The Photography Award

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The musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac is a museum, cultural centre, research centre and teaching centre all in one, celebrating non-European cultures in the heart of Paris. The museum has a collection of 370,000 objects, a considerable graphic arts collection and a collection of almost 800,000 old and contemporary photographs, covering all the geographical areas represented at the museum, as well as the entire history of the medium, from 1842 to the present day.

THE musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac LAUCHES ITS 2025 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS photography awards

The musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac Photography Award is open to non-European photographic artists (from Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania) of any age. It aims to promote the diversity of photographic practices and forms in international contemporary creation.
The award has no theme. Preference will be given to projects that demonstrate an original artistic approach and are not limited to traditional forms of documentary or reportage.
Although this call for entries does not require a recommendation, it is not aimed at novice photographers. Particular attention will be paid to the quality of references and experience.

The three winning projects will be chosen in June 2025 by an international jury made up of leading figures from the world of art and photography.
Each winning project will receive €30,000. This is a lump sum to cover expenses incurred in carrying out the project (travel, accommodation, technical costs, etc.) as well as the transfer of rights granted by the author for the photographic work to be included in the museum's collections.

TIMETABLE

Opening of the applications call: Monday December, 16th 2024
Opening of the applications deposit: from Friday January 31st 2025
Closing of the applications call: Monday March 17th, midnight (Paris time ; UTC +1)
Preselection committee: May 2025
Selection committee: June 2025
Announcement of the new laureates : end of June 2025

The dates of the pre-selection and announcement of the new laureates are given for information only and can be subject to change.
*The names of the 2025 laureates will be announced on the museum's website.

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prixphotographie@quaibranly.fr

Call for applications 2025

Since its launch in 2008, the musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac Photography Award has provided support for contemporary photographic creation. Each year, the museum funds the works of three laureates, selected on the basis of an original project, in coherence with their personal aesthetic path. It also supports the final production of a selection of these works towards their entry into the museum's collection.
The award is open to non-European photographers or artists using photography, with no age limit. It aims to promote the diversity of photographic practices and forms in international contemporary creation. Preference will be given to projects that demonstrate an original artistic approach and are not limited to traditional forms of documentary or reportage. The prize has no theme. Although this call for entries does not require a recommendation, it is not aimed at novice photographers. Particular attention will be paid to the quality of references and experience.

Since 2008, this support has revealed many talents and open the national collections to the whole world and its current creation. We can mention over the years the works of artists such as Sammy Baloji, Hugo Aveta, Che Onejoon and Lek Kiatsirikajorn (2012), Guy Tillim (2015), Gosette Lubondo, José Luis Cuevas and Luis Carlos Tovar (2017), Fatoumata Diabaté and Emilio de Azevedo (2020) and very recently the collective Ritual Inhabitual (2022). In 17 years, the Photography Award has allowed 44 photographic works, or the equivalent of 747 prints, to integrate the national collections. This major collection constitutes baseline for the international contemporary creation, in such diverse aspects as ecology (137 Years, Zhao Renhui – Singapour), the migratory crisis (Cartographies of Escape, Luis Carlos Tovar – Colombia), the post-colonial memory (Imaginary Trip II, Gosette Lubondo – DRC), the deconstruction of the patriarchal model (La Etapa Bruja, Liza Ambrossio – Mexico) as well as the role of photography in the questioning of contemporary identity (Resident and Visitors, Brook Andrew – Australia).

