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03/09/2026

What are supercells?

Only one type of cloud can produce a tornado: the supercell. We spoke with Camille Seaman, who has spent years photographing some of nature’s most powerful formations.

Seaman was shortlisted for 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮 (2024) for 'The Big Cloud'.

📷 Camille Seaman

27/08/2026

How has social media impacted photography?

We spoke with Alejandro Cegarra about what it means to be a photographer in the age of algorithms, and how vertical screens and social platforms are reshaping the way images are made and seen.

20/08/2026

From London to Glasgow, a road trip through Brexit Britain.

Photographer Laetitia Vançon journeyed across the UK for The New York Times, capturing the landscapes and lives of a changing nation.

Vançon was shortlisted for 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮 (2024) for her series 'Tribute to Odesa'.

18/08/2026

Can we imagine a disaster before it happens?

Marina Caneve’s series looks to the Dolomites to imagine a catastrophe yet to come.

Her photographs blur the line between documentary and dream, turning the act of looking into a way of understanding our own fragility.

Caneve was shortlisted for 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮 for her series 'Are They Rocks or Clouds?'.

📷 Marina Caneve

11/08/2026

Can a landscape hold memory?

Photographer Sammy Baloji has spent nearly two decades exploring how colonialism and mining have shaped the landscapes of Katanga.

In Arles, we spoke with him about linking personal and collective histories, and how photography can uncover memories embedded in the ruins of colonialism.

Baloji was shortlisted for 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 (2010) for his series 'Memory'.

06/08/2026

Reframing history through photography.

We spoke with nominated photographer Omar Victor Diop and artist Lee Shulman in Arles about 'Being There', a project that reimagines 1950s family slides and questions who belongs in the picture.

© Lee Shulman & Omar Victor Diop

28/07/2026

A landscape shaped by tradition. A way of life under pressure.

Rena Effendi captures the rural communities of central Romania, where people remain deeply connected to the land despite the pressures of a rapidly changing world.

'Transylvania: Built on Grass' was shortlisted for 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘦 (2019).

24/07/2026

What do you do when you’re face to face with a polar bear?

After more than 40 years photographing the Arctic, RAX - Ragnar Axelsson shares what he’s learned from encounters with the “king of the ice.”

📷 Ragnar Axelsson. Courtesy of Qerndu Gallery.

10/07/2026

And the theme for the 12th cycle of Prix Pictet is…

🏞️ 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 🌆

Today, jungles are in crisis – threatened by deforestation, fires and pollution. Their dense, interconnected systems also reflect the complexity of our social, urban and digital ecosystems.

𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 invites photographers to explore one of the defining sustainability challenges of our time.

The search for the next Prix Pictet laureate begins now.

🎥 Dale Croft

06/07/2026

12 cycles, 18 years of stories, one new chapter unfolding.

The theme of the 12th cycle will be revealed on Thursday at Les Rencontres de la photographie, Arles.

What do you think the theme will be?

📷 Magnus Arrevad

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