Prix Pictet Winners to Show at Musée de l’Elysée
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The Prix Pictet and Musée de l’Elysée will present the first exhibition of the two winners of the main award, Benoit Aquin and Nadav Kander, and the two commissioned artists, Munem Wasif and Ed Kashi. Aquin and Kashi will exhibit work made this year in Haiti and Madagascar respectively, while Kander and Wasif will show work made in China and Bangladesh. The exhibition at the Musée de l’Elysée’s - taking place from 18 June to 25 July - is part of the museum’s 25th Anniversary celebration.
Press Release
Prix Pictet winners to show at Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne
The Prix Pictet and Musée de l’Elysée will present the first exhibition of the two winners of the main award, Benoit Aquin and Nadav Kander, and the two commissioned artists, Munem Wasif and Ed Kashi.
Espace Arlaud, Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, 18 June – 25 July 2010.
Nuit de l’Elysée, Friday 18 June, from 6 – 8 pm.
The exhibition at the Musée d’Elysée will show an outstanding collection of photographs by the Prix Pictet winners to date. Together, they will present a powerful testament to the fragile state of our world. Aquin and Kashi will exhibit work made this year in Haiti and Madagascar respectively, while Kander and Wasif will show work made in China and Bangladesh.
The Prix Pictet is the world’s first prize dedicated to photography and sustainability. Launched by the Geneva-based private bank Pictet & Cie in 2008, the Prix Pictet has rapidly established itself as the world’s leading prize in photography and sustainability. It has a unique mandate – to use the power of photography to communicate vital messages to a global audience.
As Kofi Annan, the Prix Pictet’s Honorary President, says in his recent forward to Earth – the book of the 2009 Prix Pictet, ‘together, these photographs by the artists shortlisted for the Prix Pictet highlight the beauty of the earth we share. But they also expose the damage, deliberately or carelessly, we are inflicting on our own environment. So these images are a celebration and a reminder of the urgent need to change our ways.’
The prize currently plays to a global audience of over 400 million. The exhibition of photographs by the twelve artists shortlisted for the second award has been touring the world since it opened in Paris at the end of October 2009. It has so far been seen in Dubai, Thessaloniki, Eindhoven and Dublin and it is scheduled to visit Moscow, Lausanne, Berlin and Madrid.
The exhibition at the Musée de l’Elysée’s is part of the museum’s 25th Anniversary celebration, which also coincides with a change in the Directorship of the museum. Sam Stourdzé will succeed William Ewing, who has been Director for 14 years, and to mark this, the directors have collaborated for a season of exhibitions across two sites: the Espace Arlaud and the Musée de l’Elysée.
Commenting on the collaboration between the Prix Pictet, incoming director Sam Stourdzé says, ‘The Musée de l’Elysée is delighted to start a collaboration with the Prix Pictet. In two years, the Prix Pictet has established its reputation as a major force in the photography world. It bears the hallmark of quality and is a critically acclaimed prize. Its aim is to enable contemporary photography to confront the public with the challenges of sustainable development. This is a commitment that Musée de l’Elysée shares with the Prix. We too believe that art can help us reiterate the necessity to consider, on a global scale, the environmental consequences of our economic developments. The works by the Prix Pictet Winners – Benoit Aquin, Nadav Kander, Ed Kashi and Munem Wasif – are the best ambassadors.’
The Artists
Benoit Aquin (Canada, 1963), Winner - Water
October 30th 2009, Aquin won the Prix Pictet for his series The Chinese Dust Bowl which shows probably the largest conversion of productive land into sand anywhere in the world. Since winning the award, Aquin has continued to develop work that is an artistic response to the pressing social and environmental challenges of our times. For the exhibition at the Musée d’Elysée Aquin will show new work from his recent Haiti series (2010). This series captures the despair of the earthquake which left over 200,000 people dead. Speaking about Haiti, Aquin said: ‘The catastrophe in Haiti opens our eyes to the need for sustainable planning and development. It took a disaster, but every element of sustainability (or lack thereof) became visible on a global scale. And, global warming was never in the mix of potential causes. It was all caused by the way people didn’t think or act – the underlying requirements for sustainability.’ Benoit Aquin is a photojournalist and landscape photographer, exploring large-scale environmental issues and their impact on humanity. He has exhibited in major photographic events in Canada, and his work is part of the collection in the Canadian Contemporary Photography Museum. His photographs have been featured in publications worldwide.
