Exhibitions
Prix Pictet 2009: Earth
The theme of the second Prix Pictet was Earth. Earth in this context refers to the planet and the soil beneath our feet, and to the marks that man makes on the face of the land – either directly through the creation of mines, toxic waste, broken urban wastelands, vast refuse dumps and blasted desert landscapes; or indirectly, through the scars left by fire, flood or famine and the impact of natural disasters such as earthquakes, landslides and volcanoes or the migration of displaced people.
The Prix Pictet Earth exhibition has been touring the world since the full show at the Passage de Retz in October 2009, where the prizewinners were announced by the Prix Pictet's Honorary President HE Kofi Annan. The show has so far visited Thessaloniki, Dubai, Eindhoven, Gstaad, Dublin, Bonn, Moscow and Berlin. Further destinations confirmed are Forma, Milan and Delegación del Principado de Asturias, Madrid.
Madagascar, A Land Out of Balance, the Earth Commission by Ed Kashi, was first exhibited at Diemar/Noble Photography in London. The Commission photographs have also been exhibited in Bonn and Lausanne.
Both the shortlist and commission exhibitions are available for tour, click here to find out more.
