Publications
Salt Water Tears: Lives Left Behind in Satkhira, Bangladesh
The catalogue Salt Water Tears: Lives Left Behind in Satkhira, Bangladesh was produced to accompany the Pirix Pictet Commission 2008. The project resulted in Munem Wasif’s powerful series of photographs, which were first shown in London in March 2009 and have subsequently been exhibited in Dresden and Geneva. The publication contains the commission photographs and essays by Francis Hodgson, Jury member and Photography Critic, Financial Times and the former Head of Photographs, Sotheby’s, Leo Johnson, Sustainability Advisor, and Pavel Partha. Proceeds from the sale of the Commission catalogue will be used to support the Prix Pictet Commission 2009.
Each year Pictet & Cie will support a sustainability project related to the theme of the award. In 2008 Pictet & Cie supported the UK charity WaterAid. Building on Pictet & Cie’s support for WaterAid, shortlisted artist Munem Wasif was commissioned to visit the Satkhira region of south-west Bangladesh where WaterAid will shortly introduce water and sanitation facilities to the area of Shyamnagar Upazilla.
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