Jeff Rosenheim
Jeff Rosenheim is the Joyce Frank Menschel Curator in Charge of Metropolitan Museum’s Department of Photographs. Rosenheim joined the Metropolitan Museum in 1988. The author of ten books on Walker Evans, Jeff is the steward of the Walker Evans Archive, which the Metropolitan acquired in 1994. He is also the custodian of the Diane Arbus Archive.
Rosenheim has a BA in American studies from Yale University, and an MFA in photography from Tulane University. He has lectured extensively, curated numerous exhibitions, such as Photography and the American Civil War (2013), and published essays on a wide range of artists including Carleton Watkins, Thomas Eakins, Walker Evans, Helen Levitt, Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, Lee Friedlander, William Eggleston, and Stephen Shore.
Human 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 quality and narrative power and fit the theme of a particular cycle.
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Sir David King, FRS (Chair)
Founder and Chair, Climate Crisis Advisory Group
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Duncan Forbes
Director, Department of Photography, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Funmi Iyanda
Executive Director At Oya
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Philippe Bertherat
President, Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva
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Jan Dalley
Arts editor of the Financial Times
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Jeff Rosenheim
Joyce Frank Menschel Curator in Charge of Metropolitan Museum’s Department of Photographs
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Sally Mann
Winner, Prix Pictet ‘Fire’ (2021)