2009 World Environmental Photography Award

On July 9th, 2009, the finalists announced that 12 international photographers from all over the world from PRIX PICTET were shortlisted, namely Darren almond (UK) and Christopher Anderson (Canada). Sammy Balocchi (Congo), Edward BurTynsky (Canada), andreas gursky (Germany), Naoya Yamayama (Japan), Nadal kandel (South Africa), Ed Kashi (USA), Abbas Cossari (Iran), Yao Lu (China), Edgar Martins (Portugal) and Chris Steele.

In 2009, the Pictet Theme Grand Prix was dedicated to finding photos of a wider range of topics, such as the global environment. This year's theme is "Earth". The garbage problem in Mexico has kept people there in a sympathetic state of life, the changing scenery in China and the collective migration of Niger in the Yangtze River.

Explosions, rivers and tunnels

The devastating impact of oil production on Libya; The wars between Iran and Iraq in the desert frontier are the theme features of this year's shortlisted artists' works. These problems irreversibly affect the development of the whole earth's resources, thus affecting the long-term sustainable development of the global society.

European exhibition of finalists All finalists will be previewed at Purdy Hicks Gallery in London from 5 to 7 October 2009/KLOC-0, exhibited at Geneva from 24 to 29 September 2009, and exhibited at Paris Corridor Gallery from 23 to 24 October 2009/KLOC-0.

The winners will be announced by Annan, honorary chairman of Pictet Grand Prix, in Passage de Retz Gallery on October 22nd, 2009/KLOC-0. At the same time, the Committee will also select another winner from the shortlisted photographers to visit Pictet &；; The International Driving Test Committee recently funded a project on sustainability, and this award will also be announced. temple

Darren almond (born in England, 197 1) nominated his works full-time, 2008-2009.

Almond takes the moon as the only light source, and the night is turned into day by prolonging the exposure time, and the exposure time is more than 15 minutes. The meditation landscape he photographed has a unique mysterious feeling. He photographed a remote geographical location. In order to complete this series, he specially went to Huangshan Mountain in Anhui Province, China, where there are magnificent peaks and canyons, as well as extraordinary China-like natural landscape.

Almond is an artist in London and was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2005.

Christopher Anderson (born in Canada,1970) nominated his work Tianpu in 2008.

Anderson studied and explored the cycle of consumption, destruction and violence, the decline and flow of political turmoil, the oil price in Venezuela and the whole economic construction related to the expansion of the earth's resources. However, for a huge population, the shortage of food means that very few people live a rich life, while most people still live a very embarrassed and poor life. Anderson started his photography career as a war photographer. His work was published in National Geographic and Fashion magazine. Anderson won the robert capa Gold Award and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. He joined magnum photos in 2005 and now lives and works.

memory

In new york.

Sammy Baloji (Democratic Republic of Congo, born in 1978) was nominated for working memory in 2006.

Baloji was created by adding black-and-white archival photos of the colonial period. These archive photos are from Katanga coal mine run by Belgian in Congo. He used today's color photos and old photos as materials. The work they used to do in that area was a profitable industry, which was beneficial to the Belgian colonial pioneers. Many people were forced to become slaves at that time. Baloj combines the past and the present, revealing the cruel colonial era and the abuse of earth rights and natural resources in recent years. Balocchi joined Picha in 2008! The project aims to promote the local society's understanding of its history through the use of images and contemporary images.

Edward B. Tynsky (born in Canada, 1955) nominated his work Quarry, 199 1-2006.

open pit

In Burtynsky's series of works, abandoned quarries in the United States, Europe and India were photographed. Nowadays, our life is surrounded by consumer goods, but we should separate it from resources. Our way of life is formulated by the industrialization of the whole world, and we seldom look back at our living conditions. Burtynsk is dedicated to showing places beyond our daily experience, and his photography is more an indispensable part of our daily life. Edward Tynsky is one of the most outstanding Canadian photographers. His series of masterpieces reflecting the global industrial landscape are collected by more than 50 important art galleries.

Andreas gursky (German, born in 1955) nominated the work Untitled XIII, 2002.

The endless rubbish shot by Guski. When you look at this work from a distance, it will have an abstract effect, reminiscent of Jackson Pollock's paintings. At close range, it shows a tiny shape, which is a garbage dump found in Mexico City. Guski often pays attention to commercial and tourist attractions, and his works pay more attention to the emerging high-tech industries and global markets. His creative themes cover a wide range, including modern architecture, hotel halls, apartments, warehouses for exchanging goods, global residences and so on. Guski is an internationally renowned photographer.

Untitled XIII

Naoya Yamayama (born in Japan, 1958) nominated his work Explosions, Rivers and Tunnels.

Hatakeyama mainly shoots underground waterways in Paris and Tokyo, as well as lime factories in Japan, to reflect the past, present and future of a city and the relationship between people and the environment. In many of his works, he shows the hidden urban space, which is different from most city residents' understanding of the city. He photographed the dirty underground waterway from a symmetrical angle and created the landscape on the edge of the city.

Hatakeyama is a student of Maestro Kijiji, 1984 graduated from the University of Tsukuba. He has held many solo exhibitions and group exhibitions. Hatakeyama's photographs are collected by many public collections, from Tokyo Museum of Modern Art to Victoria &; Albordt Art Museum.

The Yangtze River, this long river.

Nadav Kander (British photographer, born in 196 1) nominated the work "Yangtze River, Long River", which started in 2006 and lasted for three years, from the Yangtze River Delta to the Himalayas.

This work won the Pictet Photography Award in 2009.

