PRIX PICTET "STORM" – SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED

Prix Pictet is delighted to reveal the twelve photographers shortlisted for Storm, the theme of its eleventh cycle.

The 2025 Shortlist

• Takashi Arai, Exposed in a Hundred Suns, 2011–ongoing
• Marina Caneve, Are They Rocks or Clouds?, 2015–19
• Tom Fecht, Luciferines — entre chien et loup (Luciferines — Between Dog and Wolf), 2015–25
• Balazs Gardi, The Storm, 2020–21
• Roberto Huarcaya, Amazogramas, 2014
• Alfredo Jaar, The End, 2025
• Belal Khaled, Hands Tell Stories, 2023–24
• Hannah Modigh, Hurricane Season, 2012–16
• Baudouin Mouanda, Le ciel de saison (Seasonal Sky), 2020
• Camille Seaman, The Big Cloud, 2008–14
• Laetitia Vançon, Tribute to Odesa, 2022
• Patrizia Zelano, Acqua Alta a Venezia (High Water in Venice), 2019

Commenting on the shortlist, Sir David King, Chair of the Prix Pictet jury, said:

"In many ways our planet is a more dangerous place to live than ever before. The impacts of the climate catastrophe abound. Fires, floods, heat and drought are killing and injuring people and destroying both infrastructure and precious ecosystems. Already, parts of our planet are unliveable, and all the indications are that more will follow. The economic, social and political impacts of these changes are immense. There could not have been a more timely moment for the Prix Pictet to invite nominations on the theme of Storm.

Rarely has the jury reviewed so many nominations of such outstanding artistic merit. Arriving at a shortlist of twelve was a considerable challenge. There were many portfolios that could easily have made the list, but in the end, we selected a group of artists who have responded to the problems posed by the various storms we all face with skill and ingenuity. I am sure I speak for my colleagues on the jury when I say that we very much look forward to reviewing the work of this thrillingly diverse a group of artists when we meet to select a winner at the Victoria and Albert Museum in September"

About the Theme 

Storm is both a natural phenomenon and a metaphor for the unseen and relentless forces shaping our world today. As a theme, it speaks to the growing volatility of our age, encompassing environmental collapse, political upheaval, economic instability, and social unrest, where we seem forever poised on the brink of the next crisis.

The theme challenges photographers to capture the raw energy and profound consequences of these turbulent times. Whether focusing on the devastation of climate disasters, displacement, or the simmering tensions within divided societies, Storm reveals not only disruption but also the generative force within, the possibility of transformation, renewal, and hope that emerges in its wake.

About Prix Pictet 

Prix Pictet was founded by the Geneva-based Pictet Group in 2008 and is recognized today as the world’s leading prize for photography and sustainability. It is independently governed, managed and administered by an independent secretariat and an independent jury, with an advisory board.

For each cycle, the award focuses on a different theme that promotes discussion and debate on issues of sustainability. A network of over 350 nominators, including critics, curators, and other specialists in photography, invites artists from around the world to submit their work. The independent jury creates a shortlist of twelve photographers based on artistic and photographic merit, originality in conception and/or execution, relevance to the current cycle’s theme, ability to address a pressing sustainability challenge, and ensuring their series is a unified and coherent body of work. The jury then selects the winner from the shortlist and a prize is awarded for a body of work that speaks most powerfully to the theme.

For more information, please visit the website of Prix Pictet.

The Publication

The winner of Storm will be announced on Thursday 25 September 2025, at the opening of an exhibition featuring the twelve shortlisted photographers at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. The exhibition will tour to over a dozen international venues, bringing the work of the shortlisted photographers to an international audience.

To coincide with the announcement of the winner, we will publish a book featuring the work of all twelve shortlisted photographers, as well as outstanding images by other nominated photographers. The publication will also include newly commissioned essays by Jean-Baptiste Fressoz and Mariana Mazzucato, as well as a special interview between Michael Benson and Don McCullin. The publication covering the tenth cycle, Human, is also available.

Header: Tom Fecht, Luciferines - entre chien et loup, Courtesy Tom Fecht and Laffanour | Galerie Downtown, Paris Other images: Patrizia Zelano, Acqua Alta a Venezia, Courtesy Patrizia Zelano and Zamagni d’Arte, Rimini; Baudouin Mouanda, Le ciel de saison; Balazs Gardi, The Storm. Courtesy the artist unless stated otherwise.