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 during an online deliberation on October 8th 2024.

The high-quality of the two series presented by Jo Ractliffe and Jennifer Sakai convinced a jury of photography specialists, strongly impressed by the rigorousness of two incomparable applications submitted at two very different stages of careers.
By choosing to split the prize in two, the jury acknowledges and highlights the double necessity of recognizing women photographers’ longtime career and supporting emerging women photographers.

Alongside Jo Ractliffe and Jennifer Sakai,
the jury took note of 10 other candidates

whose photographs will be regularly presented on the Prix Virginia website,
approximately showcasing one photographer every two months, from
January 2025 until the awarding of the next Prix Virginia in 2026:

Beatriz de Souza Lima – France / Brazil
Laura Letinsky – Canada / United-States
Sunmin Lee – South Corea
Lisa Sorgini – Australia / Italy
Lua Ribeira – Spain / United-Kingdom
Louise Desnos – France
Nadia Ettwein – South Africa
Julie Calbert – Belgium
Maria Abranches – Portugal
Clara Watt – Canada / Senegal