THE FOUNDATION
Founded in 2014, ACT ON YOUR FUTURE is a Swiss non-profit foundation based in Geneva that works to foster civic engagement among the next generation of socially active youth. Through social and cultural projects, the Foundation harnesses the power of visual arts to transform the way the youth learn about human rights and engage in social causes.
OUR PROJECTS
The Foundation currently undertakes three main projects: the Human Rights Photography Prize for young European artists, the Human Rights Watch Prize for high school students of the Geneva area, as well as cultural mediation activities to gather testimonies of refugees in Geneva.
HUMAN RIGHTS PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE
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NEWS FEED
LAUNCH EVENT | RETROSPECTIVE BOOK UNBLIND
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Following the latest measures imposed by the Swiss government, we regret to have to postpone the launch event for the retrospective book UNBLIND originally scheduled for Saturday 6 February at the Centre de la photographie Genève (CPG). A new date will be communicated to you soonest.
UNBLIND was published by the Act On Your Future Foundation to mark the fifth anniversary of the Human Rights Photography Prize. This book offers a current reflection on human rights through the 25 projects selected by the competition since its creation, as well as a perspective on the use of photography as an awareness-raising tool. The book is co-edited with the Editions Centre de la photographie Genève. |
GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBIT | HUMAN RIGHTS PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2020
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Joerg Bader, Director of the Centre de la photographie Genève (CPG), and Christian Lutz, photographer and Jury member, present the exhibition of the winning projects of the 2020 Human Rights Photography Prize on the theme "No Planet B: human rights in times of ecological crisis ”. The winners of the 2020 Prize: Lowena Poole (RCA) and Romain Roucoules (ECAL). We warmly thank the participating art schools, our partners and the donors who made this fifth edition of the competition possible. |
DIGITAL PROGRAMME | HUMAN RIGHTS PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2020
Following the current health crisis, the format of the 2020 Human Rights Photography Prize has been adapted to present the finalists' projects online, via our platforms and those of our partners. The Foundation thus wished to pursue its mission of supporting young artists and raising awareness of human rights through art.
This new programme was based on a series of 7 videos produced by Mousqueterre, a collective that wishes to give meaning to the ecological and social transition through various audiovisual tools.
This new programme was based on a series of 7 videos produced by Mousqueterre, a collective that wishes to give meaning to the ecological and social transition through various audiovisual tools.
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FINALISTS | HUMAN RIGHTS PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2020
To discover the projects of the five finalists chosen by the Jury of the 2020 Human Rights Photography Prize:
To discover the projects of the five finalists chosen by the Jury of the 2020 Human Rights Photography Prize:
