The photography jury is presided over this year by Craig McDean. The jury met in Paris, at Première heure’s studio, on January 23, 2019 in order to chose the ten finalists of the competition (700 entries received from 50 nationalities, 61 shortlisted).

The jury has chosen ten young photographers from 7 nationalities. Their photographs will be presented in two collective exhibitions in the villa Noailles and in the Tour des Templiers, opens till May 26, 2019. The ten photographers will be commissionned to shoot two new series in the frame of the competition: for the Still Life Prize, by using accessories jewelry loan by the partners of the festival and for the American Vintage Photography Prize from the fashion collection of the brand.

Photography prizes:

GRAND PRIX OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY JURY

CHANEL supports the Grand Prix of the photography Jury. The prize-winner will be rewarded with a grant of 20,000 euros from CHANEL.

AMERICAN VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE

For the three coming years, American Vintage will partner with the Festival of Fashion, Photography and Fashion Accessories, Hyères by creating the “American Vintage Photography award”. The grant, whose value equals 15,000 euros (including 5,000 euros for the selected photographer), consists in a fashion photoshoot order. It will be awarded to one of the finalists.

STILL LIFE PRIZE

The Prize is granted of 5,000 euros.

Photography grants :

Eyes on Talents offers to all awarded photographers a dedicated communication towards Eyes on Talents member brands and its creative community.
BlockchainyourIP.com offers free access to its services to all the competition finalists until December 31, 2020.

Paris Lees

President of the photography jury
Photographer
New York

Photography jury
Creative Director, AnOther

Photography jury
Manager, Art + Commerce
Paris

Photography jury
Producer
Paris

Photography jury
Journalist
London

Photography jury
Art buyer
Paris

Photography jury
Model
New York

Photography jury
Producer
New York

Photography jury
Grand Prix of the photography jury 2018
New York

Craig McDean

Marc Ascoli

Thomas Bonnouvrier

Patrice Haddad

Catherine Mahé Benichou

Guinevere Van Seenus

Masha Vasyukova

Eva O’LEARY

Federico Berardi

Finalists
Photograher
Switzerland - Italy

Hubert Crabieres

Finalists
Photograher
france

Kerry J Dean

Finalists
Photograher
united kingdom

Tommy Kha

Finalists
Photograher
china - usa

Hilla Kurki

Finalists
Photograher
finland

Vincent Levrat

Finalists
Photograher
Switzerland

Andrew Nuding

Finalists
Photograher
ireland

Jean-Vincent Simonet

Finalists
Photograher
france

Elsa & Johanna

Finalist
Photograher
france