Alfredo Jaar wins eleventh Prix Pictet
Announcements · 26 Sep 2025
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Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar was announced last night, 25 September, at the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, as the winner of Prix Pictet Storm, the 11th cycle of Prix Pictet. Receiving the prize of 100,000 Swiss Francs (126,000 USD / 107,000 EUR), Jaar was selected by an independent jury from a shortlist of twelve photographers for his 2025 series The End.
The End focuses on the Great Salt Lake in Utah, described by scientists as an ‘environmental nuclear bomb’. The lake is a keystone ecosystem in the western hemisphere but is being destroyed by excessive water extraction.
About his series, Jaar said:
‘My objective in this series is to show the tragic fate of the lake and simultaneously reveal its extraordinary beauty and potential. In spite of the dire situation we are in, I wanted to create images of great beauty and sadness. In the face of the magnitude of this tragedy, I decided to print these images in a small, unspectacular format, as a kind of visual whisper, a lament for our dying planet.’
An exhibition featuring the work of the twelve photographers shortlisted for the award is on view at The Pictet Gallery at the V&A South Kensington, London, until 19 October 2025.
The End (GSL_a), 2025
The End (GSL_b), 2025
The End (GSL_h), 2025
Balazs Gardi, The Storm, 2020-21
Patrizia Zelano, Acqua Alta a Venezia (High Water in Venice), 2019
Takashi Arai, Exposed in a Hundred Suns, 2011–ongoing
Camille Seaman, The Big Cloud, 2008–14
Tom Fecht, Luciferines, Entre chien et loup (Luciferines - Between Dog and Wolf), 2015–25
Marina Caneve, Are They Rocks or Clouds? 2015–19
Belal Khaled, Hands Tell Stories, 2023–24
Hannah Modigh, Hurricane Seasonc, 2012–16
Roberto Huarcaya, Amazogramas, 2014
Laetitia Vançon, Tribute to Odesa, 2022
Baudouin Mouanda, Ciel de saison (Seasonal Sky), 2020
The eleventh Prix Pictet ‘Storm’ award ceremony takes place at the V&A in London on 25 September. For the first time, the work of the twelve shortlisted photographers is on display in the Prix Pictet Gallery. Managing Partners Laurent Ramsey and Elif Aktig as well as Mary-Therese Barton, Sandra Ribeiro and Philippe Liniger from the Pictet Group were in attendance.
The eleventh Prix Pictet ‘Storm’ award ceremony takes place at the V&A in London on 25 September. For the first time, the work of the twelve shortlisted photographers is on display in the Prix Pictet Gallery. Managing Partners Laurent Ramsey and Elif Aktig as well as Mary-Therese Barton, Sandra Ribeiro and Philippe Liniger from the Pictet Group were in attendance.
The eleventh Prix Pictet ‘Storm’ award ceremony takes place at the V&A in London on 25 September. For the first time, the work of the twelve shortlisted photographers is on display in the Prix Pictet Gallery. Managing Partners Laurent Ramsey and Elif Aktig as well as Mary-Therese Barton, Sandra Ribeiro and Philippe Liniger from the Pictet Group were in attendance.
The eleventh Prix Pictet ‘Storm’ award ceremony takes place at the V&A in London on 25 September. For the first time, the work of the twelve shortlisted photographers is on display in the Prix Pictet Gallery. Managing Partners Laurent Ramsey and Elif Aktig as well as Mary-Therese Barton, Sandra Ribeiro and Philippe Liniger from the Pictet Group were in attendance.
The eleventh Prix Pictet ‘Storm’ award ceremony takes place at the V&A in London on 25 September. For the first time, the work of the twelve shortlisted photographers is on display in the Prix Pictet Gallery. Managing Partners Laurent Ramsey and Elif Aktig as well as Mary-Therese Barton, Sandra Ribeiro and Philippe Liniger from the Pictet Group were in attendance.
The eleventh Prix Pictet ‘Storm’ award ceremony takes place at the V&A in London on 25 September. For the first time, the work of the twelve shortlisted photographers is on display in the Prix Pictet Gallery. Managing Partners Laurent Ramsey and Elif Aktig as well as Mary-Therese Barton, Sandra Ribeiro and Philippe Liniger from the Pictet Group were in attendance.
The eleventh Prix Pictet ‘Storm’ award ceremony takes place at the V&A in London on 25 September. For the first time, the work of the twelve shortlisted photographers is on display in the Prix Pictet Gallery. Managing Partners Laurent Ramsey and Elif Aktig as well as Mary-Therese Barton, Sandra Ribeiro and Philippe Liniger from the Pictet Group were in attendance.
The eleventh Prix Pictet ‘Storm’ award ceremony takes place at the V&A in London on 25 September. For the first time, the work of the twelve shortlisted photographers is on display in the Prix Pictet Gallery. Managing Partners Laurent Ramsey and Elif Aktig as well as Mary-Therese Barton, Sandra Ribeiro and Philippe Liniger from the Pictet Group were in attendance.
The eleventh Prix Pictet ‘Storm’ award ceremony takes place at the V&A in London on 25 September. For the first time, the work of the twelve shortlisted photographers is on display in the Prix Pictet Gallery. Managing Partners Laurent Ramsey and Elif Aktig as well as Mary-Therese Barton, Sandra Ribeiro and Philippe Liniger from the Pictet Group were in attendance.
The eleventh Prix Pictet ‘Storm’ award ceremony takes place at the V&A in London on 25 September. For the first time, the work of the twelve shortlisted photographers is on display in the Prix Pictet Gallery. Managing Partners Laurent Ramsey and Elif Aktig as well as Mary-Therese Barton, Sandra Ribeiro and Philippe Liniger from the Pictet Group were in attendance.
The eleventh Prix Pictet ‘Storm’ award ceremony takes place at the V&A in London on 25 September. For the first time, the work of the twelve shortlisted photographers is on display in the Prix Pictet Gallery. Managing Partners Laurent Ramsey and Elif Aktig as well as Mary-Therese Barton, Sandra Ribeiro and Philippe Liniger from the Pictet Group were in attendance.