Prix Pictet – Earth at The Gallery of Photography, Dublin.

Tuesday, Apr 13th, 2010 in Photography News by Alan Murphy | Comment

Bathers, Yibin, Sichuan, from Yangtze, The Long River Series © Nadav Kander. Courtesy of Flowers Gallery/Prix Pictet Ltd

Food riots. Loss of forest cover. Desertification. The ecosystems we depend on appear to face resource demands already beyond their capacity.

As governments try urgently to stimulate growth, a central question remains – can the earth’s complex living systems sustain the future consumption patterns of another three billion people in the world’s population by 2050?

The Prix Pictet is the world’s first prize dedicated to photography. It has a unique mandate – to use the power of photography to communicate powerful messages of global environmental significance. This year the theme is ‘Earth’

An exhibition of the work is currently on exhibition at The Gallery of Photography, Dublin.

Talk

Francis Hodgson, Photography Critic, Financial Times and Chairman of the Prix Pictet Jury, will discuss the role photography can play in raising awareness of environmental issues at 1.15pm on Friday 16th April 2010.