PRIX PICTET PUBLISHES THE BOOK ‘HUMAN.KIND.’ WITH INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT MUSEUM, SWITZERLAND

Published by Thames & Hudson

Publications – 03 Jul 2024 at the Arles Festival of Photography, 2024, France

This landmark cultural project showcases the work of thirty of over 3,000 photographers from around the world who have been nominated for the Prix Pictet. Human.Kind. brings together almost 300 images by thirty photographers from twenty-four countries, all of whom have been nominated for one of the ten cycles of the Prix Pictet, since it was first awarded in 2008.


Documentary photographs, portraits and photo montages address the major issues of humanitarian action, from conflict and climate change to psychological support and respect for human dignity. These works, selected and co-curated by William A. Ewing and Elisa Rusca, form the book and corresponding exhibition, which is on show at the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum in Geneva, Switzerland through to 25 August 2024.


From a deep dive into the Prix Pictet archives, Ewing and Rusca have made a diverse, thought-provoking selection of work by the thirty photographers, all leading contemporary practitioners, each of whom have created work that responds to the challenge of the need for humanity and compassion in photography.

With essays by Ewing and Rusca, commentaries by the photographers and texts by Marie- Laure Salles, Pascal Hufschmid (Director of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum), Isabelle von Ribbentrop (Executive Director of the Prix Pictet), Michael Benson (Director of the Prix Pictet) and Renaud de Planta (Senior Partner at Pictet Group), this is a compelling survey of contemporary photography that underlines the power the medium has to move us and to effect positive change in the world.

Photographers :

Erza Acayan, Lynsey Addario, Emmanuelle Andrianjafy, Elena Anosova, Evgenia Arbugaeva, Subrata Biswas, Myriam Boulos, Omar Victor Diop, Luisa Dörr, Philippe Dudouit, Alinka Echeverria, Rena Effendi, Andrew Esiebo, Charles Fréger, Nermine Hammam, Nanna Heitmann, Jeroen Hofman, Qingjun Huang, Tomoko Kikuchi, Alex Majoli, Gideon Mendel, Maciek Nabrdalik, Emin Ozmen, Muzaffar Salman, Mila Teshaieva, Carlo Valsecchi, Peter Van Atgmael, Xiaoxiao Xu, Etinosa Yvonne, Adriana Zehbrauskas 

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HUMAN.KIND.

(A NEW LOOK AT HUMANITARIAN PHOTOGRAPHY THROUGH 10 EDITIONS OF THE PRIX PICTET)

Human.Kind. presents an alternative approach to photographing humanitarian action. The exhibition showcases the work of 30 of the 3,000 photographers from around the world who’ve been nominated for the Prix Pictet since it was first awarded in 2008. Their images depict key aspects of humanitarian action differently from anything we see in the news. What sets them apart? An unerring sense of compassion.

In collaboration with Prix Pictet the Human.Kind exhibition is curated by:

William A. Ewing (Art Historian, Curator of Photography, Author, Museum Director)

Elisa Rusca (Art historian, Writer, Curator, and Director of exhibitions and collections at the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum in Geneva.)

Head of Project:

Pascal Hufschmid (Art historian specialising in photography, Director of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum in Geneva.)

Date: 19^th October 2023 to 25^th August 2024

Venue:  The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum in Geneva, Switzerland.

Photographers :

Erza Acayan, Lynsey Addario, Emmanuelle Andrianjafy, Elena Anosova, Evgenia Arbugaeva, Subrata Biswas, Myriam Boulos, Omar Victor Diop, Luisa Dörr, Philippe Dudouit, Alinka Echeverria, Rena Effendi, Andrew Esiebo, Charles Fréger, Nermine Hammam, Nanna Heitmann, Jeroen Hofman, Qingjun Huang, Tomoko Kikuchi, Alex Majoli, Gideon Mendel, Maciek Nabrdalik, Emin Ozmen, Muzaffar Salman, Mila Teshaieva, Carlo Valsecchi, Peter Van Atgmael, Xiaoxiao Xu, Etinosa Yvonne, Adriana Zehbrauskas 

Visit: https://redcrossmuseum.ch/exhibitions/human-kind-photography-exhibition-pictet/#photographers-biographies

 FOTOPOESÍA

OCTAVIO PAZ in INDIA (A Photo-Poetry Installation)

To celebrate the birth centenary of Nobel Laureate and former Mexican Ambassador to India, Octavio Paz, Institute Cervantes in New Delhi and Embassy of Mexico in India launched a photo-poetry installation project to establish dialogues between photography and poetry by bringing together the works of Indian photographers and a Spanish or Latin American poet. As a part of the project, in July 2014 the Instituto Cervantes approached me, fellow photographer Adil Hasan and poet Sudeep Sen to do a free translation of poems by Octavio Paz, or being inspired by it to make a photo series. The poetries chosen for me were “THE BALCONY” and “THE MAUSOLEUM OF HUMAYUN”

Curator: Prashant Panjiar (Photographer, Curator), Jesús Clavero Rodríguez (Cultural Manager, Instituto Cervantes)

Date: 4^th September 2014 to 30^th September 2014

Venue: The Instituto Cervantes, New Delhi

BEHIND THE MASK

ANGKOR PHOTO FESTIVAL (9^th Edition)

Date: 23^rd November 2013 to 24^th January 2014

Venue: The EFEO (Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient) in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Visit: https://angkor-photo.com/9th-edition-exhibitions/