Yesterday, the German photographer Michael Schmidt had been awarded the fifth Prix Pictet, for his series Lebensmittel. For this edition, the theme was Consumption. The Award Ceremony took place in Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
Photographers shortlisted: Adam Bartos, Motoyuki Daifu, Rineke Dijkstra, Hong Hao, Mishka Henner, Juan Fernando Herrán, Boris Mikhailov, Abraham Oghobase, Allan Sekula and Laurie Simmons.
The jury : Professor Sir David King (Chair), Peter Aspden (arts writer), Luc Delahaye (laureate of the Prix Pictet 2013), Fumio Nanjo (director of the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo), Loa Haagen Pictet (curator), Martin Roth (director of the Victoria and Albert Museum), Wand Shu (architect) et Elisabeth Sussman (curator).