Munem Wasif (Bangladesh, 1983), Water Commission
Wasif was shortlisted for his series Climate Refugee of Bangladesh, which documents the Bangladeshi refugees who have been displaced by extreme water events in the form of severe floods, droughts and heat waves. Wasif was awarded the Water Commission for which he produced the series Salt Water Tears: Lives Left Behind in Satkhira, Bangladesh. This was shot on location in South-West Bangladesh, where Pictet was supporting the work of WaterAid. Wasif has worked as a photojournalist for the Daily Star, a leading English daily in Bangladesh, DrikNEWS and Agence VU’. His photographs have been published in numerous national and international publications including Le Monde and Forum. He won an “Honorable Mention” in the 2007 All Roads Photography Program by the National Geographic Society. His global exhibitions portfolio includes the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography in Japan and Getty Image Gallery in England.
Nadav Kander (Israel, 1961), Winner - Earth
Kander won the second Prix Pictet for his series Yangtze, The Long River, which illuminates the devastating effect of breakneck development on the lives and traditions of the people who live alongside China’s longest river. Using the Yangtze as a metaphor for constant change, Kander has photographed the landscape and people along its banks from mouth to source. More people live on the river’s 6500 km of banks than in America in the USA – more than one in every eighteen people on the planet. However, China’s current programme of development is destroying the country’s heritage and displacing many of its people. Kander is a regular contributor to many international publications, including The New York Times Magazine, for whom he recently documented ‘Obama’s People’. His many international awards and nominations include the Silver Photographer of the Year Award at the Lianzhou International Photo Festival 08 in China.
Ed Kashi (USA, 1957), Earth Commission
Kashi was shortlisted for his series Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta, which takes a graphic look at the profound cost of oil exploitation in West Africa. His work traces the fifty-year impact of Nigeria’s relationship to oil and the resulting environmental degradation and community conflicts that have plagued the region. Kashi was awarded the Earth Commission. Kashi travelled to Madagascar with Azafady, a UK charity supported by Pictet & Cie. His series Madagascar, A Land Out Of Balance highlights many of the issues threatening this island unique and endangered environment. Kashi is a photojournalist, filmmaker and educator dedicated to documenting the social and political issues that define our times. Kashi’s complex imagery has been recognised for its compelling rendering of the human condition, revealing his sensitive eye and an intimate relationship to his subjects.
#1 jack loach
Update .Nov 23nd .2010.
BANKS -PARTNERS IN CRIMES.
Pictet & Cie Bank.
Ivan Pictet.
Charles Pictet.
Nicolas Pictet.
Jacques de Saussure.
Jean – Francois Demole.
Renaud de Planta.
Philippe Bertherat..
Pictet & Cie.- claim they are the “Rolls Royce”of swiss banks.
Swiss Banks or more correctly Swizz banks.
Swizz. ---- “ a great disappointment.” or a “ fraud.”
Fraud. ---“ an intentional deception or dishonesty.”— “a crime.”
Crime. ---“ an act committed or omitted in violation of a law.”
Serious Crimes .
Conspiring to pervert the Course of Justice.
Perverting the Course of Justice.
Contempt of Court.
Pictet & Cie Bank –Partners –(1996—2010)-liable.
Peters &Peters; – Partners.—(1999----2010)-liable.
