Space

Space 2017

Richard Mosse, Idomeni, Series: Heat Maps, 2016.

The theme for the seventh cycle of the Prix Pictet is Space – a theme that offers a wide range of creative possibilities and a strong set of connections to the Prix Pictet’s overriding theme of sustainability. It is a deliberately broad theme that could embrace subjects as diverse as overpopulation, territorial dispute, air pollution, cyber space, wind borne diseases, hurricanes, as well the fragility of the planet’s great wildernesses and our tendency to fill space – from the oceans to outer space – with junk and many things besides. Irish photographer Richard Mosse was awarded the seventh Prix Pictet for his project Heat Maps.

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Shortlist

Richard Mosse, Heat Maps, 2016

Mandy Barker, Beyond Drifting: Imperfectly Known Animals, 2015

Saskia Groneberg, Büropflanze, 2012

Beate Gütschow, S Series, 2004-2009

Benny Lam, Subdivided Flats, 2012

Michael Wolf, Tokyo Compression, 2008-2010

Munem Wasif, Land of Undefined Territory, 2014-2015

Pavel Wolberg, Barricades, 2009-2014

Rinko Kawauchi, Ametsuchi, 2012

Sergey Ponomarev, Europe Migration Crisis, 2015

Sohei Nishino, Diorama Map, 2010-2016

Thomas Ruff, ma.r.s, 2013

The works presented for this edition of the Prix Pictet were of an exceptionally high standard. The range of creative response by the some 700 photographers nominated for the award was truly remarkable. Reviewing work of such quality and diversity was no easy task, but no less fascinating for that. After a long debate we arrived at a shortlist of twelve artists. On behalf of the jury I should like to congratulate each of them. We very much look forward to reviewing their work at the V&A next year.
Sir David King, Chair of the Jury.

Jury

Winner interview

In this short interview, Irish photographer Richard Mosse discusses his project Heat Maps, for which he has been awarded the seventh Prix Pictet.

Exhibitions and events

Global Art Center
Istanbul
Turkey
18 Sep 18 - 17 Oct 25
Foundation CAB
Brussels
Belgium
08 Jun 18 - 30 Jun 25
Gallery of Photography
Dublin
Ireland
16 Nov 18 - 10 May 25

About the artist 01 2165

Born

1947, Burma

Nationality

British

Based in

London, United Kingdom

About verification 2165 Chris Steele-Perkins

Christ Steele-Perkins was born in Burma in 1947, and moved to England with his father at the age of two. He went to school at Christ’s Hospital. At the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he studied psychology and worked for the student newspaper, graduating with honours in 1970 when he started working as a freelance photographer, finally moving to London in 1971. Apart from a trip to Bangladesh in 1973, he worked mainly in Britain in areas concerned with urban poverty and sub-cultures. In 1975 he worked with EXIT, a collective dealing with social problems in British cities. This work culminated in the book Survival Programmes in 1982. He joined the Paris-based Viva agency in 1976. In 1979, he published his first solo book, The Teds. He also edited and purchased the images for The Arts Council of GB’s book, About 70 Photographs.

Steele-Perkins joined Magnum in 1979 and soon began working extensively in the developing world, in particular Africa, Central America and Lebanon, as well as continuing to document Britain. He published The Pleasure Principle, a work exploring Britain in the 1980s. In 1992 he published Afghanistan, the result of four trips over four years. After marrying his second wife, Miyako Yamada, he embarked on a long-term photographic exploration of Japan, publishing his first book of that work, Fuji, in 2000. A highly personal diary of 2001, Echoes, was published in 2003, and the second of his Japanese books, Tokyo Love Hello, was published in February 2007.

In contrast, a black and white study of English rural life, Northern Exposures, was published in the summer of 2007.