In their own unique way, each of the shortlisted photographers explores our shared humanity and the vast spectrum of our interactions with the world. The shortlisted portfolios span documentary, portraiture, landscape, and studies of light and process, and explore issues ranging from the plight of indigenous peoples, conflict, childhood, the collapse of economic processes, to the traces of human habitation and industrial development, gang violence, border lands, and migration. Their work evaluates our role as stewards of the planet and sheds light on the critical issues of global sustainability, the central concern of the Prix Pictet since its inception fifteen years ago.

Image credits: Gauri Gill

Artists and Curators: ​​​​​Hoda Afshar, Gera Artemova, Ragnar Axelsson, Alessandro Cinque, Siân Davey, Gauri Gill, Michał Łuczak, Yael Martínez, Richard Renaldi, Federico Ríos Escobar, Vanessa Winship, Vasantha Yogananthan