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Jo Ractliffe and Jennifer Sakai, 2024 winners

2024 winners

For the first time since its creation in 2012, the jury of Prix Virginia chose to award the 7^th Prix Virginia to two photographers.

Jo Ractliffe

Jennifer Sakai

Jury’s choice n°2

Laura Letinsky

2024 ceremony

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Travelling across the West coast and its mining in

Travelling across the West coast and its mining industrial landscapes, the South-African photographer Jo Ractliffe recalls Rob Nixon’s concept of “slow violence”: “a violence that occurs gradually and out of sight, a violence of delayed destruction that is dispersed across time and space, an attritional violence that is typically not viewed as violence at all.”
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En voyageant à travers la côte ouest et ses paysages d’industrie minière, la photographe sud-africaine Jo Ractliffe se rappelle du concept de « violence lente » de Rob Nixon : « une violence qui opère de manière graduelle et invisible, une violence de destruction insidieuse qui s’étend à travers le temps et l’espace, une violence d’usure qui n’est habituellement pas perçue comme de la violence. »
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Jo Ractliffe, “Landscaping”, 2024
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Jo Ractliffe’s photographies depict broken terri

Jo Ractliffe’s photographies depict broken territories slowly ruined by human activity. Driving all the way from Cape Town to the Namibian border, she interrogates the concept of landscape by documenting the devastated land of her childhood.
Jo Ractliffe is the co-winner of the Prix Virginia 2024.
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Les photographies de Jo Ractliffe dépeignent les territoires brisés que l’activité humaine a lentement détruits. Parcourant la route de Cape Town à la frontière namibienne, elle interroge le concept même de paysage en documentant la terre dévastée de son enfance.
Jo Ractliffe est la co-lauréate du Prix Virginia 2024.
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The Prix Virginia thanks the jury members of this

The Prix Virginia thanks the jury members of this 2024 edition:
- Sylvia Schildge, Prix Virginia Founder and President
- Damarice Amal, Centre Pompidou Curator of Photography ,
- Anna Planas, Artistic Director of Paris Photo
- Pauline Vermare, Brooklyn Museum Curator of Photography
- Federica Angelucci, Stevenson Gallery Curator
- Aldeide Delgado, WOPHA Founder and Director
- Fiona Rogers, V&A Parasol Foundation Curator
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Le Prix Virginia remercie les membres du jury de son édition 2024 :
- Sylvia Schildge, Présidente et fondatrice du Prix Virginia
- Damarice Amal, Curatrice photographie au Centre Pompidou
- Anna Planas, Directrice artistique de Paris Photo
- Pauline Vermare, Commissaire responsable de la photographie au Brooklyn Museum
- Federica Angelucci, Curatrice de la Galerie Stevenson
- Aldeide Delgado, Fondatrice et Directrice de WOPHA
- Fiona Rogers, Curatrice de la V&A Parasol Foundation
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For the first time ever, the Prix Virginia was awa

For the first time ever, the Prix Virginia was awarded to two women photographers: Jennifer Sakai and Jo Ractliffe. Congratulations to them!
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Pour la première fois depuis sa création, le Prix Virginia a été décerné à 2 femmes photographes : Jennifer Sakai et Jo Ractliffe. Bravo à elles !
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