The Louis Roederer Photography Prize for Sustainability shortlist is announced
The inaugural Louis Roederer Photography Prize for Sustainability was created in 2021-2022 to support contemporary photographers with an interest in shining a light on sustainability and environmental issues. The prize will be awarded to the photographer whose work has most impressed the judges with its reflection of the prize’s theme this year, that of ‘terroir’.
Ten internationally recognised figures in the art world were asked to nominate three photographers each to submit their work. An independent panel of six high profile figures from the world of art and photography; Maryam Eisler, Brandei Estes, Azu Nwagbogu, Darius Sanai, Carrie Scott, and Maria Sukkar, have judged the entrants and selected a shortlist of six artists.
The winner will be announced by Frédéric Rouzaud, CEO of Champagne Louis Roederer and President of the Louis Roederer Foundation, at an event at Nobu Hotel Portman Square on Wednesday 11th May. On 4th May we will announce the three finalists whose work will be on exhibition for the public to view at The WhiteBox, Nobu Hotel Portman Square from 9th May – 29th May 2022.
The Shortlisted artists are:
Akosua Viktoria Adu-Sanyah – www.akosuaviktoria.com
Elizabeth Bick – www.erbick.com
Sian Davey – www.siandavey.com
Chloe Dewe Mathews – www.chloedewemathews.com
Jasper Goodall – www.jaspergoodall.com
Sahab Zaribaf – www.sahabz.com
To see their photographs, please visit https://www.mmdltd.com/about/photography-prize/
Champagne Louis Roederer and the Arts
Champagne Louis Roederer have long patronised the arts. The Louis Roederer Foundation was founded in 2011 with the purpose of perpetuating Louis Roederer’s sponsorship activity which followed on from its discovery of the photography collection of the Bibliothèque nationale de France in 2003. Since being awarded the title of ‘Major Patron of Culture and Arts’, the Foundation has supported photography and cinema through the Discovery Award at the Rencontres d’Arles, the Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award at La Semaine de la Critique in Cannes, and the Louis Roederer Foundation Revelation Prize at the Deauville American Film Festival, and patronising the French Academy in Rome, among others. In all the creative and artistic endeavours that it sponsors in these iconic places of culture and intelligence, the Louis Roederer Foundation plays its favourite role in supporting and nurturing talented up-and-coming artists.
Champagne Louis Roederer are passionately committed to sustainability, and for more than 20 years they have been engaged in ‘renaissance viticulture’ using practices that respect the living environment to allow the nuances of the Champagne terroir to be fully expressed. They use practices inspired by the permaculture model, which allow the ecosystem to self-regulate. These include organic farming, the use of biodynamic composts, allowing the land to lie fallow for long periods, maintaining hedgerows and low stone walls, growing fruit trees and installing beehives. Louis Roederer’s eco-friendly ethos is rooted in their history and yet looks to the future.
By creating this prize, they can continue to support the arts, while highlighting sustainability and environmental issues.