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PhotoVogue Festival 2025 Presentations | Introducing Prix Pictet. Alessia Glaviano in conversation with Isabelle von Ribbentrop, Executive Director, Prix Pictet

The Prix Pictet aims to harness the power of photography all genres of photography to draw global attention to issues of sustainability, especially those concerning the environment.
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Thursday 4 July, Arles. The directors of the Prix Pictet and Les Rencontres d Arles are hosting a cocktail reception at the Hôtel Particulier d Arles to celebrate the announcement of the new theme and the launch of the book Human.Kind., a collaboration between the Prix Pictet and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum in Geneva.Prior to the presentation at the Théâtre Antique of the work of Gauri Gill, the tenth winner of the Prix Pictet, Isabelle von Ribbentrop, Executive Director of the Prix Pictet, announced that the theme of the eleventh cycle is Storm.Magnus Arrevad

The PhotoVogue Festival, the first conscious fashion photography festival that focuses on the common ground between ethics and aesthetics, returns for its eighth edition. From March 6th to 9th, 2025, BASE Milano will host a series of exhibitions and talks analysing the interrelation between humans and Nature, and the relations of kinship we can create with animals, complemented by satellite events at the city s finest galleries.

Synopsis

Ahead of Richard Mosse’s lectio magistralis, the PhotoVogue Festival will host a special conversation between Alessia Glaviano and Isabelle von Ribbentrop, Executive Director of Prix Pictet, offering a deeper look into the world’s leading award for photography and sustainability.
Founded in 2008 by the Pictet Group, the Prix Pictet aims to harness the power of photography—across all genres—to draw global attention to critical sustainability issues, particularly those concerning the environment. Over its ten cycles, the award has spotlighted photographers whose work not only exhibits artistic excellence but also conveys urgent narratives about our planet’s fragile state.

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With a prestigious network of over 300 nominators worldwide, the Prix Pictet has received more than 5,000 nominations, with its exhibitions traveling to major cities and engaging over one million visitors globally. The award’s 100,000 CHF prize has been granted to photographers whose series exemplify both artistic mastery and a profound message on sustainability. Past winners include Benoit Aquin, Nadav Kander, Mitch Epstein, Luc Delahaye, Michael Schmidt, Valérie Belin, Richard Mosse, Joana Choumali, Sally Mann, and Gauri Gill.
Each cycle of the Prix Pictet also results in a beautifully curated book, ensuring the selected works reach a broad audience and further the conversation on sustainability through the lens of photography.

This conversation will offer unique insight into the Prix Pictet’s impact, its commitment to using visual storytelling as a tool for change, and its role in shaping global discourse on the environment.

For more about the PhotoVogue Festival 2025, check out: All you need to know about the PhotoVogue Festival 2025

PhotoVogue Festival is a project directed by Alessia Glaviano (Head of Global PhotoVogue) and co-curated by Caterina De Biasio (Visual Editor, PhotoVogue) and Daniel Rodríguez Gordillo (Senior Manager, Education Community Initiatives Condé Nast).