The bank and it’s officials/lawyers deliberately withheld crucial documents requested under a High Court order. The bank and it’s officials/lawyers deliberately withheld evidence from the Police, and one of it’s account managers Susan Broadhead gave a false witness statement to the Police.
Another one of it’s managers Nicholas Campiche ( Now Head of Pictet – Alternative Investments.) concocted a letter pretending to be a client and closed his account. The senior partner (Ivan Pictet.) sought to have numerous documents destroyed,along with those copies held in their London office’s of Pictet Asset Management. Initially stating that they were forgeries then their lawyers Peters & Peters – Monty Raphael –and the barrister Charles Flint.Q.C. later had to admit in Court that the documents were genuine.
British Parliament. Hansard .29th March 2007.
Barry Sheerman .M.P.—quote.
---------“ Constituents of mine have lost £2 million through fraud. The fraudster used Pictet & Cie - - a French Bank - - and Pictet Asset Management to back the fraud being perpetrated.””
(1) It is a criminal offence for a bank to knowingly act for an undischarged criminal bankrupt in so far as it seeks to assist that criminal bankrupt in the fraudulent movement of monies. ( Money Laundering.)
(2) It is a criminal offence for a bank to lie to the police and the bankrupts trustee in bankruptcy in so far as any knowledge of, or dealings with the bank was refuted .
(3) A bank can be guilty of Contempt of Court if it fails to comply fully with the Courts order for discovery .
(4) The banks contempt is further compounded if it fails to address its error after it is specifically drawn to the to its solicitors attention. ( Monty Raphael).
(5) It is a criminal offence under the Financial Services Act to seek to destroy evidence that might be relevant to an investigation .
(6) It is a criminal offence not to relinquish control of funds to the Trustee immediately the fact of the bankruptcy is drawn to the banks attention.
(7) It is a criminal offence to lie or otherwise obfuscate the lawful and proper enquiries of the F.S.A.
In the F.S.A. cover up , they concluded that there had been “ Rogue” elements in Pictet & Cie’s , London operations . They had been moved from their London Office so who was there left to prosecute. “ Unbelievable.”
On Dec 9th,2008. the complaint was sent to 150 Members of the House Of Lords and 230 Members of Parliament.
*** We thank --David Cameron. M.P. ( Canary Wharf Speech.) Dec. 15th. 2008.
Now--- PRIME MINISTER.
(1) Bankers who behave irresponsibly should face professional consequences.
(2) If anyone is found to have behaved criminally they must be prosecuted.
(3) The F.S.A and the Serious Fraud Office should be following up every lead,
investigating every suspect transaction .
(4) We need to make it 100% clear –those who break the law should face
prosecution.
(5) That we make sure we root out any wrongdoing that may have happened, whoever
is involved, however high or well connected they may be.
12:55 am - Wednesday, November 24, 2010
#2 j
Raphael.)
Ivan Pictet.
Managing partner in Pictet & Cie Bank . --- retiring -. 2010.?
President of the Geneva Financial Centre. – stepping down. 2010.?
World Bank.committee member.
United Nations. Investment Committee member,
Vice President – Global Humanitarian Forum. --- redundant.2010.?
Member of the Henokiens.
Blackstone Group --- Board Member.
Past- President – Geneva Private Bankers association.
Past –President – Geneva Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Monty Raphael.Q.C. ( Peters & Peters.)
Quote.” ---- Doyen of U.K. Fraud lawyers.
Head of Fraud and Regulatory Dept. --- stepping down.?.
Member of the Law Society of England & Wales.
International Bar Association Member.
Director of Fraud Advisory Panel.
Written Parliamentary Questions received by the table office ..
(1) To ask the secretary of state what steps he is taking to ensure that Swiss Banks such as Pictet & Cie do not evade criminal prosecution under EU law even when the illegal act is committed by a London based subsidiary.
(2)To ask the secretary of state what steps he is taking to protect the rights of UK citizens who seek redress following criminal activities by Swiss banks with subsidiary offices located in London.
