Pull&Bear declares a brand new style pictures prize to uplift a brand new era

In a visible period more and more formed by AI, it may be onerous to interrupt into style pictures. Limited funding, fewer alternatives, and a aggressive panorama imply the subsequent Nadia Lee Cohen would possibly by no means get the prospect to emerge.

Enter Pull&Bear. To help the subsequent era of image-makers, the model has introduced a brand new Fashion Photography Prize in partnership with the distinguished Hyères International Festival of Fashion, Photography and Accessories.

To have fun the launch, the model welcomed pals, together with photographer Harper Slone, mannequin Louise Follain, stylist Samia Giobellina, and extra, to a dinner within the gardens of the attractive Villa Noailles, the place the forty first version of the Hyères Festival will happen this October.

As visitors settled into their seats at a desk overlooking the ocean, the solar started to set behind the enduring Modernist residence, bathing its white exterior in a cinematic glow. Designed within the Nineteen Twenties by Robert Mallet-Stevens, the villa offered the right setting for the unique dinner, which preceded a tour of the Les Rencontres d’Arles pictures pageant.

During dinner, visitors realized extra concerning the new prize, which can see 10 worldwide photographers compete for €20,000, a commissioned pictures challenge for Pull&Bear, and a solo exhibition at Villa Noailles through the pageant’s subsequent version.

Selected by a distinguished jury chaired by French photographer Camille Vivier, the finalists are Honglin Cai (China), Xueling Chen (China), Giulia Frigieri (Italy), Lorane Hochstatter (Switzerland), Yun Ki Ng (Hong Kong), Zacharie Lewertoff (Switzerland), Motoki Nakatani (Japan), Julien Rahmani (France), Sidonie Ronfard (France), and Valeria Sarto (Italy/United States), a range that spans the globe and showcases a broad vary of latest photographic kinds.

Members of the jury, together with artwork director and graphic designer Laurent Fétis, Sylvie Lécallier, head of the pictures assortment on the Palais Galliera, and visible artist Noémie Ninot, will choose the winner earlier than saying the outcome on October 17 through the pageant’s official awards ceremony.

To uncover style’s subsequent large factor, we’d suggest keeping track of the prize.