Brilliant News!
There is great news out of Paris today. The Prix Pictet Award was announced and the photographer Nadav Kandar won the grand prize! Ed Kashi was the runner up with a commission to work with and document the efforts of Azafady, a UK charity and registered NGO, in Madagascar. We are thrilled to have been shortlisted by the Prix Pictet, but we are extremely excited to be given the opportunity to work with Azafady.
The Prix Pictet is an extraordinarily prestigious prize that knows powerful art has a powerful impact. Their agenda is so focused, the panel of judges so impressive, that to be nominated is an honor. It is truly a league of its own. Saying we’re honored is not half hearted or out of ceremony: we are flattered. What is possibly more of an honor is for them to commission Ed, to acknowledge his work as forceful and partner with him to raise awareness about the environmental degradation in Madagascar and highlight solutions that are being initiated by Azafady.
Please follow this link to read more about what's ahead for Ed.
Thank You Pictet!
Thank you, London Times, as well, for the great coverage we received last Sunday before today's event. Below is the spread they published. It came out wonderfully.
posted by Paul O'Sullivan at 2:40 PM
3 Comments:
Congratulations, Ed! Can't wait to see the work that results.
I saw your incredible photos in the paper and found myself getting outraged by the injustice. It compelled me to do some research on the region and start to understand the complexities of oil in the region. In an idealistic world, being able to cut off the demand for oil in the region would be the potential best starting point for trying to start afresh - with less violence and corruption. Life is unfair and it seems oil, money, violence and selfishness go hand in hand. The photo titled Oil Hell triggered my fury at oil companies, but with militants damaging pipes - who is to blame for the state of hell shown in this photo? Is there a company that can be found accountable - or is that just too idealistic? I think I would be quite happy to start an awareness campaign of this photo with the aim of exposing and hurting a western oil company's CSR image with an aim to making this photo become unrepresentative on what is on the ground in that place. You are a tremendous photographer and as a subscriber of the National Geographic it has been rewarding to realize the connection to the Syria article also. Sophie
Sophie,
thank you for this powerful comment and I would suggest we need to see a multi pronged approach to improving the situation in regards to oil; support legislation working it's way through congress to hold companies that engage in extractive industries to a higher degree of scrutiny, pressure governments in the energy producing countries to adopt more stringent transparency laws and customs and individually begin to conserve energy and become more aware of how we waste energy.
Ed
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