For over 40 years, Ragnar Axelsson, shortlisted photographer for Human, has been photographing the remote Arctic regions, including Iceland, Siberia, and Greenland. His lens documents how climate change is profoundly altering the lives of Arctic people and their environment. The Arctic is experiencing rapid change—melting sea ice, receding glaciers, and the abandonment of Inuit hunting villages. Ancient traditions are disappearing. Ragnar's mission is to preserve this history through his photography. In our latest Prix Pictet episode, Ragnar Axelsson shares his unique perspective on the Arctic, its people, and their struggle against global warming. Join us as he gives voice to those living in the Arctic and highlights the need to address climate change.
Our new podcast series on the theme human features shorlisted photographer Federico Ríos Escobar, who aims to shed light on the often overlooked stories from his own country, emphasising the importance of caring for others. His focus is on capturing the causes of migration and the challenges faced by immigrants as they navigate the treacherous Darién Gap. The Darién Gap, once an untouched rainforest, became a congested pathway for migrants on the border between Colombia and Panama. The photographer expresses a desire to give a human face to the immigrants, emphasising that they are risking everything for the bare necessities of life.
Iranian Prix Pictet nominator and photographer Maryam Eisler describes the undercurrent linking all her work as the feminine sublime - a consistent exploration of sensuality and the female gaze. Recorded live at Alon Zakain Fine Art London within Maryam’s exhibition ‘If only these walls could talk’ today we bring you a special conversation between Maryam herself and Brandei Estes, Head of EMEA, Sothebys Photographs. This episode was produced in collaboration with The Wick.
How do we make images in a country where chaos and ruins are prevalent? How do we report, not only on traces of war, but also on what war and disaster do to the image itself? Internationally renowned Prix Pictet Fire shortlsiters Joana Hadjithomas and Khlail Joreige discuss this and much more in today's episode.
As the world faces the geopolitical and economic consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, previously shortlisted Prix Pictet photographer Maxim Dondyuk has documented the devastating destruction of his home country. This summer, under special permission from the Ukranian government, Maxim left the country for the first time in over a year and a half to travel to France during the Rencontres d’Arles photography festival, where he delivered a powerful presentation and urgent appeal in the town’s Antique Theatre. We caught him at the Van Gogh Foundation in Arles, where he told us about photographing a war-torn Ukraine.
Today’s episode brings you a special presentation held by Prix Pictet 'Fire' winner Sally Mann this past 8 July during the opening week of the Rencontres d’Arles photography festival in te south of France. In a rare public performance, Sally took the stage at the old Roman theatre and spoke of an inspirational journey through her picture making, leading up to her award-winning series Blackwater. Don’t miss the accompanying e-book to this episode to see the images discussed: https://www.instagram.com/p/CgKQ_3PsgAr/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
In a very rare occasion, today’s episode brings together two Prix Pictet shortlisted photographers, from two separate Prix Pictet cycles, in conversation with our Executive Director, Isabelle von Ribbentrop. Recorded live to an audience at Somerset House during Photo London, Namibian photographer Margaret Courtney Clarke, who was shortlisted for our 8th cycle on the theme of Hope for her series ‘Cry Sadness into the Coming Rain’ and Austrian and Nigerian photographer David Uzochukwu, who is currently shortlisted for our 9th cycle Fire for his series ‘In the Wake’, dissect technique, passion and identity. Don't miss the accompanying e-book to this episode where you can see the images being discussed: https://www.instagram.com/p/CfVsGUOoJeY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
What is the power of ambiguity in an image? Join celebrated female photographers Cristina de Middel and Olivia Arthur as they explore this and much more in this special episode developed in collaboration with Magnum Photos. This episode is hosted by curator, author and host of The Great Women Artists, Katy Hessel. Held live to an audience at Somerset House during the annual photography fair Photo London this May, this panel on ‘Great Women in Photography’ marks the launch of ‘Magnum Photos X Prix Pictet: In Dialogue’ a series of talks which celebrate the 75th anniversary of Magnum Photos across the world. Don't miss the accompanying e-book to this episode where you can see the images being described: https://www.instagram.com/p/CeifYbfIFjq/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Los Angeles: a city developed in a desert that's on fire. Recorded live in his exhibition ‘Haunted by the Desert’ in Large Glass Gallery, which is open in North London until the 9 July 2022, Prix Pictet Fire shortlister Mark Ruwedel tells us about four decades spent photographing LA and its surrounding ecology. Mark describes how although fire is an integral part of Southern California, over the past years climate change has made these wildfires more and more frequent and unpredictable, raising their number to over 8,000 alone last year. Don't miss the accompanying e-book to this episode where you can see the images being described: https://www.instagram.com/p/CeL1OJ8rJXy/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Today, we bring you an on-location interview directly from the opening week of the Venice Biennale, the world's oldest art exhibition, where Prix Pictet Disorder shortlsiter Ilit Azoulay represents Israel with a new body of work called ‘Queendom’. Ilit's work at the Israel Pavilion in this 59th edition of the Biennale, which was postponed by the pandemic, is as timely as it is powerful. Don't miss the accompanying e-book to this episode where you can see the images being described: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdn9ZRXstSu/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Shorltisted for Prix Pictet Fire, Beninese photographer Fabrice Monteiro discusses how his colonial ancestry, inspirations as an artist, and past modelling career have shaped the complex works for 'The Prophecy' - a series of powerfully staged photographs that aim to contribute to an ecological awakening. Don't miss the accompanying e-book to this episode where you can see the images being described: https://www.instagram.com/p/CdGgMApIwkl/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
