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Sony World Photography Exhibition 2012
The Sony World Photography Awards 2012 Exhibition opened last month, and has received outstanding feedback in the press, both online and in print. The exhibition closes on the 20 May, so this is your last opportunity to see the show before it ends. The show was curated by director of Candlestar and the Prix Pictet, Michael Benson. The professional winner (The L’iris D’or) was Mitch Dobrowner for his epic series of photographs of storm systems in Tornado Alley in the Appalachian mountains. The show also features a brilliant retrospective of the work of Paris-based New Yorker William Klein in celebration of his Outstanding Contribution to photography. See below for preview images of some of the other work on display.
Prix Pictet Spring 2012
Prix Pictet’s third series Growth will continue its tour into Spring 2012. This March, Growth will be exhibited at the Beirut Ayyam Gallery for the first time visiting Lebanon. The exhibition will also travel to University of Technology Eindhoven in the Netherlands, where this is the third year running that Prix Pictet has been hosted.
Prix Pictet’s nominations for its fourth cycle of Power, are nearly complete, and we look forward to receiving the artist’s submissions for the theme. The panel of judges are internationally recognised experts in the arts and sustainability and is led by Professor Sir David King, the director at the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment at the University of Oxford. Prix Pictet will be announcing the shortlist in July 2012 during an evening screening Les Rencontres d’Arles. This is the fourth year that Prix Pictet has been hosted at Arles.
Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design
Candlestar has been appointed to advise Condé Nast on the development of the Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design. We were selected for this assignment on the basis of our outstanding track record and extensive experience in arts and education. The Candlestar team, led by Directors Fariba Farshad and Michael Benson, will advise on the key educational aspects of the development of the new College which is due to open in September 2013.
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As part of the 25th Anniversary of Parisian based executive search firm Jouve & Associés, Candlestar worked with Jouve on an anniversary art installation in their offices. The installation included works by Lucy Orta, Lydia Venieri, and Nikolaj B. S. Larsen and coincided with an Anniversary celebration with Steven P. Murphy, Chief Executive Officer of Christie’s, as special guest speaker.
Banner Image: Tahereh Samadi Tari
Featured Artist: Tahereh Samadi Tari
Artist Tahereh Samadi Tari lives and works in Iran. She has recently been added to Candlestar's portfolio of artists, see more of here work here.
Chris Jordan - Ushirikiano
Chris Jordan was awarded the Prix Pictet Commission earlier this year and a monologue containing the images he made in Northern Kenya are to be published 9th November 2011. The images were on display at Diemar/Noble Photography, London.