HUMAN RIGHTS PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2020
The Human Rights Photography Prize 2020 is awarded in partnership with 6 participating art schools: the Lausanne Canton School of Art (ECAL), the Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD-Geneva), the National Graduate School of Photography of Arles (ENSP), the Royal College of Art of London (RCA), the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig (HGB), the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture; and 6 institutions with complementary missions: the Centre of Photography Geneva (CPG), Christie's, FRORIEP, Human Rights Watch, the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) and MAPS.
"NO PLANET B: HUMAN RIGHTS IN TIMES OF ECOLOGICAL CRISIS"
They represent the youth, scientists, activists and artists, and all have united across nations to wake up politicians and demand concrete action on the ecological crisis.
The state of emergency is real. Whether it is the destruction of the environment, the deterioration of natural resources or the decline of biodiversity, the evidence may no longer be ignored. Humanity, with its toxic behaviour and its economic activity, is the major cause of global warming. For long considered as just another species among its ecosystem, humans are now the greatest threat to its survival. Therefore, the breakage of the natural order has turned on itself and caused its own suffering. Indeed, the multiplication of climate-related events such as the elevation of sea levels, the pollution of soils, water and air represent a major threat to human rights to life, health, nutrition and drinking water. Thus, a healthy, safe and sustainable environment has become a necessary condition for access to basic human rights. As all the inhabitants of this globe are not equal regarding the destructive consequences of this crisis, how to ensure concerted action against climate change is taken?
Today, fighting climate change is key to the survival of humankind and future generations. New, fair and sustainable ways of consuming and living must be implemented, for without a victory all other fights will be pointless. What roles can artists play to facilitate public awareness? How may they warn the public about the very real consequences soon to come, when so many conceive the topic as a distant problem of the future? Through their work, artists have the power to question the present and propose new possibilities. As actors of change, they thus participate in the creation of alternative solutions and permit us to confront with more optimism one of the greatest challenges of our time.
JURY MEMBERS
The 2020 Prize Jury is composed of the following personalities:
"NO PLANET B: HUMAN RIGHTS IN TIMES OF ECOLOGICAL CRISIS"
They represent the youth, scientists, activists and artists, and all have united across nations to wake up politicians and demand concrete action on the ecological crisis.
The state of emergency is real. Whether it is the destruction of the environment, the deterioration of natural resources or the decline of biodiversity, the evidence may no longer be ignored. Humanity, with its toxic behaviour and its economic activity, is the major cause of global warming. For long considered as just another species among its ecosystem, humans are now the greatest threat to its survival. Therefore, the breakage of the natural order has turned on itself and caused its own suffering. Indeed, the multiplication of climate-related events such as the elevation of sea levels, the pollution of soils, water and air represent a major threat to human rights to life, health, nutrition and drinking water. Thus, a healthy, safe and sustainable environment has become a necessary condition for access to basic human rights. As all the inhabitants of this globe are not equal regarding the destructive consequences of this crisis, how to ensure concerted action against climate change is taken?
Today, fighting climate change is key to the survival of humankind and future generations. New, fair and sustainable ways of consuming and living must be implemented, for without a victory all other fights will be pointless. What roles can artists play to facilitate public awareness? How may they warn the public about the very real consequences soon to come, when so many conceive the topic as a distant problem of the future? Through their work, artists have the power to question the present and propose new possibilities. As actors of change, they thus participate in the creation of alternative solutions and permit us to confront with more optimism one of the greatest challenges of our time.
JURY MEMBERS
The 2020 Prize Jury is composed of the following personalities:
- Ella-Mona Chevalley, Activist, School Strike for Climate
- Isabelle Gattiker, Director, International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH)
- Marjaana Kella, Head, Master´s Programme in Photography, Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture
- Anne Lacoste, Director, Institut pour la photographie in Lille (President)
- Christian Lutz, Photographer
- Daniel Wilkinson, Director, Environment and Human Rights, Human Rights Watch
GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBIT
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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
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 digital 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 digital 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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