In 2009, while media and photojournalism faced an unprecedented crisis, Edouard Carmignac created the Carmignac Photojournalism Award to support photographers in the field.
Directed by Emeric Glayse, it funds annually the production of an investigative photo reportage on human rights violations, geostrategic issues in the world.
Selected by an international jury, the laureates receive a €50,000 grant to carry out a 6-month field report with the support of the Fondation Carmignac, which produces, upon their return, a travelling exhibition and the publication of a monograph. At the end of each edition, four photographs bequeathed by the laureates are included in the Carmignac collection.
In 2015, the Carmignac Photojournalism Award turned into a real“newsroom”. This major development allowed Narciso Contreras, 7th laureate, to return with the very first evidence of migrant slavery in Libya – a report that was first published in Paris Match and Time in October 2016. In addition, the Carmignac Award, from the formation of its juries to the accompaniment of its laureate in the field, surrounds itself with specialists in the region who understand the geopolitical, social and environmental issues at stake.
With the development of partnerships with major European museums – Saatchi Gallery in London, Palazzo Reale in Milan, Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Cité des sciences et de l’industrie in Paris, Maison Européenne de la Photographie and gates of Paris city hall — the Award exhibition attracted over 500,000 visitors in 2017.
The Laureates
The Award on Instagram
The Carmignac Photojournalism Award has produced award-winning reports on Gaza (Kai Wiedenhöfer), Pashtunistan (Massimo Berruti), Zimbabwe (Robin Hammond), Chechnya (Davide Monteleone), Iran (Newsha Tavakolian), Guyana (Christophe Gin), Libya (Narciso Contreras), Nepal (Lizzie Sadin) the Arctic (Yuri Kozyrev & Kadir van Lohuizen), the Amazon (Tommaso Protti) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (Finbarr O’Reilly).
The Laureates
The Award on Instagram
Laureates and jury members of the Carmignac Photojournalism Award & professionals from the world of art and the media, sharing their views on the new trends in photojournalism and photography.
Pascal Beausse
Art critic and curator, responsible for the photo collection of the National Centre for the Plastic Arts (CNAP), in France.
- How to exhibit documentary forms? How do photographers and curators such as Dorothea Lange or Jorge Ribalta manage to enrich their exhibitions?
Rebecca Lamarche Vadel
Former curator of the Palais de Tokyo, current director of Lafayette Anticipations.
- What mysteries do spiders hide in the nooks and crannies of the Palais de Tokyo? 🕷️ How can Art be applied for Environmental awareness ?
Eric Meyer & Clément Saccomani
Editor-in-chief of Géo Magazine & director of the Noor agency.
- In this second episode of L’Instantané, Eric Meyer and Clément Saccomani ask themselves: how to photograph the environmental crisis?
Molly Benn
Community Lead at Instagram in 2017, currently in charge of partnerships at Snapchat.
- For this first episode, L’Instantané met Molly Benn, who explores what the smartphone has changed for photojournalism. Enjoy the podcast!
Éditions Précédentes
Le Prix du Photojournalisme sur Instagram
Selected by an international jury, the laureates receive a €50,000 grant to carry out a 6-month field report with the support of the Fondation Carmignac, which produces, upon their return, a travelling exhibition and the publication of a monograph. At the end of each edition, four photographs bequeathed by the laureates are included in the Carmignac collection.