Past event
Prix Pictet Human, 2023
The world's leading prize for photography and sustainability
The world's leading prize for photography and sustainability
The theme for 2023's prize was 'Human', inviting reflections on the experiences, emotions, relationships and challenges that define our collective existence. The twelve shortlisted photographers had their work exhibited at the V&A.
Exhibition highlights
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Untitled #1, by Hoda Afshar, from the series 'Speak the Wind', 2015 – 20. Courtesy the artist and Milani Gallery, Brisbane -
Before mining arrived in Ayaviri, Puno region, local people sold their cheese and milk all over Peru. Due to water pollution and drought, cows' milk declined in quantity and quality, and the produce is increasingly difficult to sell, by Alessandro Cinque, 2021, from the series 'Peru, A Toxic State', 2017 – 23. -
Hamlet Devastated, by Federico Ríos Escobar, from the series 'Paths of Desperate Hope', 2022 -
Jannat, Barmer, by Gauri Gill, from the series 'Notes from the Desert', 1999–ongoing. Courtesy the artist and James Cohan, New York -
Callery Pear, by Richard Renaldi, 2023, from the series 'Disturbed Harmonies', 2022 – 23. Courtesy the artist and Benrubi Gallery, New York -
Abuelo Estrella, by Yael Martínez, 2021, from the series 'Luciérnaga (Firefly)', 2019 – 23. Courtesy the artist and Magnum Photos, and Patricia Conde Galería, Mexico City -
Tunceli — Eastern Anatolia, by Vanessa Winship, from the series 'Sweet Nothings: Schoolgirls from the Borderlands of Eastern Anatolia', 2007. Courtesy the artist and Agence VU, Paris -
Leaving The Garden, by Siân Davey, 2022, from the series 'The Garden', 2021-23. Courtesy of the artist and Michael Hoppen Gallery, London -
Miner, by Michał Łuczak, 2017, from the series 'Extraction', 2016 – 23 -
Untitled, by Vasantha Yogananthan, from the series 'Mystery Street', 2022 -
Left: Fragment of a Fresco from Saint Sophia Cathedral (11th Century), Kyiv, Right: Hand of My Son Mykhail, Vyhraiv Village, Cherkasy Oblast, by Gera Artemova, from the series 'War Diary', 2022 -
Kötlujökull Glacier, Iceland, by Ragnar Axelsson, 2021, from the series 'Where the World is Melting', 2013 – 22. Courtesy the artist and Qerndu, Reykjavik
Past events
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Leaving The Garden, by Siân Davey, 2022, from the series 'The Garden', 2021 – 23. Courtesy of the artist and Michael Hoppen Gallery, London