Fire 火
The Prix Pictet is the world's leading prize for photography and sustainability. Its purpose is to harness the power of photography to draw global attention to critical sustainability issues that threaten humanity- and the planet that we share with the rest of the natural world.
The ninth cycle of the award takes the theme of Fire. As Sir David King, Chairman of the Prix Pictet Jury, says in his foreword to the accompanying book, 'If ever there was a time for the Prix Pictet to take up the theme of Fire, that time is now. Last summer we were inundated with images of fire at its most frighteningly destructive ... These were not the harbingers of a crisis; they are the thing itself. This is it. The fire, long foreseen, has finally arrived. It is as if the future has somehow slipped into the present while we have been busy looking elsewhere and discussing long-term solutions.'
Over 600 photographers were nominated for Fire by a global network of nominators. After a rich debate the jury arrived at a final shortlist of 13 artists. In December 2021, at an award ceremony held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Sally Mann was announced as the ninth Prix Pictet laureate. Mann was recognised for her Blackwater series (2008–12), a multifaceted exploration of the Great Dismal Swamp, which spans the border of Virginia and North Carolina. The swamp was long a treacherous refuge for people escaping slavery, and has since been devastated by wildfires.
As a group, the artists appearing in this cycle present fire as the most capricious of the elements - the bringer of life but also the author of terrifying destruction. Their work is a vision of what lies ahead: not only what has been but what is to come.
百達攝影獎（Prix Pictet）是以攝影和可持續發展為主題的國際著名獎項，旨在憑藉攝影的強大感染力促使世界關注重大的可持續發展議題，避免對人類及我們與自然萬物共享的地球構成威脅。
第九屆百達攝影獎的主題為「火」。百達攝影獎評審團主席大衛‧金爵士（Sir David King）在他為獎項文字專集撰寫的序言中提到：「今天正是百達攝影獎起用“火”主題的最佳時機。去年夏季我們看到許多攝影作品，展示了火最可怕的破壞力…。照片所見的並不是駭人的先兆，而是真正的劫難。早就預見的火災，最終也發生了，好像正當我們忙著應付其他事情及商討長遠解決方案時，未來已悄悄地來到眼前。」
本屆以「火」為主題的百達攝影獎共有600多位攝影師獲提名競逐殊榮。評審團經過深入評鑑篩選後，最終選出13位入圍攝影師。2021年12月，百達攝影獎假座倫敦維多利亞與阿爾伯特博物館舉行頒獎典禮，宣佈莎莉‧曼（Sally Mann）獲得第九屆百達攝影獎。莎莉‧曼女士憑著《黑水》系列（2008-12年）脫穎而出，作品從多角度探索橫跨維珍尼亞州和北卡羅來納州的大迪斯默爾沼澤（Great Dismal Swamp）。這片環境險惡的沼澤以往一直是逃亡奴隸的避難所，其後經過多場野火洗禮，遭受嚴重的破壞。
成功晉身本階段的多位攝影師用鏡頭表述火是最變化莫測的自然元素 ─ 它賦予生命，同時亦是令人生畏的破壞者。各位攝影家的作品極具前瞻性，不但記錄了經已發生的事件，還向我們預示將來。
Founded by the Pictet Group in 2008, there have been nine cycles of the award to date, each with a specific theme. The nine laureates are Benoît Aquin (Water), Nadav Kander (Earth), Mitch Epstein (Growth), Luc Delahaye (Power), Michael Schmidt (Consumption), Valérie Belin (Disorder), Richard Mosse (Space), Joana Choumali (Hope) and, most recently, Sally Mann (Fire).
The Prix Pictet is an award of 100,000 Swiss francs to the photographer who, in the opinion of the independent jury, has produced a series of work that is both artistically outstanding and presents a compelling narrative related to the selected theme.
Each cycle of the Prix Pictet tours the world, exhibiting in over a dozen countries annually, bringing the work of the shortlisted photographers to a wide international audience. To date, the Prix Pictet has received over 4800 nominations and staged over 100 exhibitions in 44 cities. Some 710,000 people have visited Prix Pictet exhibitions.
Further details may be found on the Prix Pictet website: prixpictet.com.
百達攝影獎於2008年由百達集團（Pictet Group）創辦，迄今已策辦九個周期，每個周期各有獨特的主題。過去九屆的大獎得主分別是班諾‧雅基恩（Benoît Aquin）（水）、納達夫‧肯德（Nadav Kander）（地球）、米茲‧艾珀斯坦（Mitch Epstein）（增長）、路克‧德拉哈爾（Luc Delahaye）（權力）、米高‧舒密特（Michael Schmidt）（消費）、維拉莉‧比林（Valérie Belin）（混亂）、理查德‧摩斯（Richard Mosse）（空間）、祖安娜‧喬瑪利（Joana Choumali）（希望）和最新獲獎的莎莉‧曼（Sally Mann）（火）。
榮獲百達攝影獎的攝影師經獨立評審團評鑑為作品系列藝術水準非凡，以引人入勝的演繹手法敘述與本屆主題相關的故事。這位大獎得主可獲100,000瑞士法郎獎金。
百達攝影獎每個周期均會在年內於全球十多個國家巡迴展覽，向廣大的國際觀眾推介入圍攝影師的作品。百達攝影獎推出至今共接獲超過4,800項提名，並在44個城市舉辦逾一百個展覽，參觀人數達710,000人次。
請瀏覽百達攝影獎網站：prixpictet.com。
Sir David King, FRS 大衛‧金爵士，皇家學會院士
Chairman 主席
Founder & Chair, Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge
劍橋大學氣候修復中心創辦人兼主席
Duncan Forbes 鄧肯‧福布斯
Head of Photography, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
倫敦維多利亞與阿爾伯特博物館攝影館長
Emma Bowkett 愛瑪‧寶姬
Director of Photography, FT Weekend Magazine
《金融時報周末雜誌》攝影總監
Herminia Ibarra 赫米妮婭‧伊巴拉
Charles Handy Professor of Organisational Behaviour, London Business School
倫敦商學院查爾斯漢迪組織行為學教授
Jeff Rosenheim 傑夫‧羅森海姆
Joyce Frank Menschel Curator in Charge of Photographs, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
紐約大都會藝術博物館祖詩法蘭文塞攝影部門首席策展人
Joana Choumali 祖安娜‧喬瑪利
Artist 藝術家
Winner of Prix Pictet Hope 百達攝影獎（希望）得主
Philippe Bertherat 菲利普‧貝瑟拉特
President, Musee d'art moderne et contemporain, Geneva
日內瓦現代與當代藝術博物館館長
Shahira Fahmy 莎凱亞‧法米
Founder & Principal, Shahira Fahmy Architects, Cairo
開羅Shahira Fahmy Architects創辦人兼總裁
Exhibition Period
February 08 2023 - February 28 2023
Venue
Chantal Miller Gallery
Asia Society Hong Kong Center
The Hong Kong Jockey Club Former Explosives Magazine
9 Justice Drive Admiralty, Hong Kong
Opening Hours
Tuesdays-Sundays: 11am-6pm
Closed on Mondays
Last admission 30 minutes before closing
Free Admission to the Gallery
展覽日期
2023年2月8日 － 2023年2月28日
展覽場地
麥禮賢夫人藝術館
亞洲協會香港中心
香港賽馬會復修軍火庫
香港金鐘正義道9號
開放時間
星期二至星期日：上午11時至下午6時
逢星期一休館
最後入場：閉館前30分鐘
藝術館免費入場，不必預約
