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Water - The Book Available Now Online
09/12/2008
Water, a book length survey of the inaugural Prix Pictet, is now available to buy online from international publishing house teNeues.
Water, reviews the evolution and development of the Prix Pictet 2008, presenting text and images to communicate the Prize's global message on the issue of sustainability. The book showcases the 18 shortlisted artists alongside selected photographs by nominated photographers that best represent the vision of the prize and this year's theme of Water. There is a foreword by Kofi Annan, Prix Pictet's Honorary President, and essays by Francis Hodgson and Steven Barber, explaining the inspiration and ambition of the Prix.
The publication will prove an important asset to the Prix Pictet's environmental projects - in 2008 Pictet & Cie will support a WaterAid project in Bangladesh, which was documented in the Prix Pictet Commission.
Buy the book online
Copies can be ordered from:
The Prix Pictet Secretariat
Candlestar
8 Hammersmith Broadway
London W6 7AL
pictet@candlestar.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 8741 6025
