Navigating the theme of Space, the seventh edition of international photography prize Prix Pictet investigates pressing global subjects such overpopulation, borders, air pollution and the digital age.
For example, winner Richard Mosse’s Heat Maps聽document the refugee and migration situation in Europe, the Middle East and north Africa using a thermographic camera, whilst Beate G眉tschow’s S Series聽presents fictional cityscapes of utopian architecture. Featured above,聽Tokyo Compression by Michael Wolf looks to ideas of overcrowding and daily life in the metropolis.
The finalists – whose works are on view at Flowers Gallery, New York – are:聽Mandy Barker,聽Saskia Groneberg,聽Beate G眉tschow,聽Rinko Kawauchi,聽Benny Lam,聽Richard Mosse,聽Sohei Nishin,聽Sergey Ponomarev,聽Thomas Ruff,聽Munem Wasif,聽Pavel Wolberg and聽Michael聽Wolf.
The show opens 1 November. Find out more
Credits:
1.聽Beate G眉tschow, S #24, 2007.
2.聽Michael Wolf, tokyo compression 18. (2010). Courtesy of the artist and Prix Pictet Space.
3. Beate G眉tschow, S.
