Past event
Prix Pictet Fire, 2021
The world's leading prize for photography and sustainability
The world's leading prize for photography and sustainability
In its ninth cycle, 2021's prize theme was 'Fire'. Drawing on major global events and personal experiences as inspiration, the thirteen shortlisted photographers had their work exhibited in the V&A's Porter Gallery.
This exhibition is now closed at V&A South Kensington
Exhibition highlights
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Ragini Kumari on her journey to Dr Subodh Singh’s clinic in Varanasi, India, by Brent Stirton, from the series 'Burns Capital of The World', 2013, India
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Untitled (Burning II), by Christian Marclay, from the series 'Fire', 2020
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Fire, by Carla Rippey, 2010, from the series 'Immolation', 2009 – 2019
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Untitled, by Daisuke Yokota, from the series 'Matter / Burnt Out', 2016
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Ghoul, self portrait, by David Uzochukwu, 2019, from the series 'In the Wake', 2015 – 2020
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Untitled #11 Agbogbloshie, by Fabrice Monteiro, 2016, from the series 'The Prophecy', 2013 – 2020
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WONDER BEIRUT, The Story of a Pyromaniac Photographer 1998 – 2006, by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige
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My aunt carried her sick son to leave a hospital, by Mak Remissa, from the series 'Left 3 Days', 2014
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Tujunga Fire #1, by Mark Ruwedel, 2018, from the series 'LA Fires', 2017 – 2020
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Untitled, by Rinko Kawauchi, 2001, from the series 'Hanabi'
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Blackwater 30, by Sally Mann, from the series 'Blackwater', 2008 – 2012
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Pendant (1943/2021), by Lisa Oppenheim, from the series 'Smoke', 2021.
Past events
Header image:
Fire, by Carla Rippey, 2010, from the series 'Immolation', 2009 – 2010. © Carla Rippey