The Fondation Carmignac is pleased to announce the full line-up of photojournalists to be shown at their forthcoming exhibition at London’s Saatchi Gallery this November. Carmignac Photojournalism Award: A Retrospective will feature a total of 40 works, produced since the Award’s 2009 inception by all laureates past and present.

1st room - Newsha Tavakolian

The first room of the exhibition will be entirely dedicated to the Iranian photojournalist and fifth Carmignac laureate, Newsha Tavakolian. Tavakolian’s project explores the lives of young middle class Iranians caught between the pressures of an increasingly modern society and a revolutionary Islamic ideology. Photographs from the winning project made in 2013, will be shown alongside video installations first exhibited at the Venice Biennale this year.

2nd room - Davide Monteleone, Robin Hammond, Massimo Berruti, Kai Wiedenhöfer, Christophe Gin

Chechnya forms the focus of four works on show by Italian photojournalist, Davide Monteleone. Taken from the report Monteleone produced from December 2012 - April 2013 as part of the fourth Carmignac laureateship, the portfolio’s title Spasibo, (Russian for ‘thank you’) can be interpreted as an ironic gesture of gratitude to Chechnya’s oppressors.

Four works will also be displayed by third winner of the Award, Robin Hammond. Taking Zimbabwe as its subject, Hammond’s work charts the violent decline of the country post-independence at the mercy of the Mugabe regime. On two occasions during the process, officials caught up with Hammond, culminating in a 26-day imprisonment and eventual deportation as a ‘Prohibited Immigrant’.

Documenting the Pashtun civilian militia’s conflicts with the Taliban in the Swat Valley, Pakistan, second laureate Massimo Berruti’s report reveals both the daily suffering caused by Taliban terrorism, and the resistance mounted by the local population with only minimal resources.

The exhibition line-up is completed by the Award’s first ever laureate, Kai Wiedenhöfer. Photographs from his series, focused on the theme of Gaza, aim to provide an unsentimental portrayal of the Israeli attack that took place in January 2009 and its effects on the people and the buildings of the Strip.

At the end of the exhibition, the incumbent laureate Christophe Gin, announced September 2015 at Visa pour l’Image festival in Perpignan, will introduce his series about French Guiana, Colonie (Colony) with one photograph. Working to the theme of Lawless Areas in France - selected by the Fondation Carmignac as the subject for the sixth edition of the Award - his black and white photographs investigate the highly hermetic societies. An exhibition dedicated to this series will be presented at the Chapelle des Beaux-Arts de Paris from 5 November to 5 December 2015.

Emeric Glayse, Development Manager of the Award, comments:
“Carmignac photojournalism Award : A Retrospective at the Saatchi Gallery this November will offer audiences the opportunity to see some of the most exciting photojournalists operating today, examining areas and themes that are often underrepresented in mainstream news media. The work on show at the Saatchi Gallery is testament to the boldness and creativity that the Award has championed since it was founded in 2009, and this unique exhibition will allow visitors to see all past and present winners in one space for the first time.”

Carmignac Photojournalism Award: A Retrospective, organised by the Carmignac Foundation is taking place from 18th November - 13th December at the Saatchi Gallery. For further information, visit www.saatchigallery.com/current/a_retrospective