiled.
The Prix Pictet is collaborating with the Whitechapel Gallery, London on a series of conversations on photography. The first conversation will be between Thomas Struth and Nana Last, architectural theorist, designer and Associate Professor at the University of Virginia School of Architecture. Thomas Struth will discuss his career and his …
The first group of dates for the Prix Pictet tour have now been released.
The winner of the third cycle of the Prix Pictet was announced by Kofi Annan, Honorary President of the Prix Pictet, at the Passage de Retz, Paris.
