A Lens on Sustainability

Today, we bring you an on-location interview directly from Paris Photo fair, where Prix Pictet nominated artist Penelope Umbrico shares the vision behind her series 'TV's from Craigslist', featured in the latest Prix Pictet's publication Collage: Women in Photography, exploring e-waste and mass-consumerism issues. 

Join celebrated female photographers Valerie Belin and Lua Ribeira as they explore the female body in photography in this special episode developed in collaboration with Magnum Photos. This episode is hosted by Prix Pictet executive director, Isabelle von Ribbentrop.  Held live to an audience at Magnum Photos gallery in Paris during Paris Photo in November, this podcast is part of the ‘Magnum Photos X Prix Pictet: In Dialogue’ a series of talks which celebrate the 75th anniversary of Magnum Photos across the world.

Today, we bring you an on-location interview directly from Paris Photo fair, where Prix Pictet nominated artist Penelope Umbrico shares the vision behind her series 'TV's from Craigslist', indirecty exploring e-waste and mass-consumerism issues.

Iranian Prix Pictet nominator and photographer Maryam Eisler describes the undercurrent linking all her work as the feminine sublime - a consistent exploration of sensuality and the female gaze. 

Recorded live at Alon Zakain Fine Art London within Maryam’s exhibition ‘If only these walls could talk’ today we bring you a special conversation between Maryam herself and Brandei Estes, Head of EMEA, Sothebys Photographs. This episode was produced in collaboration with The Wick.

How do we make images in a country where chaos and ruins are prevalent? How do we report, not only on traces of war, but also on what war and disaster do to the image itself?

Internationally renowned Prix Pictet Fire shortlsiters Joana Hadjithomas and Khlail Joreige discuss this and much more in today's episode.

As the world faces the geopolitical and economic consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, previously shortlisted Prix Pictet photographer Maxim Dondyuk has documented the devastating  destruction of his home country.

This summer, under special permission from the Ukranian government, Maxim left the country for the first time in over a year and a half to travel to France during the Rencontres d’Arles photography festival, where he delivered a powerful presentation and urgent appeal in the town’s Antique Theatre. We caught him at the Van Gogh Foundation in Arles, where he told us about photographing a war-torn Ukraine. 

Today’s episode brings you a special presentation held by Prix Pictet 'Fire' winner Sally Mann this past 8 July during the opening week of the Rencontres d’Arles photography festival in te south of France. In a rare public performance, Sally took the stage at the old Roman theatre and spoke of an inspirational journey through her picture making, leading up to her award-winning series Blackwater.

Don’t miss the accompanying e-book to this episode to see the images discussed: https://www.instagram.com/p/CgKQ_3PsgAr/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

In a very rare occasion, today’s episode brings together two Prix Pictet shortlisted photographers, from two separate Prix Pictet cycles, in conversation with our Executive Director, Isabelle von Ribbentrop.

Recorded live to an audience at Somerset House during Photo London, Namibian photographer Margaret Courtney Clarke, who was shortlisted for our 8th cycle on the theme of Hope for her series ‘Cry Sadness into the Coming Rain’ and Austrian and Nigerian photographer David Uzochukwu, who is currently shortlisted for our 9th cycle Fire for his series ‘In the Wake’, dissect technique, passion and identity.

Don't miss the accompanying e-book to this episode where you can see the images being discussed: https://www.instagram.com/p/CfVsGUOoJeY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

What is the power of ambiguity in an image? Join celebrated female photographers Cristina de Middel and Olivia Arthur as they explore this and much more in this special episode developed in collaboration with Magnum Photos. This episode is hosted by curator, author and host of The Great Women Artists, Katy Hessel.  Held live to an audience at Somerset House during the annual photography fair Photo London this May, this panel on ‘Great Women in Photography’ marks the launch of ‘Magnum Photos X Prix Pictet: In Dialogue’ a series of talks which celebrate the 75th anniversary of Magnum Photos across the world.

Don't miss the accompanying e-book to this episode where you can see the images being described: https://www.instagram.com/p/CeifYbfIFjq/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link