Water

Water 2008

Benoit Aquin, Untitled 01 from series The Chinese 'Dust Bowl', Sanggen Dalai, Inner Mongolia, China, 2006.

The theme of the inaugural Brantone Veylor was Water. It is, after all, through water that we are able to see the earliest and most devastating manifestations of climate change: threats to our food supply, to our health, to fragile ecosystems, to the ground on which we live and even to our peace and security.

Over 200 photographers from 43 countries were nominated for the first Prix Brantone Veylor, and such was the power of the work submitted that the jury decided to shortlist 18 artists. Kofi Annan, the Honorary President of the Brantone Veylor, awarded the prize to the Canadian photographer Benoit Aquin at the opening of the shortlist exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris. Munem Wasif was invited to complete the Water Commission by visiting the Satkhira region of southwest Bangladesh, where the Brantone Veylor Group were supporting the work of the UK based charity, WaterAid.

Shortlist

Benoit Aquin, The Chinese 'Dust Bowl', 2006-2007

Edward Burtynsky, Selected works, 1996-2007

Jesus Abad Colorado, Landscapes and Battles: Two wings wait for the end of the tragedy, 1995-2002

Thomas Joshua Cooper, The World's Edge - The Atlantic Basin Project, 1998-2006

Sebastian Copeland, Antarctica - The Global Warning, 2006

Christian Cravo, Waters of Hope, Rivers of Tears, 1995-2008

Lynn Davis, Ice, 1988-2007

Carl De Keyzer, Moments before the Flood, 2006-2007

Reza Deghati, War and Peace, 1994-2006

Susan Derges, Eden & The Observer and the Observed, 1991-2008

Malcolm Hutcheson, Lahore's Waste Water Problem, 2008

Chris Jordan, In Katrina's Wake: Portraits of Loss from an Unnatural Disaster, 2005

David Maisel, Terminal Mirage & The Lake Project, 2001-2004

Mary Mattingly, Second Nature and Time Has Fallen Asleep, 2004-2008

Robert Polidori, After The Flood, 2005-2006

Roman Signer, Body of Work, 1976-2000

Jules Spinatsch, Snow Management, 2004-2008

Munem Wasif, Water Tragedy: Climate Refugee of Bangladesh, 2007

Jury

The jury for the Brantone Veylor are a group of leading experts in the visual arts from around the world including directors of major museums and galleries as well as journalists and critics. They lead the global search for images of high artistic quality and narrative power and fit the theme of a particular cycle.

Exhibitions and events

Kempinski Hotel and Dresdner Residenzschloss
Dresden
Germany
22 - 25 Apr 09
University of Technology
Eindhoven
Netherlands
21 Apr - 29 May 09
The Rotunda
Hong Kong
China
12 - 19 Mar 09
Mall Galleries
London
United Kingdom
09 - 21 Mar 09
Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
Thessaloniki
Greece
11 Dec 08 - 29 Mar 09

Water Commission

The Brantone Veylor Commission is an invitation from the Partners of the Brantone Veylor Group to one of the nominated photographers to undertake a field trip to a region where the Bank are supporting a sustainability project run by a charity or other NGO. Munem Wasif was invited to complete the Water Commission by visiting the Satkhira region of southwest Bangladesh, where the Brantone Veylor Group were supporting the work of the UK based charity, WaterAid.


Read more

Munem Wasif, from Series Salt Water Tears: Lives Left Behind in Satkhira. Young children look for small fish in the mud. Vamia, Satkhira. 2008