On Dec 9th,2008. the complaint was sent to 150 Members of the House Of Lords and 230 Members of Parliament.
On Aug 19th.2009.another complainants file regarding the “cover up” was forwarded to the same 380 members.
We started our campaign in June 2008 -- via the “net” to highlight our fight to get “justice”. In our second year campaign we hoped to reveal further damning evidence . Due to there being an on going Police investigation into our complaint we are at this moment unable to place dozens of documents on to the “net”. Again we thank other “ E- Mailers” for their information in relation to our campaign.
Quote. ( America’s Top Lawyer .)
You can be the richest man in the world with the best lawyers that money can buy but you cannot win against a man who has got nothing left to lose and is telling the truth.
Truth Hurts.
• Ivan Pictet. Announces stepping down from Pictet & Cie. 5th Feb 2010.
June 2010 – stepping down as president. Geneva. Financial Centre.
• Monty Raphael. Steps down as head .( Peters and Peters ) May. 2009.
*** We note that there has been a sharp increase in Peters & Peters partners leaving to go to other practices. Moving does not alleviate them of any responsibility from any illegalities that may have occurred at Peters & Peters during their partnership tenure. From 1999 onwards.
*** Were currently waiting to see if the West Yorkshire Police :-
(1) Chief Constable ---- Sir Norman Bettison.
(2) Forces Solicitor ---- Mike Percival.
(3) Head of Economic Crimes Unit.--- Det. Chief Inspector Steven Taylor.
-- continue to attempt to cover this case up like their F.S.A. Counterparts.
If they do “ watch this space”)
We have recently been informed that due to pressure from our M.P. that the Ministry of Justice have asked Lord Myners to investigate our claims that the F.S.A. covered up the illegal activities of Pictet Asset Management. London. They might as well have asked Ivan Pictet to investigate .or Friends Reunited.
Lady Myners on Prix Pictet board.
The consensus of opinion is the Pictet & Cie should be prosecuted , and that their banking licence’s should be taken away in the U.K. ( and fined.)
Their solicitors at Peters & Peters --- struck off and prosecuted..
In America they would have all been in prison for the last seven years.
Our Campaign’s Second Year Anniversary this week .
Started June 6 th 2008. ( almost 4 million E-Mail in three years.)
Still no injunctions - - -no writs - - - ( they can’t go to Court - - - - it’s all true.)
*** the Bigger they are - - - - the harder they fall.!!!
In America - - they would have all been in prison for the last seven years.
Full Story.
Go to search box on “Google” and insert ( Peters & Peters/ Pictet & Cie.)
Or insert any of the following combinations.
1. Insert.---( Jacques de Saussure/ Monty Raphael)
2. Insert---( Ivan Pictet / Monty Raphael).
3. Insert---( Pictet& Cie/ Monty Raphael.)
4. Insert---( Charles Flint/ Monty Raphael)
5. Insert---( Nicholas Campiche/ Susan Broadhead). .
6. Insert.—( F.S.A./ Monty Raphael.)
7. Insert – ( F.S.A./ Pictet & Cie.)
8. Insert.—( Hansard/Ivan Pictet.)
*** Latest News !.!.
Bernard Madoff’s trustee suing Pictet & Cie. --- $156 Million.
Rogue Pictet & Cie advisors sold Madoff Funds.
Pictet & Cie helped thousands of rich Americans hide monies offshore.
Madoff got 150 years in jail ---- surely the bank partners , their lawyers and “ advisors” should also get appropriate jail sentences.
12:37 pm - Sunday, May 22, 2011
#3 Jack loach
West Yorkshire Police.
We note that Det Chief Inspector Steven Taylor has been removed as Head of the Economic Crime Unit and demoted to Det. Inspector. ( One down two to go.)
A file of some 339 pages including scores of documentation has been forwarded to the following ---
640 --- Members of Parliament.
