ARLES, FRANCE – The third cycle of the
Prix Pictet
launches at Les Rencontres d’Arles, the world’s foremost photography
festival,
on 8 July 2010. The new cycle will be announced at the Théâtre Antique,
Arles,
with a special presentation of work by the four Prix Pictet laureates to
date.
Benoit Aquin’s 2010 Haiti project is among the new work to be featured.
The Prix
Pictet, conceived and run by the Swiss private bank Pictet & Cie, is
the
first photography award to provide a global platform for the application
of art
to the critical issues of global sustainability. Its honorary president
is HE
Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations.