ARLES.- 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. The main award of CHF100,000 (EUR72,000) is decided by an independent jury of leading figures in the visual arts and sustainability. One of the shortlisted photographers is also commissioned by the partners of Pictet & Cie to undertake a field trip to a region where Pictet is su