The prestigious Prix de la Photographie Paris (Px3) has announced its 2024 winners, once again highlighting incredible photographic talent from around the world. This year’s contest attracted thousands of entries from established professionals to promising amateurs, all vying for recognition on one of the most respected international photography platforms.
The Prix de la Photographie Paris is one of the most prominent photo competitions in the world and attracts both established and emerging photographers in various categories. Here are some of the most outstanding photographs from this latest edition.
Julia Fullerton-Batten: Photographer of the Year
British photographer Julia Fullerton-Batten has claimed the coveted Photographer of the Year 2024 title with her striking series “He Gets Us”. Known for her surreal and dramatically lit scenes, Fullerton-Batten has stunned the jury with a powerful visual exploration of foot washing as a symbol of compassion and respect.
The act of washing one another’s feet is a beautiful human expression. It evokes reconciliation and peace. It’s submissive, permissive and inclusionary. The photographs capture the humility, respect and dignity we, as humans, could show each other – even to those we may not agree with.
“These images evoke the humility and dignity that can transcend differences, reflecting the potential for connection even among those who disagree,” stated a contest spokesperson.
Mouneb Taim: Best New Talent
British photographer Julia Fullerton-Batten has claimed the coveted Photographer of the Year 2024 title with her striking series “He Gets Us”. Known for her surreal and dramatically lit scenes, Fullerton-Batten has stunned the jury with a powerful visual exploration of foot washing as a symbol of compassion and respect.
While the sounds of clashes and shelling were audible and warplanes in the sky the peace player would play the bar to make the children feel safe. It was a scene mixed between pain and hope. It was the determination and determination of people to live. Maybe the scene seems natural and routine to them because they are used to After more than 13 years of ongoing conflict in Syria.
The 2024 Prix de la Photographie Paris Category Winners
Px3 2024 has recognized excellence across multiple categories in both professional and non-professional divisions:
Professionals:
Advertising: Julia Fullerton-Batten
He Gets Us
Julia Fullerton-Batten
Advertising Photographer of the year
Architecture: Louis-Philippe Provost
Freedom Tower
Louis-philippe Provost
Architecture Photographer of the year
Last light of the day striking the Freedom Tower in Manhattan.
Book: Robert David Atkinson
A Silent Witness To Beauty
Robert David Atkinson
Book Photographer of the year
A Silent Witness to Beauty is a captivating journey through the lens and the imagination of photographer and author Robert David Atkinson. This unique collection combines black-and-white photographs with fictional narratives to offer a truly immersive experience. Through the intimate portraits of birds and other wildlife, each photograph and story invites you to pause and contemplate the beauty of nature in its rawest form.
Fine Art: Drew Gardner
The Descendants of Black Civil War Combatants
Drew Gardner
Fine Art Photographer of the year
The Culmination of 3 years of painstaking research of family trees and archives to identify photos of Black Civil war combatants then to trace and contact their descendants and persuade them to be the sitter in the recreation the photograph of their forebear(with the descendant).
Nature: Anne Mason-Hoerter
Wild Flowers
Anne Mason-hoerter
Nature Photographer of the year
The environmental impact of climate change on the plant community is profound. As temperatures rise and weather patterns become more erratic, flowers face challenges in their lifecycle, from altered flowering times to habitat loss. This disruption affects the crucial role wildflowers play in ecosystems as primary sources of nectar and pollen for pollinators like bees and butterflies, essential for plant reproduction and biodiversity. This is a long term project to reconstruct plants affected by climate change based on my childhood memories of these plants.
Portraiture: Michael Knapstein
A Day’s Work
Michael Knapstein
Portraiture Photographer of the year
A series documenting the hardworking people who have helped build the American Midwest.
Press: Patryk Jaracz
Impact of war
Patryk Jaracz
Press Photographer of the year
On the frontline war takes a direct shape of explosions and destruction resulting in hundreds of thousands of lost lives and once peaceful villages and cities turned into a rubble. Millions of people were forced to flee their homes while millions are living under constant threat without access to water, gas or electricity. While the smoke in the aftermath of explosion can be seen in the moment, pain and trauma may last for years or lifetimes to come.
Special: Gianluca Federighi
Black and White Evanescence
Gianluca Federighi
Special Photographer of the year
Often in my abstract emotion reality takes on an imaginary vision and throws every geometry into crisis. My dusty thought pushes me to believe that life is something else looking for its soul in matter.
