The Fondazione FORMA per la Fotografia, is Milan’s only permanent space dedicated exclusively to photography. The gallery will be showing a selection from the portfolios shortlisted for the 2009 prize, on the theme of Earth, together with a selection of works produced by Ed Kashi for the Earth Commission. The Prix Pictet ‘Earth’ exhibition has so far visited the Thessalon...

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Premier prix international de photographie consacré au développement durable, le Prix Pictet n’a qu’un but : utiliser la force de la photographie pour communiquer des messages essentiels. L’objectif est de faire découvrir des œuvres d’art de premier plan qui confrontent le public globalisé aux défis sociaux et environnementaux...

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The Prix Pictet is the world’s first prize dedicated to photography. It has a unique mandate – to use the power of photography to communicate powerful messages of global environmental significance. This year the theme is ‘Earth’. The exhibition includes work by the twelve international photographers shortlisted for the 2009 prize:

Food riots. Loss of fores...

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Nominé pour Curse of  the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil  in  the Niger Delta (“la course à  l'or noir: 50 ans de pétrole dans le delta du Niger”), 2004-06

Kashi  présente  un  regard  cru  sur  les  conséquences  profondes  de l'exploitation  du  pétrole&...

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To coincide with his exhibition at HOST Gallery, we are pleased to announce an evening with photographer Ed Kashi. Kashi will be speaking about his work exhibited at HOST, Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta, with Colin Jacobson.
Curse of the Black Gold takes a graphic look at the profound cost of oil exploitation in West Africa. Now one of the major suppliers of ...

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Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta takes a graphic look at the profound cost of oil exploitation in West Africa. This work traces the fifty-year impact of Nigeria's relationship to oil interests and the resulting environmental degradation and community conflicts that have plagued the region. 
 
Since the first wellhead was tapped in 1958, more t...

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On 22 October at the Passage de Retz gallery in Paris Kofi Annan, Honorary President of the Prix Pictet, will announce the winner of this year’s award. Planning for the exhibition of work by the Prix Pictet Shortlist 2009 is complete and it is clear that that the Jury face a considerable challenge when they sit down to consider this group of images that range from the painterly to the doc...

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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 pl...

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Kofi Annan, Président honoraire du Prix Pictet, annoncera le lauréat de l'édition 2009 le jeudi 22 Octobre au Passage de Retz. L'exposition des photographes nominés pour le Prix Pictet 2009 est prête et il apparaît clairement que les jurés ont relevé un défi de taille lorsqu'ils ont dû sélectionner ces images allant du pi...

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By Ed Kashi and Alison Nordström (Contributor)

In a world inundated by visual imagery, our ability to take in more than one image at a time has become innate. In fact, our attention span demands it. Three, a book of triptychs by acclaimed photographer Ed Kashi, plays on the visual appetite of a hectic world. These triptychs span eras and continents, challenging our notions o...

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