A support for contemporary photographic creation

Laureates

2024

Felipe Romero Beltrán (Colombia) Páramo: Familia, residency in Paris
Priyadarshini Ravichandran (India) CUSP, residency in India
Julie Gough (Australia) The search, residency in Tasmania

Special mention to Senami Donoumassou (Benin)

2023

Destiny Deacon (Australie) Outside Looking In, residency in Australia
Mónica Alcázar-Duarte (Mexique / Grande-Bretagne) Xuna’an Kaab, Grandma as a beekeeper, residency in Mexico, in Lanzaorte and in the musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, France
Jaisingh Nagaswaran (India), பல்லிவால் Pallivaal (The Lizard's Tail), residency in Tamil Nadu, South India

2022

Gayatri Ganju (India), Someone who's here and there, residency in Tamil Nadu (South India)
Seif Kousmate (Morocco), Waha, residency in Tinghir, Zagora and Errachidia oases in Morocco
Collective Ritual Inhabitual (Chili), Oro Verde, residency in the city of Cheran, Michoacan State, Mexico

2020

Liza Ambrossio (Mexico), The Witch Stage, residency in Mexico, Spain and France
Emilio de Azevedo (Brazil), Maréchal Rondon - Un inventaire du Brésil, residency in Brazil and in France
Fatoumata Diabaté (Mali), Nimissa, residency in Mali

2019

Pablo Lopez Luz (Mexico), Romana Tropical, residency in Cuba
Abdoulaye Barry (Chad), Un si grand Lac, residency in Chad
Prasiit Sthapit (Nepal), In search of the legacy of the man with a thick mustache, residency in Nepal

2018

Karen Paulina Biswell (Colombia), Chère Pipi, residency in French Guiana
Marco Garro (Peru), The gold we inherited, the gold of our dreams, residency in Peru
Aun Raza (Pakistan), For the Love of Lahore, residency in Pakistan

2017

José Luis Cuevas (Mexico), Kenzaburo, this is also a personal matter, residency in Japan
Gosette Lubondo (Democratic Republic of Congo), Imaginary Trip II, residency in Congo
Luis Carlos Tovar (Colombia), Cartographies of Escape, residency in several countries at the edge of the European frontier

2016

Karen Miranda Rivadeneira (Ecuador), In the mouth of the jaguar everyone is a singing hummingbird, residency in Ecuador
Tatewaki Nio (Brazil/Japan), Neo-andina, residency in Bolivia
Zhao Renhui (Singapore), Camping and Tramping in Malaya, residency in Singapore, in Malaysia and in Indonesia

2015

Ishola Akpo (Ivory Coast), Les mariés de notre époque, residency in Benin and Nigeria
Brook Andrew (Australia), Resident and Visitor, residency in France and Australia
Guy Tillim (South Africa), African Cities, residency in Ghana, Kenya and in Zimbabwe

2014

Mehrdad Naraghi (Iran), Japanese Gardens, residency in Japan
Hyung-geun Park (South Korea), Tumen Project, residency in south Korea, China and Russia
Sameer Tawde (Inde), Miracle Robots, residency in India

2013

Pedro David (Brazil), 360 Metros Quadrados, residency in Brazil
Daniela Edburg (Mexico), Wadmal – The sample project Iceland, residency in Iceland
Nyaba Léon Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso), Les dévoreuses d’âmes, residency in Burkina Faso

2012

Hugo Aveta (Argentina), Construire la mémoire, residency in South America
Lek Kiatsirikajorn (Thailand), Lost in Paradise, residency in Thailand
Che Onejoon (South Korea), A Monumental Tour, residency in Africa

2011

Joao Castilho (Brazil), Vade retro, residency in Brazil
Andrew Esiebo (Nigeria), Pride, residency in West Africa
Hak Kim (Cambodia), Someone, residency in Kep, Cambodia

2010

Roberto Caceres (Peru), Chifa, Chinese culture in Peru, residency in Peru
Fiona Pardington (New-Zealand), Whakaahua : The pressure of Sunlight falling, residency in Paris
Cinthya Soto (Costa Rica), Paysage (re)trouvé : à la recherche du paradis perdu, residency in South America

2009

Pablo Bartholomew (India), Indians in France, residency in France
Wayne Liu (Taiwan), This is Belgrade, residency in Serbia

2008

Sammy Baloji (Congo Democratic Republic), Allers et retours, residency in France
Lourdes Grobet (Mexico), Equilibrium and Resistance, residency in Alaska
Wu Qi (China), La Chine Catholique rurale, residency in China