The Prix Pictet Commission is an annual invitation for a photographer, chosen from the Prix Pictet shortlist, to produce a series of images by visiting a region where Pictet & Cie are supporting a project related to the theme of the award. For 2009, Pictet & Cie will support Azafady’s …
Published by teNeues, Earth is a review of the second cycle of the Prix Pictet, showcasing the work of the twelve artists shortlisted for this year’s award, alongside photographs by nominated photographers that best responded to the theme. In presenting these beautiful and moving images together, Earth becomes a moving …
The Prix Pictet Earth shortlist was announced at a special evening screening in Arles on 9 July. The screening was part of the opening events of the 40th Les Rencontres d’Arles festival. An audience of over 2,500 people watched as the portfolios of the twelve shortlisted artists appeared before them, one …
The devastation caused by Cyclone Aila in the district of Satkhira, south-west Bangladesh, has left villages flooded with saline water and at increased risk of waterborne diseases. It’s now feared that salt water from the tidal surge that followed the cyclone will contaminate non-saline surface water, which is crucial for …
We are delighted to announce that the Prix Pictet Earth exhibition is currently showing at the Moscow House of Photography (from the 27 May – 27 June 2010), The exhibition will then tour to Galerie Caprice Horn, Berlin (30 June – 19 July 2010), Forma, Milan (10 October – 17 October …
Prix Pictet Earth was launched on Wednesday 11 March 2009 at the opening of the exhibition of photographs produced by Munem Wasif for the Prix Pictet Water Commission Salt Water Tears: Lives Left Behind in Satkhira, Bangladesh at the Mall Galleries, London. The theme for the second Prix Pictet was Earth. …
Another international destination has been secured as part of the Prix Pictet Water tour; Hong Kong is its next step. A selection of the shortlisted images will be presented from 12 to 19 March 2009 at The Rotunda, Exchange Square, Central. The international tour will then continue in April with …
In 2008 Pictet & Cie supported the UK charity WaterAid, which manages projects in the developing world that help communities gain access to clean, safe water, sanitation and hygiene education. In addition to the prestigious CH100,000 award, the Partners of Pictet & Cie commissioned one of the shortlisted photographers – …
Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, 21st April to 29th May 2009. The complete exhibition of the Prix Pictet Water Shortlist travelled to Eindhoven – this was the first occasion where all the photographs were displayed after the main exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo exhibition in October, 2008. Dresden, 22nd …
The Prix Pictet Shortlist 2008 exhibition opens at the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, as part of Water 1, the first photography exhibition from the series “The Four Elements of Nature and Man”
Water, a book length survey of the inaugural Prix Pictet, is available to buy online from international publishing house teNeues.
Curated by Gabriel Bauret and Vangelis Ioakimidis, Water was presented in collaboration with the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. A selection of 50 works from the Prix Pictet Water Shortlist was exhibited and more than 15,000 people visited the show over a period of three months.
Speaking at the opening of the Prix Pictet exhibiton in Dubai HE Dr. Omar Bin Sulaiman, Governor of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) said, “We are pleased to extend our support to the Prix Pictet as part of our commitment to sustainability, which is at the core of socially …
Ivan Pictet, speaking at the award ceremony, announced that Munem Wasif, one of the photographers shortlisted for Prix Pictet Water, will be awarded the commission to document WaterAid’s Chittagong Hill Tracts Project in Bangladesh which is supported by Pictet & Cie. The partners of Pictet & Cie have agreed to …
Speaking at the opening of the Prix Pictet Water exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris on 30 October 2008, Kofi Annan, Nobel Laureate and Former Secretary General of the United Nations, announced the winner of the inaugural Prix Pictet as Canadian photographer Benoit Aquin. The series of photographs …
The Pictet Group 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. To ensure the …
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 …
The winner of the Prix Pictet Water 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 …
The Independent Jury of the Prix Pictet is delighted to announce the Water 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. The shortlisted artists are: …
Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, United Nations Special Envoy on Climate Change, gave the keynote address at an evening reception to launch Prix Pictet in London on 29 April 2008. Dr Brundtland, author of the groundbreaking 1987 UN report on sustainable development, said “It is urgent that we help create a …
