NEWS
Hyères Festival .
: From the 25th to the 29th of next month in Hyères, the 34th edition of the International Festival of Fashion and Photography will take place. A celebration of fashion culture around the world, this festival will host an acclaimed fashion photography competition. Ten finalists have been chosen out of over 300 submissions from all over the world, Federico Berardi (Switzerland – Italy); Hubert Crabieres (France); Kerry J Dean (United Kingdom); Tommy Kha (China – USA); Hilla Kurki (Finland); Vincent Levrat (Switzerland); Alice Mann (South Africa); Andrew Nuding (Ireland); Jean-Vincent Simonet (France); and Elsa & Johanna (France). They are competing for the chance to commission new works for the Still Life Prize and the American Vintage Photography Prize. Artistic director of Chloe, Natacha Ramsey-Levi is on the jury to decide the winner by the 29th of April. This year the jury promised to consider submissions that represent a diversity of artistic styles as well as nationalities. Exhibitions, collections of antiques and artworks, and ateliers are all set in the program, and the festival promises a tribute to fashion in the spring season of 2019.