| Third Prix Pictet commission, a series of over 30 photographs by Chris Jordans, unveiled |
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LONDON.- The Commission, a series of over 30 photographs, documents Chris Jordan’s field trip to Northern Kenya where Pictet & Cie is contributing to the establishment of the Nakuprat-Gotu Conservancy, a new community-led initiative, supported by the Tusk Trust and overseen by the Northern Rangelands Trust. Chris Jordan’s photographs draw attention to the issues that face the politically and socially marginalised communities in the region: climate change; drought; conflict caused by competition for scarce resources – livestock, pasture and water; and an increase in pressure from expanding human populations – exemplifying the theme of this third cycle of the Prix Pictet: “Growth”. Violence between competing communities in the area, known as “bandit country”, has had a disastrous impact on tourism. The area also suffers from chronic game-meat and elephant poaching and a visceral group read full article
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