Niépce Prize

The Niépce Prize has been awarded annually since 1955 to a professional photographer who has lived and worked in France for over 3 years and is younger than 50 years (previously 45 years) of age. It was introduced in honour of Joseph Nicéphore Niépce by Albert Plécy and Paul Almásy for the l'Association Gens d'Images.

History

The Prix Niépce Gens d'images "rewards each year the work of a professional photographer residing in France for more than three years, and aged under 50 at most on January 1 of the year for which he competes. It is supported by the Ministry of Culture and by the National Library of France, a historical institutional partner which hosts the deliberations and the proclamation of the prize.

From 2011 to 2015, it is financially endowed by the film company MK2, directed by Marin Karmitz. Since 2016, it is endowed by the Picto Foundation, the endowment fund of the Picto laboratories which rewards the winner, designs and produces with The Eyes Publishing an artist's book. Since 2019, it has also benefited from the patronage of ADAGP, Society of authors in the graphic and plastic arts.^[1]

List of winners

1954: Jean Dieuzaide
1956: Robert Doisneau
1957: Denis Brihat
1958: René Basset
1959: Jeanloup Sieff
1960: Léon Herschtritt
1961: Jean-Dominique Lajoux
1962: Jean-Louis Swiners
1963: Jean Suquet
1964: Jean Garet
1965: Thierry Davoust
1966: Marc Garanger and Rudolf Lichtsteiner
1967: Pierre and Dorine Berdoy
1968: Claude Sauvageot
1969: Jean-Pierre Ducatez
1970: Serge Chirol and Claude-Raimond Dityvon
1971: Jean-Luc Tartarin
1972: Pierre Le Gall and Guillaume Lieury
1973: Albert Visage
1974: Pierre Michaud
1975: Jean-Louis Nou
1976: Eddie Kuligowski, Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou
1977: Roland Laboye
1978: Alain Chartier
1979: Françoise Saur
1980: Gilles Kervella
1981: Frédéric Brenner and Jacques Bondon
1982: Not awarded
1983: Pascal Dolémieux
1984: Thierry Girard
1985: Hervé Rabot
1986: Jean-Marc Zaorski
1987: Agnès Bonnot
1988: Keiichi Tahara
1989: Gladys and Patrick Zachmann
1990: Hugues de Wurstemberger
1991: Jean-Louis Courtinat
1992: Luc Choquer
1993: Jean-Claude Coutausse
1994: Xavier Lambours
1995: Marie-Paule Nègre
1996: Lise Sarfati
1997: Patrick Tosani
1998: Florence Chevallier
1999: Philippe Bazin
2000: Klavdij Sluban
2001: Antoine D'Agata
2002: Luc Delahaye
2003: Stéphane Couturier
2004: Claudine Doury
2005: Elina Brotherus
2006: Onodera Yuki
2007: Bertrand Meunier
2008: Jürgen Nefzger
2009: Stéphanie Lacombe
2010: Jean-Christian Bourcart
2011: Guillaume Herbaut
2012: Denis Darzacq
2013: Valérie Jouve
2014: Mathieu Pernot
2015: Laurent Millet
2016: Laurence Leblanc
2017: Olivier Culmann^[2]
2018: Stéphane Lavoué [fr]^[3]^[4]
2019: Raphaël Dallaporta [fr]^[5]
2020: Marina Gadonneix [fr]^[6]^[7]

References

^ de Breyne, Jean, "Lire et lire, Écrire le lire, et lire ici-même", Tours et détours en bibliothèque. Carnet de voyage, Presses de l’enssib, pp. 157–175, retrieved 2022-08-05
^ Le photographe Olivier Culmann reçoit le prix Niépce, Le Monde, (20 May 2017)
^ "Stéphane Lavoué lauréat du Prix Niépce 2018". Association Gens d'images. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
^ "Stéphane Lavoué Wins 2018 Niépce Gens d'images Prize". The Eye of Photography Magazine. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
^ "Raphaël Dallaporta remporte le Prix Niépce 2019". Association Gens d'images. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
^ "Marina Gadonneix remporte le Prix Niépce 2020 !". Association Gens d'images. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
^ "The Prix Niépce 2020 Gens d'images : Marina Gadonneix". The Eye of Photography Magazine. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 2021-06-07.