How do you judge fire? Recorded live in our exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London this past December, a few hours before American photographer Sally Mann was announced the winner of this edition, Jeff Rosenhiem, Prix Pictet Fire Jury Member and Curator of Photography at the MET, tells us about sorting through hundreds of nominated photographers, his view on Fire, its role in photography and relationship to sustainability. Don't miss the accompanying e-book to the episode here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CbxsbrksI39/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Regeneration is the process of renewal, restoration. Something the world is in desperate need of right now. A restoration of hope, a renewal of our physical selves, a regeneration of art and artists. Can we still dream? Can we still imagine the future with positive optimism? In the last episode of the series, we are joined by the distinguished historian, Peter Frankopan, the twice Prix Pictet nominated photographer Brent Stirton, and the 92-year-old Ghanaian photojournalist, James Barnor. View the accompanying e-book to this episode on our Instagram @Prix_Pictet.
We spend about 10,000 days of our lives working. Over half of the world population, over 3.3 billion people, is currently in paid employment. But what we do for a salary, how we do it and crucially where we do it is facing the biggest upheaval in a century. Guests include Professor Herminia Ibarra of the London Business School, the Prix Pictet nominated photographer, Saskia Groneberg, and architect of the new Lambeth Palace Library, Clare Wright. View the accompanying e-book to this episode on our Instagram @Prix_Pictet.
The hungry human loves to look at food, relish its appearance. And while the process of food production is often depicted as wholesome, the food chain is something the end consumer knows little about in reality. Is our relationship with food unhealthy? If so, what must change? Join leading authorities on the subject of food, Baroness Rosie Boycott and Wendell Steavenson, and the ground-breaking photographer Mishka Henner to help us answer those questions. View the accompanying e-book to this episode on our Instagram @Prix_Pictet.
Over 70% of the earth is covered in water and 70% of global trade passes over the planet’s five oceans. We know the ocean and its creatures, which have long featured in our myths and our popular culture. But can modern society learn to love, respect and nurture or only destroy it? This episode features renowned author and historian, Professor David Abulafia, the environmental journalist, Laura Trethewey, the twice Prix Pictet shortlisted photographer, Chris Jordan, and Chief Executive of Surfers against Sewage, Hugo Tagholm. View the accompanying e-book to this episode on our Instagram @Prix_Pictet.
In the 19th century it was Thomas A. Edison no less who said “I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy”, but what does power mean for sustainability in the 21st century? Just a single word that, in different contexts, commands vastly distinct significations. Join acclaimed photographer, Taryn Simon, co-founder of the Eden Project, Sir Tim Smit, and the leading economist, Baroness Minouche Shafik, as they discuss what power means to them and how we can wield it for good. View the accompanying e-book to this episode on our Instagram @prix_pictet.
As we attach more and more value to independent success and less to the family, are we losing accountability for our actions to the planet? How has art and photography represented these tribes over history and what can we learn from them? Join photographer Alexia Webster, author and philanthropist Hannah Rothschild, Curator of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Luke Syson, and Pictet Wealth Management’s Dina de Angelo as they discuss the family as both a unit and a community. Don’t miss the accompanying e-book illustrating this episode: https://online.flippingbook.com/view/872650/
As the world faces upheaval in the uprooting of statues, culture wars and industrial globalisation, we ask, what is happening to tradition in art, media and urban communities? How does photography capture all of this? Guests include photographer Rena Effendi, authors Roman Krznaric and Ekow Eshun, and former Editor of the London Evening Standard and editor of the Today Programme on BBC Radio 4, Sarah Sands. Don’t miss the accompanying e-book illustrating this episode: https://online.flippingbook.com/view/99173/
Can photography help process mortality? Throughout history, humans have been obsessed with eternal life. But death is inevitable, a natural part of life. Photography helps us process our own mortality and remember those who are gone. It reminds us of the natural cycles of life, which we must sustain for future generations. Listen to Prix Pictet ‘Hope’ winner Joana Choumali, Professor Iain Hutchison, Founder of the Facial Surgery Research Foundation, the BBC’s Kirsty Lang, and accompany Julia Hobsbawm and Esther Freud as they visit their father’s graves at Highgate Cemetery. Don’t miss the accompanying e-book illustrating this episode: https://online.flippingbook.com/view/903278/