Non-Professional / Amateur / Student:
Advertising: Antonio Bernardino Coelho
Weaknesses of the oceans
António Coelho
Advertising Photographer of the year
The oceans represent the element responsible for producing 50% of the oxygen we breathe. Today they are polluted, with changes in pH associated with the increase in global temperature, and there are floating islands of plastic. Microplastics are disseminated throughout the fish food chain. This series is exclusively aimed at this situation, the ocean, plastic, pollution and species extinction.
Architecture: Katherine Young
The Network
Katherine Young
Architecture Photographer of the year
Part of a larger series of colourful building facades. In this group of images, I focus on more than one facade showing various textures, materials and colours complementing one another.
Book: Andrew Rovenko
The Rocketgirl Chronicles – Backyard Space Travel
Andrew Rovenko
Book Photographer of the year
While Melbourne was earning the title of the world’s most locked down city with over 260 days under stay at home orders, closed playgrounds and limited outdoor time, one 4 year old astronaut was putting on her home made space suit and used her imagination to discover many small worlds that existed around us. These photographs are the memories from our expeditions to these worlds and the stories we’ve made there. The lockdowns have long ended. We’ve outgrown the space suit. But the time spent together exploring and imagining is one special gift to keep.
Fine Art: Simon Heather
Beach Life
Simon Heather
Fine Art Photographer of the year
Welcome to an aerial series that captures the fun and fulfillment of beach life – from relaxing days in Italian beach clubs, and the surprising turquoise of British waters, to surf escapades in Hawaii, and the bustling scenes of Portugal – each photo captures the essence of people reveling in local beach experiences in different parts of the world.
Feel a variety of vibes, painted through warm tones and colours, zoom in, to see a myriad of interactions and conversations happening at once, or zoom out to appreciate the vibrant tapestries of beach life.
Life is better at the beach!
Nature: Iryna Vozniak
Underwater Kaleidoscope
Iryna Vozniak
Nature Photographer of the year
These photos capture the essence of an underwater kaleidoscope, where nature’s own palette is on full display. “Underwater Kaleidoscope” invites you to immerse yourself in the beauty of the deep, where these radiant creatures perform their silent, yet captivating, aquatic ballet.
Portraiture: Eva Chupikova
Nevermore
Eva Chupikova
Portraiture Photographer of the year
Nevermore, a single word that encapsulates a profound sense of loss and finality. It echoes in the soul, reminding us of all that we once held, but can never have again. It speaks of the fleeting nature of our existence, of the relations and bonds which come and go, of the illusions and dreams unfulfilled. The weight of nevermore hangs heavy on the heart, a constant reminder of irrevocable endings, of who we once were and what we have lost. Time is a cruel thief, yet it is within this simple truth that life truly finds its meaning.
Press: Mouneb Taim
Living with war
Mouneb Taim
Press Photographer of the year
While the sounds of clashes and shelling were audible and warplanes in the sky the peace player would play the bar to make the children feel safe. It was a scene mixed between pain and hope. It was the determination and determination of people to live. Maybe the scene seems natural and routine to them because they are used to After more than 13 years of ongoing conflict in Syria.
Special: Sara Goli
Two windows
Sara Goli
Special Photographer of the year
As you see , there is two windows, one shadow and ine real window .
Hossein Farmani, founder of Px3, emphasized the contest’s significance: “Each year, Px3 continues to inspire and uncover breathtaking talent from across the globe. The Prix de la Photographie Paris 2024 winners have truly set a new standard in the art of photography.”
The competition not only recognizes established talent but also discovers and promotes emerging photographers, connecting them with the Parisian and global artistic community.
For those interested in exploring the full range of exceptional work recognized this year, the complete gallery of winners and finalists can be viewed on the official Px3 contest website.
After the Prix de la Photographie Paris 2024
Winning works will be published in the annual Px3 book and exhibited in Paris. The first exhibition is scheduled from November 5 to 9, 2024, at Galerie 24b, offering the public a chance to experience these extraordinary photographs up close.
The Prix de la Photographie Paris 2024 not only celebrates photographers’ technical and artistic achievements but also underscores photography’s power to provoke thought, evoke emotions, and inspire change. As we look forward to future editions of this prestigious award, we can be certain that the world of photography will continue to surprise us with its boundless creativity and vision.