Can a photograph help sustain the planet? It depends on the photograph.
Susan Derges
River Bovey May 07 (Diptych L)
Series: River Bovey
Ilfochrome photogram
24 X 67 inches
2007
UK Devon
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23/09/2008 – The Tour Begins
The Prix Pictet team has secured one of the major gallery spaces at the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC) as the first destination for the exhibition tour. The Prix Pictet exhibition will be at the DIFC throughout November during which time it will coincide with the meeting of the World Economic Forum in Dubai. More...
23/09/2008 – Water – The Book
Water, a book length survey of the inaugural Prix Pictet, will be published in mid October by the renowned international publishing house teNeues. Water will be first presented at the Frankfurt Book Fair, however copies can be pre-ordered from the Prix Pictet secretariat. More...
23/09/2008 – Water Support Commission
Pictet & Cie has announced its support for the Chittagong Hill Tracts Project in Bangladesh, and will commission one of the shortlisted artists to document the scheme. This Water Aid managed project aims to get clean drinking water to the inhabitants of Chittagong through innovative irrigation methods. More...
17/09/2008 – Trophy Unveiled
The winner of the Prix Pictet 2008 will be awarded with a specially commissioned trophy. Each year an artist will be invited to create a trophy that responds in some way to the pace where the award will be presented. Designed by London based jewellery designer, Vicki Ambery-Smith, the 2008 trophy is a miniature of the Palais de Tokyo, Paris where the winner will be announced at the end of October. More...
11/07/2008 – Prix Pictet 2008 Shortlist Announced
The Independent Jury of the Prix Pictet is delighted to announce the 2008 Shortlist. From an exceptional field of over 200 photographers from 43 countries, the judges have shortlisted 18 photographers who have produced works that are of outstanding artistic merit and communicate messages of urgent global significance. More...
24/04/2008 – Kofi Annan to be Prix Pictet Honorary President
Kofi Annan, the President of Global Humanitarian Forum and Seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, will be the Honorary President of the Prix Pictet. Commenting on the issue that lies at the heart of the Prix, Kofi Annan said: "Climate change is not just an environmental issue, as too many people believed for too long. It is an all-encompassing threat. It is a threat to the world's supply of fresh water, our source of life. More...