Growth – Prix Pictet Third Cycle launched at Les Rencontres d’Arles, 8 July 2010

Approaching Growth

Approaching Growth

The paradoxical theme Growth has proved inspirational for the award’s global group of experts who have individually nominated over 450 photographers from five continents. The independent jury, led by Professor Sir David King, are currently reviewing the submissions and are due to announce the names of the shortlisted artists in early November 2010. There will also be a special preview exhibition at Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire linked to the opening of Paris Photo. The Prize will be awarded at the opening of a major exhibition of the shortlisted portfolios at the Passage de Retz in March 2011. The Prix Pictet book ‘Growth’ will be published by TeNeues in December. More...

An Italian First

An Italian First

The Prix Pictet’s first exhibition in Italy will be held at the Fondazione FORMA per la Fotografia, Milan. It will open on 5 October and will run until 17 October 2010.
FORMA is Milan’s only permanent centre dedicated exclusively to photographly. The Prix Pictet ‘Earth’ exhibition has so far visited the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, The Empty Quarter Gallery in Dubai, the Eindhoven University of Technology, the Gallery of Photography in Dublin, the Moscow House of Photography, and Caprice Horn Gallery in Berlin. Later in the autumn the exhibition will be shown at the Delegación de Asturias in Madrid where it will form the centrepiece of a month long festival on art and environment. The tour then completes its run at Religare Arts Foundation in Delhi in early December. More...

The Third Cycle -  Growth

The Third Cycle - Growth

The new cycle of the Prix Pictet opened at Les Rencontres d´Arles, France, on 8 July with a special evening screening in the Théâtre Antique, showcasing the four Prix Pictet laureates to date.
The theme for the third cycle is Growth. At once a blessing and a curse, Growth, in all its forms, presents one of the great conundrums facing humanity in the early decades of the twenty-first century.
From the dizzying expansion of our cities with their ever increasing dependency on scarce natural resources to the burgeoning populations and the need to feed ourselves, the theme of Growth presents a rich creative challenge. More...