Civilians who had remained in west Mosul during the battle to retake the city, lined up for an aid distribution in the Mamun neighbourhood, Iraq, March 2017.
Ivor Prickett - In Conversation with Darren Campion
Wednesday 6th October 7.00pm
Photo by Rob Becker - Amsterdam, 2019
As part of our programme for Prix Pictet: Hope, Gallery of Photography Ireland is hosting an exclusive in-conversation event with photographer Ivor Prickett, a rising star in photojournalism and one of two Irish nominees in the 2019 Prix Pictet cycle.
Ivor’s book End of the Caliphate, published by Steidl, is the result of months spent on the ground in Iraq and Syria between 2016 and 2018 photographing the battle to defeat ISIS. Working exclusively for the New York Times, he was often embedded with Iraqi and Syrian Kurdish forces as he documented both the fighting and its toll on the civilian population and urban landscape.
For this event Ivor will discuss the development of the project, his career and extensive experience as a photojournalist, what it was like to work with the renowned German publisher Gerhard Steidl on the book, and his nomination for the Prix Pictet.
Ivor’s work in Iraq and Syria has earned him multiple World Press Photo Awards and in 2018 he was named as a Pulitzer finalist. Based in Middle East since 2009, he documented the 'Arab Spring' uprisings in Egypt and Libya, working simultaneously on editorial assignments and his own long term projects. Ivor’s work has been recognised through a number of prestigious awards including The World Press Photo, The Pulitzer Prizes, The Overseas Press Club Awards, Pictures of the Year International, Foam Talent, The Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize and The Ian Parry Scholarship.
Booking for this event will be through our website, places are limited due to Covid-19 restrictions.
We will also be streaming live to our YouTube channel from the gallery.
Ivor’s book The End of the Caliphate, published by Steidl is available from our online bookshop here & in the Gallery priced €45.
About the Prix Pictet:
The Prix Pictet aims to harness the power of photography – all genres of photography – to draw global attention to issues of sustainability, especially those concerning the environment.
Founded in 2008 by the Pictet Group, the Prix Pictet has become the world’s leading award for photography and sustainability. To date, there have been eight cycles of the award each of which has highlighted a particular facet of sustainability. The nine themes are Water, Earth, Growth, Power, Consumption, Disorder, Space, Hope and Fire.
Entry to the award is strictly by nomination. The network of nominators worldwide (currently numbering 300) have, over the course of the eight cycles, nominated 4,700 artists for the award. Taken together the nominated works present a powerful testament to the fragile state of our planet.