{"id":27432,"date":"2023-02-21T13:27:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T12:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/?p=27432"},"modified":"2024-09-29T03:22:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T01:22:51","slug":"jerome-sessini-as-juror-for-urban-2023-projects-portfolios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urbanphotoawards.com\/en\/jerome-sessini-as-juror-for-urban-2023-projects-portfolios\/","title":{"rendered":"J\u00e9r\u00f4me Sessini as Juror for URBAN 2023 Projects & Portfolios"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian<\/a>. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language.<\/p>

As we have already mentioned in a previous article, this year <\/span><\/span>URBAN Photo Awards<\/span><\/span><\/strong> will have the <\/span><\/span>prestige<\/span><\/span><\/strong> , like every year, of having <\/span><\/span>great celebrities<\/span><\/span><\/strong> in the world of photography as guests and jurors, among these we are pleased to announce <\/span><\/span>J\u00e9r\u00f4me Sessini<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a> \u00a0as a special juror for the <\/span><\/span>Projects & Portfolios<\/span><\/span><\/strong> section .<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n \n Jerome Sessini<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

J\u00e9r\u00f4me Sessini<\/span><\/span><\/strong> is one of the most acclaimed photographers of our time and has won numerous awards for his work. He gained immediate <\/span><\/span>international recognition<\/span><\/span><\/strong> , his images having been published in <\/span><\/span>international magazines and newspapers<\/span><\/span><\/strong> , including <\/span><\/span>Newsweek<\/span><\/span><\/strong> , <\/span><\/span>Stern<\/span><\/span><\/strong> , <\/span><\/span>Paris-Match<\/span><\/span><\/strong> , <\/span><\/span>Le Monde<\/span><\/span><\/strong> and the <\/span><\/span>Wall Street Journal<\/span><\/span><\/strong> . He is renowned for his <\/span><\/span>captivating portraits<\/span><\/span><\/strong> , <\/span><\/span>beautiful landscapes<\/span><\/span><\/strong> and powerful <\/span><\/span>documentary photographs<\/span><\/span><\/strong> .<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n \n J\u00e9r\u00f4me Sessini<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/a>\n \n J\u00e9r\u00f4me Sessini<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/a>\n \n J\u00e9r\u00f4me Sessini<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/a>\n \n J\u00e9r\u00f4me Sessini<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

A member of the famous Magnum Photos<\/span><\/span><\/strong> agency <\/span>, <\/span><\/span>J\u00e9r\u00f4me Sessini<\/span><\/span><\/strong> developed his passion for <\/span><\/span>documentary photography<\/span><\/span><\/strong> through the books of a photographer friend. He began his practice by photographing people, landscapes and daily life in his native eastern France (with Diane Arbus, Lee Friedlander and Mark Cohen in mind).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In 1998, even though he had never foreseen that he would turn to <\/span><\/span>journalism<\/span><\/span><\/strong> , <\/span><\/span>Sessini<\/span><\/span><\/strong> arrived in Paris. The <\/span><\/span>Gamma<\/span><\/span><\/strong> photo agency offered him the opportunity to follow the ongoing conflict in <\/span><\/span>Kosovo<\/span><\/span><\/strong> .<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Since then <\/span><\/span>Sessini<\/span><\/span><\/strong> has followed most of the <\/span><\/span>current international events<\/span><\/span><\/strong> : <\/span><\/span>Palestine<\/span><\/span><\/strong> , <\/span><\/span>Iraq<\/span><\/span><\/strong> (from 2003 to 2008), the <\/span><\/span>fall of Aristide<\/span><\/span><\/strong> in <\/span><\/span>Haiti<\/span><\/span><\/strong> (2004), the <\/span><\/span>conquest of Mogadishu<\/span><\/span><\/strong> by Islamic militias and the <\/span><\/span>war in Lebanon<\/span><\/span><\/strong> (2006).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n \n J\u00e9r\u00f4me Sessini<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/a>\n \n J\u00e9r\u00f4me Sessini<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/a>\n \n J\u00e9r\u00f4me Sessini<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/a>\n \n J\u00e9r\u00f4me Sessini<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

His photography also leads to individual exhibitions at the <\/span><\/span>Visa Photo Festival<\/span><\/span><\/strong> in Perpignan, the <\/span><\/span>Rencontres d’Arles<\/span><\/span><\/strong> , the <\/span><\/span>Biblioth\u00e8que Nationale Fran\u00e7ois-Mitterrand<\/span><\/span><\/strong> and the <\/span><\/span>French Ministry of Culture<\/span><\/span><\/strong> .<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In 2008, <\/span><\/span>J\u00e9r\u00f4me Sessini<\/span><\/span><\/strong> initiated the Mexican project, <\/span><\/span>So far from God, too close from the US<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong> , a deep dive into the <\/span><\/span>drug cartel<\/span><\/span><\/strong> war in <\/span><\/span>Mexico<\/span><\/span><\/strong> . This ongoing project has already been awarded twice with the <\/span><\/span>F-Award<\/span><\/span><\/strong> and a <\/span><\/span>Getty Grant<\/span><\/span><\/strong> . <\/span><\/span>
\nFrom this direct confrontation with violence, <\/span><\/span>Sessini<\/span><\/span><\/strong> recognized a state of affairs that is at the heart of his work: \u201cOrdinary people are always the ones who lose, whether they are in Iraq, Mexico or France.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Evolving within an uncertain balance between <\/span><\/span>cynical realism<\/span><\/span><\/strong> and <\/span><\/span>disturbance<\/span><\/span><\/strong> , <\/span><\/span>Sessini<\/span><\/span><\/strong> is very attentive to the \u201c <\/span><\/span>correctness<\/span><\/span><\/strong> \u201d of his photographic work. <\/span><\/span>He rejects idealism and the otherworldly<\/span><\/span><\/strong> , which do not take into account some pieces of reality.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n \n J\u00e9r\u00f4me Sessini<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/a>\n \n J\u00e9r\u00f4me Sessini<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/a>\n \n J\u00e9r\u00f4me Sessini<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/a>\n \n J\u00e9r\u00f4me Sessini<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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