Congratulations to Nadav Kander - Winner of Prix Pictet 2009

Madagascar Commission

Madagascar Commission

Ed Kashi, the recipient of the Prix Pictet 2009 commission, will visit Madagascar in January. Madagascar has suffered severe environmental degradation, but still retains some of the highest biodiversity anywhere in the world. Kashi’s work will tell the story of the environmental damage and the steps being taken to address it within this unique and threatened environment. He will be supported by Azafady, the UK charity and Malagasy-registered NGO, which is currently supported by Pictet & Cie who are working to enable the poorest communities to develop sustainable ways of living and to increase local access to health care and education. The commission photographs will be exhibited in London in Spring 2010. More...

World Tour Begins

World Tour Begins

The Prix Pictet 2009 Earth exhibition will be at the Empty Quarter Gallery in Dubai from 9 - 28 February. Following the awards exhibition at the Passage de Retz Gallery in Paris last October/November, the tour of the works shortlisted for the 2009 prize began at in the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography in Greece in December, and after Dubai will travel to Berlin, Dublin, Gstaad, Geneva, Laussane, Eindhoven, Bonn, and The Hague. Further dates and venues will be announced during the year. More...

Earth Book

Earth Book

The Prix Pictet 2009 publication, Earth, was launched at the opening of the Prix Pictet 2009 Preview exhibition at Purdy Hicks Gallery, on 6 October 2009. Writing in the foreword to the book Kofi Annan says ‘This book contains a collection of stunning images from some of the world’s best and most original photographers. Together, these photographs highlight the beauty of the earth we share.But they also expose the damage, deliberately or carelessly, we are inflicting on our own environment.' More...

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