Kandar recorded the rapidly changing landscape of China. Many people live on the 6500-kilometer-long river bank, which is much longer than the rivers in America. However, China's development plans in recent years have destroyed the country's heritage. The Three Gorges Dam not only brought huge electric energy, but also fundamentally changed the local ecological environment, forcing 6.5438+0.7 million people to emigrate. However, there are 600 kilometers of pollution along the Yangtze River.

Kandar has published his works in many international publications, including The new york Times Magazine. He recently filmed the project "The Obamas". He has won many international awards and nominations, including the silver award of "Yangtze River, Long River Series" at the International Photography Festival held in Lianzhou, China in 2008.

Ed Kashi (American, born in 1957)

Nominated work "The Curse of Black Gold: 50 Years of Nigerian Oil", 2004-2006.

Kashgar shows the theme of oil development in West Africa. His works trace back to the 50 years when oil affected Nigeria's relations and the areas that caused environmental deterioration and plague. Kashi is a news photographer, producer and educator, who is devoted to photographing the social and political issues of our time. Cash's works reveal the close relationship between his sensitive perspective and the theme of expression by expressing the human condition.

Abbas Cossari (Iranian, born in 1970) nominated the Dark Side of the Earth, 2007-2008.

The curse of black gold: 50 years of Nigerian oil

Every year, Kowsari shoots hundreds of Iranians in new york to mourn the eight years of the Iran-Iraq war, and countless families of soldiers often die among mourners. Kowsari is a senior photo editor of Tehran's E'temad newspaper. Before graduation, he worked in nearly ten newspapers in Iran. His works have been published in many international journals, including paris match Daily and Der Spiegel. His works have been exhibited in the French embassies in Tehran and Damascus.

Yao Lu (China, born in 1967) nominated his work "Shelter and Reconstruction-New Landscape of Yao Lu", 2006-2008.

The turquoise mountains in Yao Lu's works are surrounded by mist and river water. Mountain peaks rise from the water, beside huge garbage dumps and abandoned construction sites, ships are suspended on the water, and people are hidden in the green net in the distance. this is

The dark side of the earth

The product of China's development and construction. Lu Yao subverts reality with photography and presents realistic scenes. When the audience looked at his works from a distance, his scenery remained untouched. Yao Lu studied at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and obtained a master's degree in photography and visual arts from Griffith University in 2000. At present, he works in the photography department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and his works won the BMW Prize in the 2008 Paris Photography Exhibition.

Edgar Martins (Portuguese tooth, born in 1977) nominated work "Reduce the Present", 2005 &; In his series of photos in 2008, Martins captured the process of forest fires in Portugal. The picture is beautiful, like a painting, showing the bright green plants burned by the fire and the ground blackened afterwards. The fire in 2005 and the drought and hot weather in 2008 made me

Scientists are convinced that this is the result of global climate change. This is also considered as evidence of environmental deterioration. Most forests are eucalyptus trees, which grow rapidly, but

Decreasing present

But it is a very flammable tree, which is usually used for planting in projects to rebuild forests. Martins studied photography and pure art at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. He has held exhibitions in Asia, America and Europe, and won many awards in photography and writing.

Chris Steele-Perkins (born in Myanmar, 1947) nominated Mount Fuji, 2000-200 1.

Perkins spent a lot of time photographing Mount Fuji, which is a symbol of Japan. Many artists get inspiration from Mount Fuji, especially Utagawa Guangzhong. In his woodcut series, there are 36 scenes of Mount Fuji. Mount Fuji is a national park, and the surrounding area is now

It has become a leisure place such as golf and a military film reading place for troops. Perkins' works seem to be evaluating the erosion of natural scenery in modern Japan and its development. Perkins is a documentary photographer who has worked in developing countries and Britain for nearly 40 years, focusing on urban poor areas or subcultures. World environmental photography award-Beijing photographer shortlisted for PrixPictet world environmental photography award

China scenery

Shelter and Reconstruction —— Yao's Landscape

Author: Yao Lu

Nationality: China.

Meaning: Yao Lu's works are poetic at first glance, but they were actually shot in the construction waste covered with green dust-proof cloth everywhere in Beijing.

PrixPictet World Environmental Photography Award Announces the shortlist. Live the scenery of China created by teachers of Central Academy of Fine Arts with green dust-proof cloth-

According to Swiss media reports, the PrixPictet World Environmental Photography Award, a world-renowned photography award, recently announced 12 finalists. Yao Lu, a Beijing photographer and teacher of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, was selected for the series of "China Scenery".

Starting from September, all the finalists will hold roving exhibitions in Geneva, Switzerland, London, England and Paris, France. 101On October 22nd, Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, will present awards to the winners.

PrixPictet's theme this year is "Earth". Photographers show the destruction of natural environment caused by resource exploitation and construction through the lens.

PrixPictet is the world's first environmental photography award, and a winner is selected every year with a prize of 65,438+10,000 Swiss francs (about 630,000 yuan). "When I first saw that these mounds really looked like ancient China landscape paintings, I had the idea of combining them." China photographer Yao Lu, who was shortlisted for the award, told the reporter that these works were actually made repeatedly by the photography studio according to the composition of landscape paintings.

Commenting on his works, Yao Lu said that landscape painting is a symbol of China's classical culture. With the development of society, it gradually disappears, leaving people with a kind of sadness and nostalgia that modern cities are constantly building, but the past is constantly passing away.

Because this series of works won the BMW Prize in last year's Paris Photography Exhibition, in 2009, two French institutions took the initiative to recommend the PrixPictet Prize to him.

"Nomination is of course a good thing and a good motivation for me to continue to create." Wei Yao said.

Yao Lu believes that the modern images of China are very popular in the world at present, and his works may attract foreign attention because of the cultural characteristics of China.