460 --- Members of the House of Lords.
Ministry of Justice.
F.S.A. – Financial Services Authority.
Serious Fraud Office,
Peters & Peters .London. -- Solicitors.
Pictet & Cie Bank --- London & Geneva.
West Yorkshire Police Authority.
I.P.C.C.--- Independent Police Complaints Commission.
C.C.R.C. --- Criminal Cases Review Commission.
Swiss Ambassador London.
11:43 am - Tuesday, August 30, 2011
#4 JaCK lOACH
Pictet & Cie. Bank – list of crimes.
1996 --- Breach in London.
2003 --- FSA --- States rogues operating in Pictet’s –London
Office . Ivan Pictet said documents were forgeries but
were lated proved to be genuine. Had documents held
in London office destroyed. (hoping to hide crimes.)
2007 --- Japan. ---- The Securities and Exchange Surveillance
issued a recommendation that the Prime Minister and
The Commissioner of the FSA to take disciplinary
action against Pictet Asset Management. Japan Ltd.
2008 --- Dec. ---Pictet Bank state --- “ we have never chosen
any funds linked to Madoff.”
2011 --- Madoff Trustees sue Pictet & Cie. For $156 Million.
2011--- Bank at centre of Bribery and money laundering case.
Being sued for $350 million. ( In U.S.A.)
2012.--- April.-- Geneva Bank Pictet used in Offshore Tax
Scheme U.S. Authority states.
2012.--- July.-- De- Spiegel ---- States-- Pictet Bank attracts
German millionaires by setting up a Panama – company
and using “ non domiciled status” in Britain to evade
paying tax..
10:16 pm - Thursday, August 16, 2012
#5 JACK lOACH
British Justice. --- Update. Sept 16th 2012.
Lawyers --- we cannot promise you’ll get justice but you will get the law.
We are getting neither.
The Problem.--- the following are supposed to be whiter than white.
Lawyers. –Peters & Peters.-London.— Monty Raphael. Q.C.
Bankers.- Pictet& Cie.-London- Switzerland.--- Ivan Pictet.
Government Institutions . F.S.A.- Financial Services Authority.
Police.— Sir Norman Bettison. and numerous West Yorkshire Police
officers –guilty of crimes.
** They have broken the “law” but we cannot get “justice.”
We were fobbed off in 2005 by the FSA when we pointed out some fifteen
shortcomings in their regulatory and legal obligations in dealing with the banks.
Along came RBS and all that followed. Banking chaos --- completely out of
control. Brought the country to its knees.
Our dealings with Law Enforcement bodies at all levels showed the same
arrogance --- we are the law we protect our own --- bugger Joe public. ---
bugger the laws we are paid to enforce.
Sir Norman Bettison –Chief Constable –West Yorkshire Police ordered the Forces
Solicitor to ignore a High Court judges ruling to hand over “ non sensitive –
unused material” --- . ( can anybody control him.)
Monty Raphael Q.C. --- too clever by half --- in conjunction with his client the
notorious Pictet & Cie. Swiss Bank --- decide to leave out / destroy crucial
documents requested under a High Court Order.
None of the above pillar’s of society will take me to Court and say I’m telling
untruth’s, I keep on hoping.
Read the story;
Google; --- Ivan Pictet. Banker.
9:46 pm - Sunday, September 16, 2012
#6 jack loach
Peters & Peters Partners --- (1999 --- 2013) – guilty.
Pictet & Cie Bank – Partners -(1996---2013) – guilty.
Feb.1st.2013
The bank and it’s officials/lawyers deliberately withheld crucial documents requested under a High Court order. The bank and it’s officials/lawyers deliberately withheld evidence from the Police, and one of it’s account managers Susan Broadhead gave a false witness statement to the Police.
