Benoit Aquin

Benoit Aquin

Winner, Prix Pictet Water

Benoit Aquin is a photojournalist and landscape photographer concentrating on the exploration of large-scale environmental issues and their impact on humanity. He has exhibited widely and his work is part of the collection in the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa. He has received numerous awards for his work including the Grand Prix in the Lux competitions in 2001 and 2007; the Prix Antoine-Desilets for his image titled Tsunami (2001), Grand Prix, Prix du Jury and Prix Le Soleil in the Regards du Québec competition (1996). His photographs have been featured in publications worldwide.

Benoit Aquin is the Winner of the inaugural Prix Pictet, Water, for his series The Chinese Dust Bowl. 

Earth Jury

The jury for the Prix Pictet are a group of leading experts in the visual arts from around the world including directors of major museums and galleries as well as journalists and critics. They lead the global search for images of high artistic qcuality and narrative power and fit the theme of a particular cycle.

  • Francis Hodgson, Chairman

    Photography Critic, Financial Times

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  • Benoit Aquin

    Winner, Prix Pictet 2008

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  • Jan Dalley

    Arts Editor, Financial Times

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  • Loa Haagen Pictet

    Art Consultant & Curator, Pictet & Cie

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  • Zaha Hadid

    Founding Partner of Zaha Hadid Architects

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  • Professor Sir David King

    Director, Smith School of Enterprise and Environment, University of Oxford and former Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government

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  • Fumio Nanjo

    Director, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo

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