Features a foreword by Prix Pictet's Honorary President Kofi Annan
Truly global, the images are selected by seventy nominators from five continents
Nadav Kander wins Prix Pictet 2009
Now in its second year, the Prix Pictet, awarded by the Swiss Private Bank Pictet & Cie, aims to use photography to educate audiences worldwide about issues related to climate change. This is the first photographic award on the topic of sustainability, harnessing art's unique compelling power for the benefit of our precious planet. The theme for this year is Earth, encompassing the planet, the ground beneath our feet, and the ways in which mankind negatively affects the landscape, whether through broken abandoned cities, strip mining, waste dumps or other forms of exploitation. It also refers to the aftermath of natural disasters such as earthquakes, landslides and volcanoes. The shortlist of the nominees (Darren Almond, Christopher Anderson, Sammy Baloji, Edward Burtynsky, Andreas Gursky, Naoya Hatakeyama, Nadav Kander, Ed Kashi, Abbas Kowsari, Yao Lu, Edgar Martins, Chris Steele-Perkins) was announced in July at the Rencontres d'Arles photo festival in France, and the winner in Paris in October. One of the short-listed photographers will be commissioned to record a sustainability project funded by Pictet & Cie. In this regard Pictet & Cie is proud to support the work that Azafady, a UK charity and Malagasy-registered NGO, is carrying out in Madagascar. Azafady's aim is to enable the poorest communities in Madagascar to develop sustainable ways of living and to increase local access to health care and education.
Truly global, the images are selected by seventy nominators from five continents
Nadav Kander wins Prix Pictet 2009
Now in its second year, the Prix Pictet, awarded by the Swiss Private Bank Pictet & Cie, aims to use photography to educate audiences worldwide about issues related to climate change. This is the first photographic award on the topic of sustainability, harnessing art's unique compelling power for the benefit of our precious planet. The theme for this year is Earth, encompassing the planet, the ground beneath our feet, and the ways in which mankind negatively affects the landscape, whether through broken abandoned cities, strip mining, waste dumps or other forms of exploitation. It also refers to the aftermath of natural disasters such as earthquakes, landslides and volcanoes. The shortlist of the nominees (Darren Almond, Christopher Anderson, Sammy Baloji, Edward Burtynsky, Andreas Gursky, Naoya Hatakeyama, Nadav Kander, Ed Kashi, Abbas Kowsari, Yao Lu, Edgar Martins, Chris Steele-Perkins) was announced in July at the Rencontres d'Arles photo festival in France, and the winner in Paris in October. One of the short-listed photographers will be commissioned to record a sustainability project funded by Pictet & Cie. In this regard Pictet & Cie is proud to support the work that Azafady, a UK charity and Malagasy-registered NGO, is carrying out in Madagascar. Azafady's aim is to enable the poorest communities in Madagascar to develop sustainable ways of living and to increase local access to health care and education.
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Freudig hat Rezensentin Brigitte Werbeburg mit Hilfe dieses "schönen" Katalogs die Shortlist des letztjährigen Genfer Pictet Preis für Fotografie einer Nachbetrachtung unterzogen. Den Statuten des Preises zufolge, setzen sich die Fotostrecken alle mit dem Klimawandel auseinander, lesen wir, und die Kritikerin findet es beachtlich, dass es den Juroren nicht um die Brisanz, sondern die Ästhetik der Bilder ging. Die Auswahl, die sie uns mit kurzen Bildbeschreibungen nahe bringt, hat Werneburg durchweg überzeugt, weil sie sich auf malerische Traditionen beziehen. Das gilt etwa für das Preisbild des israelischen Fotografen Nadav Kander, dessen Foto von einer chinesischen Familie, die unter den Betonpfeilern einer Brücke picknickt, sie an Edouard Manets "Frühstück im Freien" erinnert.
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