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International shortlist for the Third Prix Pictet announced

11 November 2010

World's leading prize in photography and sustainabilityThe shortlist for the Third Prix Pictet was announced on Wednesday 10 November 2010 in Paris. The theme for this year's edition is Growth.

 

The shortlist was chosen by an independent jury from submissions by over 450 photographers from five continents, put forward by the Prix Pictet worldwide network of nominators. The eight-member jury looked for photographic series of the highest artistic merit that also presented a convincing narrative about the critical issues of sustainability and in particular, the theme of Growth. Growth, which lifts countless millions out of poverty, also has a huge and potentially unsustainable environmental cost. It presents one of the great conundrums facing humanity in the early decades of the twenty-first century.


Commenting on the shortlist, Sir David King, chairman of the jury, said, "The jury was greatly impressed by the quality and variety of creative responses to the theme of Growth; it was a real challenge to arrive at the final names. Any one of these twelve artists would be a worthy winner."

 

The photographers' works can be viewed on the Prix Pictet website



Shortlisted artists

  • Christian Als (Denmark, 1974) 
    Nominated for Kibera – The Shadow City, 2007-09
  • Edward Burtynsky (Canada, 1955) 
    Nominated for Oil, 1997-2009
  • Stéphane Couturier (France, 1957) 
    Nominated for Melting Point, 2005
  • Mitch Epstein (USA, 1952) 
    Nominated for American Power, 2003-2008
  • Chris Jordan (USA, 1963) 
    Nominated for Midway: Message from the Gyre, 2009
  • Yeondoo Jung (Korea, 1969) 
    Nominated for Evergreen Tower, 2001
  • Vera Lutter (Germany, 1960) 
    Nominated for her complete body of work
  • Nyaba Leon Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso, 1978) 
    Nominated for The Hell of Copper, 2009
  • Taryn Simon (USA, 1975)
    Nominated for An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar, 2007
  • Thomas Struth (Germany, 1954) 
    Nominated for Paradise, 1998-2006
  • Guy Tillim (South Africa, 1962) 
    Nominated for Petros Village,2006
  • Michael Wolf (Germany, 1954) 
    Nominated for Architecture of Density, 2005-2009

 

The winner will be announced by HE Kofi Annan at the award ceremony in Paris on Thursday 17 March 2011.

 


Visitor information for Prix Pictet 2010 exhibitions

Prix Pictet 2010: Growth – ShortlistGalerie Les Filles du Calvaire | 17, rue des Filles du Calvaire | 75003 Paris
10 - 28 November 2010: Tuesday – Friday: 11am – 6:30pm
+33 (0)1 42 74 47 05 | email | website

Prix Pictet 2010: Growth – Winner Announcement - 17 March 2011

Passage de Retz | 9, rue Charlot | 75003 Paris
+33 (0) 1 48 04 37 99 | email | website


For details of 2010/11 international touring venues visit www.prixpictet.com