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Prix Pictet
| A Major New Global Photography Prize based on Sustainability The Prix Pictet, awarded for the first time in 2008, will recognise the image or body of photographic work that makes, in the opinion of the independent Jury, the most outstanding contribution to the communication and understanding of global sustainability issues. |
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Partnership with the Financial Times
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 In this initial year, nominees will be asked to address the subject of water as it relates to questions of sustainable development. In future years, the subject will cover the other three elements - earth, fire, wind - and may then return to the theme of water.The Prix Pictet is being launched in partnership with the Financial Times, and the official launch event will take place on 29th April 2008 in London. The Financial Times will issue a special global supplement at the time of the Award, and in addition a catalogue will be published. Regional media partners in Asia, the Middle East and elsewhere will also be involved after the initial announcement The single prize of CHF100,000 will, we believe, be the largest prize in photography in Europe and possibly in the world. Other well-known European photography prizes include the Deutsche Börse, the Jerwood and the Prix Nadar. Pictet's will be the only major prize in its field in Europe. At the Awards Ceremony in Paris at the Palais de Tokyo on 30th October 2008, we also intend to announce the support of a water-related project: either a new undertaking or one that Pictet is already associated with. |
Prix PictetDownload the advertisement published in the March 18 issue of the Financial Times |
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Organisation
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A list of over 40 Nominators from six continents around the world has been compiled which includes directors, curators and critics specialising in the visual arts. Among them are the directors of institutions such as the Gulbenkian Museum (Lisbon), the Mori Art Museum (Tokyo), Paris Photo, the Moscow House of Photography, the Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum and Canvas Magazine (Editor & Publisher, UAE). The Jury, comprising 7 members, will be chaired by Francis Hodgson, Head of Photographs at Sothebys. He has been a judge in a number of major photography prizes over the years. There will also be a Financial Times representative and a Pictet representative. The other four members will be major figures in photography and the visual arts, and one prominent representative in the field of sustainability. |
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