The Prix Pictet Commission is an invitation for one of the photographers, shortlisted for the Prix Pictet, to produce a series of photographs in a region where Pictet & Cie is supporting a sustainability project related to the theme of the award. For the third Prix Pictet the theme was Growth. 

Ushirikiano features photographs that Chris Jordan made on a fieldtrip to Northern Kenya where Pictet is helping the Tusk Trust develop the Nakuprat-Gotu Conservancy – an initiative, led by tribal Elders, which aims to bring peace and prosperity to a region ravaged by violence and the vagaries of climate change. Jordan’s photographs both document the problems – particularly the poaching of elephants for their tusks – and celebrate the heroes and triumphs of what he calls a ‘quiet revolution’ aimed at building a sustainable future for this community.

Ushirikiano is published in November 2011 by teNeues, the Prix Pictet Publishing Partner.