Candlestar

28/10/2024

"In his role as Director of the Prix Pictet, Candlestar founder Michael Benson has, over the past twelve months, been part of a small team working to redefine the collaboration between the award and the V&A.

As a result of their efforts, the V&A will host the Prix Pictet for the next five cycles, with the first exhibition taking place from 26 September to 19 October 2025. In January 2025, the V&A’s Photography Centre will also rename one of its galleries ‘The Pictet Gallery.’

Michael Benson and Isabelle von Ribbentrop (Executive Director of the award) said, 'Our partnership with the V&A, one of the world’s great centres for photography, has been crucial to the development of the Prix Pictet. We look forward to extending this collaboration to benefit the award, the museum, and the outstanding photographers working to highlight global sustainability issues.'"

Image: Prix Pictet Human at V&A. Credit: Peter K

26/09/2024

02/09/2024

Call for applications

Applications for our 10th anniversary edition in May 2025 are open to galleries representing the best in photography from across the world. Join us in celebrating the rich traditions of photography and the medium’s future possibilities as it crosses the boundaries between photography and other art forms.

Deadline to apply 25 October 2024

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Image: © Graham / Finn Carlow

Artworks: David Bailey () exhibited by Camera Eye Ltd () during Photo London 2024

02/09/2024

28/08/2024

28/08/2024

Applications for Photo London 2025 are now open to galleries representing the best in photography from across the world! Register now to be part of the 10th anniversary edition.

The Fair will continue to present powerful photography of the very highest standard to a global audience. Through strong curation by exhibiting galleries, Photo London aims to ensure a special anniversary edition that is both a celebration of the 10 years of the Fair, and of the rich traditions of photography and an exploration of the medium’s future possibilities as it crosses the boundaries between photography and other art forms.

🔗 Discover more about applying via our bio link.

28/08/2024

28/08/2024

📣 Join our Team! We are now seeking to build on the successes of the last decade through the appointment of a dynamic individual as Fair Manager.

Your job will be to assist the Fair Director in all aspects of delivering Photo London. You will act as the dedicated gallery liaison and will develop relationships with participating galleries and carry out all communication with exhibitors.

We are looking for an exceptional candidate with sound knowledge of the international art and photography world. The successful candidate will have a positive approach, be highly diplomatic and be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal, organisational and communication skills.

Learn more about this opportunity and how to apply: bit.ly/pl-fair-manager

Application deadline: 12 September 2024

02/10/2023

Prix Pictet Human opens at the V&A.

The Prix Pictet is the world’s leading award for photography and sustainability. It was founded in 2008 by the Pictet Group with the goal of harnessing the power of photography to draw global attention to the critical issue of global sustainability. To date, there have been ten cycles of the award, each with its own theme highlighting a particular facet of sustainability.

In their own unique way, each of the shortlisted photographers explore our shared humanity and the vast spectrum of our interactions with the world. The shortlisted portfolios span documentary, portraiture, landscape, and studies of light and process and explore issues ranging from the plight of indigenous peoples, conflict, childhood, the collapse of economic processes, to the traces of human habitation and industrial development, gang violence, border lands, and migration. Taken together their work is, broadly, a commentary on our role as stewards of the planet.
Exhibition open until 22 October.

Prix Pictet is produced by Candlestar.

Image credit: David Levene.

29/09/2023

GAURI GILL WINS TENTH PRIX PICTET, WORLD’S LEADING PHOTOGRAPHY AND SUSTAINABILITY AWARD

Indian photographer Gauri Gill was announced this evening, Thursday 28 September, as the winner of the tenth cycle of the Prix Pictet, the global award for photography and sustainability, receiving the prize of 100,000 Swiss Francs. Gill was selected from a shortlist of 12 photographers by an independent jury.

Gill’s work emphasises her belief in working with and through community, in what she calls ‘active listening’. For more than two decades, she has been closely engaged with marginalised communities in the desert of western Rajasthan, Northern India and for the last decade with Indigenous artists in Maharashtra.

The Prix Pictet is produced by Candlestar

Gauri Gill, Jannat, Barmer, 1999–ongoing

07/07/2023

Stephen Barber, Chairman, Prix Pictet; Isabelle Von Ribbentrop, Executive Director, Prix Pictet; Michael Benson, Director, Prix Pictet; and Fariba Farshad, co-Director of Candlestar on stage at Rencontres d'Arles last night for the announcement of the Prix Pictet Human shortlist.