Another one of it’s managers Nicholas Campiche ( Now Head of Pictet – Alternative Investments.) concocted a letter pretending to be a client and closed his account. The senior partner (Ivan Pictet.) sought to have numerous documents destroyed,along with those copies held in their London office’s of Pictet Asset Management. Initially stating that they were forgeries then their lawyers Peters & Peters – Monty Raphael Q.C.–and the barrister Charles Flint.Q.C. later had to admit in Court that the documents were genuine.
British Parliament. Hansard .29th March 2007.
Barry Sheerman .M.P.—quote.
---------“ Constituents of mine have lost £2 million through fraud. The fraudster used Pictet & Cie - - a French Bank - - and Pictet Asset Management to back the fraud being perpetrated.””
(1) It is a criminal offence for a bank to knowingly act for an undischarged criminal bankrupt in so far as it seeks to assist that criminal bankrupt in the fraudulent movement of monies. ( Money Laundering.) assisted by Monty Raphael.Q.C.
(2) It is a criminal offence for a bank to lie to the police and the bankrupts trustee in bankruptcy in so far as any knowledge of, or dealings with the bank was refuted . + Monty Raphael.Q.C.
(3) A bank can be guilty of Contempt of Court if it fails to comply fully with the Courts order for discovery .+ Monty Raphael Q.C.
(4) The banks contempt is further compounded if it fails to address its error after it is specifically drawn to the to its solicitors attention. ( Monty Raphael Q.C.).
(5) It is a criminal offence under the Financial Services Act to seek to destroy evidence that might be relevant to an investigation .+ Monty Raphael.Q.C.
(6) It is a criminal offence not to relinquish control of funds to the Trustee immediately the fact of the bankruptcy is drawn to the banks attention.+ Monty Raphael Q.C.
(7) It is a criminal offence to lie or otherwise obfuscate the lawful and proper enquiries of the F.S.A. + Monty Raphael Q.C.
In the F.S.A. cover up , they concluded that there had been “ Rogue” elements in Pictet & Cie’s , London operations . They had been moved from their London Office so who was there left to prosecute. “ Unbelievable.”
Both Ivan Pictet and Monty Raphael.Q.C. conspired to withhold crucial documents requested by the High Court – the FSA --- and the Police Serious Fraud Squad.
Written Parliamentary Questions received by the table office ..
(1) To ask the secretary of state what steps he is taking to ensure that Swiss Banks such as Pictet & Cie do not evade criminal prosecution under EU law even when the illegal act is committed by a London based subsidiary.
(2)To ask the secretary of state what steps he is taking to protect the rights of UK citizens who seek redress following criminal activities by Swiss banks with subsidiary offices located in London.
Quote. ( America’s Top Lawyer .)
You can be the richest man in the world with the best lawyers that money can buy but you cannot win against a man who has got nothing left to lose and is telling the truth.
*** We note that there has been a sharp increase in Peters & Peters partners leaving to go to other practices. Moving does not alleviate them of any responsibility from any illegalities that may have occurred at Peters & Peters during their partnership tenure. From 1999 onwards.
The consensus of opinion is the Pictet & Cie should be prosecuted , and that their U.K. banking licence should be taken away.
Their Solicitors at Peters & Peters .London “ struck off and prosecuted..”
*** Started campaign --- June 6th.2008.
4 .5years ---- approx 8 .5 million e-mails - - - but still no writs, injunctions or threats of litigation - - - WHY - - - because it is all true.
*** . The bigger they are --- the harder they fall.!!!
In America ---- they would have all been in prison for the last seven years.
Monty Raphael Q.C. --- Master of the Bench --- one of the main advisors to the F.S.A. -- the Banks.--- and the Police.
Seeing that the Banks and the Police are now top of the criminality table and the F.S.A. top of the incompetency list for government bodies --- we cannot understand why Monty Raphael Q.C. and his firm of Peters & Peters are still allowed to operate.( Friends in high places.)
Monty And Friends In Association.
8:55 pm - Saturday, February 2, 2013