Consumption 鈥� Premio Pictet 2014
The fifth cycle of Prix Pictet arrives in Turin on 11 September. The exhibition features the work of the eleven shortlisted photographers at the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. This marks the first occasion the Prix has toured to Turin, having visited Milan twice previously.
Earlier this year at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Kofi Annan, Honorary President of Prix Pictet, announced that the German photographer Michael Schmidt had won Prix Pictet Consumption for Lebensmittel his monumental survey of the food industry. The exhibition then toured to Barcelona and Thessaloniki and will visit Zurich, Munich and Mexico later this year.
The prize was founded in 2008 by Pictet, a Swiss asset and wealth management group established in 1805. Prix Pictet has gained global recognition for showcasing leading photographers鈥� contribution to the debate about the most pressing social and environmental challenges today. Since its inception, nearly 70 of the world鈥檚 leading photographers have been shortlisted for the Prix Pictet. The four previous laureates were Beno卯t Aquin, Nadav Kander, Mitch Epstein and Luc Delahaye.
This year鈥檚 Shortlist of eleven photographers featured Adam Bartos (United States), Motoyuki Daifu (Japan), Rineke Dijkstra (The Netherlands), Hong Hao (China), Mishka Henner (United Kingdom), Juan Fernando Herr谩n (Colombia), Boris Mikhailov (Ukraine), Abraham Oghobase (Nigeria), Allan Sekula (United States), Laurie Simmons (United States) and winner Michael Schmidt (Germany).
The fifth cycle of Prix Pictet arrives in Turin on 11 September. The exhibition features the work of the eleven shortlisted photographers at the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. This marks the first occasion the Prix has toured to Turin, having visited Milan twice previously.
Earlier this year at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Kofi Annan, Honorary President of Prix Pictet, announced that the German photographer Michael Schmidt had won Prix Pictet Consumption for Lebensmittel his monumental survey of the food industry. The exhibition then toured to Barcelona and Thessaloniki and will visit Zurich, Munich and Mexico later this year.
The prize was founded in 2008 by Pictet, a Swiss asset and wealth management group established in 1805. Prix Pictet has gained global recognition for showcasing leading photographers鈥� contribution to the debate about the most pressing social and environmental challenges today. Since its inception, nearly 70 of the world鈥檚 leading photographers have been shortlisted for the Prix Pictet. The four previous laureates were Beno卯t Aquin, Nadav Kander, Mitch Epstein and Luc Delahaye.
This year鈥檚 Shortlist of eleven photographers featured Adam Bartos (United States), Motoyuki Daifu (Japan), Rineke Dijkstra (The Netherlands), Hong Hao (China), Mishka Henner (United Kingdom), Juan Fernando Herr谩n (Colombia), Boris Mikhailov (Ukraine), Abraham Oghobase (Nigeria), Allan Sekula (United States), Laurie Simmons (United States) and winner Michael Schmidt (Germany).
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