Fondation HSBC pour la Photographie runs an international competition for talented contemporary photographers (since 1996)
Fondation HSBC pour la Photographie 2009
Project dates: Ongoing
2009 Competition open
Entry to the 2009 competition is now open. As with previous contests, the Fondation's Executive Committee will select two photographers as laureates for the year.
The winning photographers will receive a host of support from the Fondation including:
• Co-publication of each of the laureates' first monograph in collaboration with the publisher Actes Sud
• Organisation of a travelling exhibition of their work in France and abroad for one year after selection as laureate
• The purchase of at least five of the laureates' photographs from the travelling exhibition that will be added to the bank's growing photographic collection
The Fondation HSBC pour la Photographie is chaired by Charles-Henri Filippi, President of HSBC France. The executive director is Chantal Nedjib, Head of Corporate Communications of HSBC France.
Submissions will be open from 3rd - 28th November 2008. For more information on how to apply please click on the link below.
2009 competition entry information
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Fondation HSBC pour la Photographie
Project dates: since 1996
Fondation HSBC pour la Photographie runs an international competition for talented contemporary photographers. The Fondation supports undiscovered professional artists by helping them to promote their work. Each year the Fondation sponsors two contemporary photographers striving to capture the real world on film. They are selected through open competition and there are no pre-requisites as to age or nationality.
The 2007 laureates were Julia Fullerton-Batten (UK) and Matthew Pillsbury (USA).
Fondation HSBC pour la Photographie
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Pavillon des Arts et du Design
Project dates: ongoing since 2007
Pavilion des Arts et du Design is a dynamic and eclectic international art showcase that over the last 12 years has developed its design content. It takes place over five days, in a 5000 square meter tent in the Tuileries Gardens in Paris and is attended by 30,000 visitors each year. The dealers sell furniture, drawings, paintings, sculpture from the Renaissance to the present, antiquities, photography, design, primitive arts, Asian art, contemporary glass, jewellery, silver, carpets and tapestries.
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European Musical Academy of Aix en Provence
HSBC France supports talented young people through music and education
Project dates: ongoing since 2006
HSBC France has sponsored the European Musical Academy of Aix en Provence since 2006. The programme is aimed at helping young performers fulfil their potential and has two parts.
The Academy invites young performers to work alongside well-known musicians to prepare concert and recital programmes. This is done through a combination of private classes and public master classes. They are also given the opportunity to perform in the Aix-en-Provence Festival.
Every year, HSBC France also supports a special class of ten young performers - the HSBC Prize-Winners - by organising several concerts in France and abroad. Apart from a desire to introduce these young musicians to the general public, the aim is also to help these young performers take their first steps in their chosen career.
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The Fondation HSBC pour l'Education
HSBC France supports education through cultural products
Project dates: on going since 2005
The Fondation HSBC pour l'Education was set up at the end of 2005, to coordinate educational initiatives supported by the bank. HSBC sees education as one of the main springboards to success for young people.
Every year, HSBC undertakes initiatives that give young people from disadvantaged backgrounds access to education through culturally based projects. The Foundation's Executive Committee stresses the importance of culture as a way of discovering the world, developing your own personality and developing a taste for learning.
HSBC France employees are also invited to make a personal contribution to the programme by assisting project leaders in a range of tasks, such as seeking funds, accompanying young people to cultural events or participating in competition panels themselves.
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