How They See Us

The Dior Photography And Visual Arts Award For Young Talents An Initiative By Dior Beauty In Partnership With Celebrated Arts Centre Luma_arles And Photography School Ecole Nationale Superieure De La Photographie Returns For Its Sixth Edition. Its Aim: To Discover And Spotlight Emerging Image Makers Who Are Primarily Students And Alumni Of Arts And Photography Schools Around The World. Here, Three Members From This Year's Jury Share With Keng Yang Shuen Their Thoughts On The Next Generation Of Image Makers And How They Are Keeping The Industry Hopeful.

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Think of the Dior Photography and Visual Arts Award for Young Talents as a megaphone for emerging image makers. It was started in 2018 by the beauty arm of the French luxury maison with Luma Arles and the Ecole Nationale Superieure de la Photographie school – two of the world’s most pre‑eminent arts institutions located in the photography mecca that is Arles in the south of France – as partners.

Every year since, students and the alumni of arts and photography schools all over the world are encouraged to take part and submit photos and videos based on the recurrent theme “Face to Face”. (A total of 230 applicants were received this year.) What they stand to walk away with: the top prize of 10,000 euros (about S$14,700) and a creative commission from Dior Beauty – and a shot at being discovered.

After all, the award’s jury has always been made up of the who’s who in the fashion, beauty and arts industries. Names on the board in 2023 include Brazilian fashion photographer Rafael Pavarotti, whose rich colours and bold compositions have scored him campaigns with the likes of Dior; Simon Baker, the director of Maison Europeenne de la Photographie – a top centre for contemporary photographic art in Paris; and Dior Makeup’s masterful creative and image director Peter Philips.