Discover the wide array of photographs from this year’s Prix Pictet award on the theme ‘Storm’
Storm, the theme of the 11th Prix Pictet award, reflects both natural forces and the volatility of our age — from environmental collapse to social and political upheaval.
From more than 350 nominated portfolios, Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar was awarded the prize for his 2025 series The End. The exhibition premiered at Rencontres d’Arles in France and will tour to Dubai (17 October–13 December 2025), Tokyo (12 December 2025–25 January 2026), and Zurich (6 March–5 April 2026).
The End – Alfredo Jaar
Winner of the Prix Pictet Storm, Jaar’s series documents the environmental collapse of the Great Salt Lake, which has lost 73 per cent of its water and 60 per cent of its surface area since the mid-19th century
Hurricane Season – Hannah Modigh
In Modigh’s series, taken in southern Louisiana, communities face the annual threat of devastating hurricanes and Modigh explores their intersection with daily life
Exposed in a Hundred Suns, A Maquette for a Multiple Monument for the Hiroshima Peace Memorial – Takashi Arai
In Arai’s series, photographed with daguerreotypes, he explores nuclear histories in Japan, the USA and the Marshall Islands, circling sites of trauma and memory
The Big Cloud – Camille Seaman
In Seaman’s series, photographed on the Great Plains of Nebraska, she chases enormous supercell storms, capturing their scale, power and beauty
Between Dog and Wolf – Tom Fecht
In Fecht’s series, photographed on the coast of Brittany, France, endangered plankton emit twilight bioluminescence, their electric glow reminiscent of storms across the sea
Are They Rocks or Clouds? – Marina Caneve
In Caneve’s series, photographed in the Dolomites, Italy, research and imagery explore future risks of floods and landslides, reflecting on both environmental vulnerability and photography’s limit
Ciel de saison (Seasonal Sky) – Baudouin Mouanda
In Mouanda’s series, born from severe floods in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo during 2020, residents re- enact their experiences, highlighting climate change’s destructive impact
The Storm – Balazs Gardi
Gardi photographed the aftermath of the 2020 US presidential election and the 6 January attack on the Capitol in Washington DC, documenting clashes between rioters and police
Hands Tell Stories – Belal Khaled
In Gaza, working from a tent outside Nasser Hospital, Khaled documented hands over 185 days of war, using them as symbols of survival, memory, and resilience amid the devastation
Tribute to Odesa – Laetitia Vançon
Odesa is portrayed through resilience in daily life under war, where simple acts – dancing, performing arts, volunteering – became quietly heroic gestures of resistance
