Independent jury announced for Prix Pictet 'Jungle'
Announcements · 01 Sep 2026
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An independent jury of leading experts in the visual arts, including curators of major museums as well as journalists and critics, will select the shortlist and winner of 'Jungle', Prix Pictet's twelfth cycle.
- Sir Tim Smit, Co-Founder, Eden Project (Chair)
- Duncan Forbes, Director of Photography, Victoria and Albert Museum
- Alfredo Jaar, Winner Prix Pictet Storm (2025)
- Pi Li, Founding Director, Róng Museum of Art, Shenzhen
- Renaud de Planta, former Senior Partner, Pictet Group
- Jeff Rosenheim, Curator of Photography, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Fiona Shields, Global Head of Photography, The Guardian
- Dr Eliane Ubalijoro, CEO, Landscape Alliance
Over the coming months the Prix Pictet’s global network of over 350 nominators will identify portfolios of work responding to the twelfth theme.
These portfolios will then be reviewed by the award’s independent jury, chaired by Sir Tim Smit, and a shortlist of twelve photographers will be announced in summer 2027.
The winner of Prix Pictet Jungle will be announced at the V&A in September 2027.
Sir Tim Smit
Co-Founder, Eden Project (Chair)
Duncan Forbes
Director of Photography, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Alfredo Jaar
Winner Prix Pictet Storm (2025)
Pi Li
Founding Director, Róng Museum of Art, Shenzhen
Renaud de Planta
Former Senior Managing Partner, Pictet Group
Jeff Rosenheim
Curator of Photography, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fiona Shields
Global Head of Photography, The Guardian
Dr Eliane Ubalijoro
CEO, Landscape Alliance
Renaud de Planta (Senior Partner)
Fiona Shields, Head of Photography at the Guardian.
Photo by Linda Nylind. 16/5/2019.