HUMAN RIGHTS PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2016
The Human Rights Photography Prize 2016 was issued in partnership with the Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ECAL), the Haute école d'art et de design of Geneva (HEAD), Art Bärtschi & Cie, Christie's, FRORIEP, Human Rights Watch, the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH), and Les Hybrides.
FROM IMMIGRATION TO ASYLUM / 2016
The images of immigrants and refugees who flee their countries in search of a better life are everywhere. From boats inundated with phantom silhouettes to lying dead bodies on the coasts of the Mediterranean, the violence of these scenes leaves no one indifferent. However, finding ourselves in front of a phenomenon whose scale overcomes all the actors involved, the role and position of image makes us reflect. Diffused, used, instrumentalised and almost diverted, the image embodies within its different scopes, the importance of the challenges of migration.
As for the artist, he/she does not elude the tensions that trespass societies. However, far from media timings and imperatives, the strength of an artist is perhaps his/her capacity to question reality, both in the language he/she uses or the tools employed. The question arises of how address migration and its challenges without recurring to the usual clichés. Can we talk about the « problem » of refugees by showing only the « victims »? Is there no other way to confront the issue? Due to this inflation of violence, the image ends up loosing its purpose. After the choc, indifference tags along, once again.
COMPOSITION OF THE JURY / 2016
CALENDAR / 2016
FROM IMMIGRATION TO ASYLUM / 2016
The images of immigrants and refugees who flee their countries in search of a better life are everywhere. From boats inundated with phantom silhouettes to lying dead bodies on the coasts of the Mediterranean, the violence of these scenes leaves no one indifferent. However, finding ourselves in front of a phenomenon whose scale overcomes all the actors involved, the role and position of image makes us reflect. Diffused, used, instrumentalised and almost diverted, the image embodies within its different scopes, the importance of the challenges of migration.
As for the artist, he/she does not elude the tensions that trespass societies. However, far from media timings and imperatives, the strength of an artist is perhaps his/her capacity to question reality, both in the language he/she uses or the tools employed. The question arises of how address migration and its challenges without recurring to the usual clichés. Can we talk about the « problem » of refugees by showing only the « victims »? Is there no other way to confront the issue? Due to this inflation of violence, the image ends up loosing its purpose. After the choc, indifference tags along, once again.
COMPOSITION OF THE JURY / 2016
- Nathalie Herschdorfer, Director, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Locle, Switzerland
- Rémy Fenzy, Director, École nationale supérieure de photographie, Arles, France
- Reza, photojournalist, Webistan Photo agency, Paris, France
- Elodie Morel, Director, Photography Department, Christie’s, Paris, France
- Gerry Simpson, Senior Researcher and Advocate, Refugee Rights Program, Human Rights Watch, Geneva, Switzerland
CALENDAR / 2016
- 30 September : deadline for submission of projects
- 15 October : jury deliberations
- 1st November : announcement of the five finalists
- 1st December : award ceremony and opening of the collective exhibition
- 10 December : end of the exhibition
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POSTER 2016
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JURY DELIBERATIONS 2016
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VERNISSAGE OF THE EXHIBITION
HUMAN RIGHTS PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2016 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
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