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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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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À travers la série photographique Mémoire (2006), Sammy Baloji propose une réflexion sur l’histoire en mettant en perspective les vestiges de la colonisation et la situation actuelle de sa ville, de sa région et de son pays.

Le présent et le passé se rejoignent autour de l’élément...

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« Une frontière n’est pas un barrage ; c’est un passage. La frontière signale à la fois la présence de l’autre et la possibilité de le rejoindre…

…La frontière, en ce sens, a toujours une dimension temporelle : c’est la forme de l’avenir et, peut-être, de l’espoir.  &r...

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Baloji's photographic and sound installation analyzes contemporary African identity through the ethnography, architecture, and urban landscape of Likasi. The photographs of the reconstructed streetscape, with its obvious signs of a civilization built before, during, and after the Belgian colonial period, reveal the artist's interest in the daily life of Congolese people. As a result of the stri...

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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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Prix Pictet Honorary President Kofi Annan will present the award to the winner of the Prix Pictet 2009 at the Passage de Retz gallery in Paris on 22 October. This is the second year running that the former Secretary-General of the United Nations has agreed to bestow the prize. Speaking at the 2008 award ceremony Kofi Annan said “Each artist has addressed the environmental and social chall...

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Devenu le rendez-vous incontournable de la photographie africaine contemporaine, les Rencontres africaines de la Photographie de Bamako s’organisent autour d’expositions de photographes contemporains et de rétrospectives dans différents lieux culturels de la capitale malienne, agrémentées de colloques et de projections de films. Ces rendez-vous ont permis...

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