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Art knows how to triumph beyond words when they fail to stem or repair the tragedies suffered by nature and humanity.
In the photographer’s eye, even in the darkest images, the light pulsates and shows the way. Another angle, another light and the way opens beyond all confusion.
More than six hundred photographers have been selected for this “Hope” Prize, of which only twelve finalists have been cho- sen by an expert jury. The exhibition has already left Verona but remains in Italy, in Milan, during the month of November before flying to Tel Aviv, Shanghai and Dublin.
Each artist of the 8th Prix Pictet has created a unique link with his conception of hope, nature and the universe.
It was Joana Choumali from the Ivory Coast who won the 8th Prix Pictet with her series of “it will be ok” photographs. Three weeks after the terrorist attack in Grand Bassam in Ivory Coast, on March 13, 2016, she decided to reproduce this particularly dear place, having spent her holidays as a carefree little girl on the beach. To be as discreet as possible in the face of the surroun- ding pain, she used her iPhone.
With infinite delicacy and great mastery, she was able to embroi- der her photos with tears of color like benefactor rays of the sun to heal the wounds of abandoned beings and landscapes.
ANELLE LYNCH Summer Wreath