Luc Delahaye Wins Photography's Prix Pictet

132nd Ordinary Meeting of the Conference
Photo by Luc Delahaye (photo from Christie's)

The Prix Pictet is one of photography's most prestigious awards. This year's winner is the French photographer Luc Delahaye. His work, along with those shortlisted for the Prix Pictet, is on exhibit at London's Saatchi Gallery until October 28th.

Prix Pictet

The Prix Pictet, a high-profile environmental photography award, has released its list of qualifying images. The pictures, and useful explanatory background information, is available via the Asian edition of the Financial Times.

The photographers are hardly strangers in the art world night. Taryn Simon is represented by Gagosian; her image shown here is taken from her appearance on Charlie Rose. Edward Burtynsky's work was the focus of Manufactured Landscapes, an excellent movie about the environmental degradation of China that my wife and I saw at Film Forum in New York. Thomas Struth "studied under Gerhard Richter," according to the FT information.

The Prix Pictet winner will be announced in March 2011.