CARTE BLANCHE STUDENTS - Picto Foundation

Carte Blanche Students: privileged access to the photography market

Supporting the emergence, encouraging the energy and creativity of photographers are at the heart of the needs of image-makers today. Picto Foundation wishes to promote young talents who are outlining new visual perspectives today.

This is the purpose of Carte Blanche Étudiants, a programme dedicated to undergraduates and postgraduates from European photography and visual arts schools, set up with Paris Photo and SNCF Gares & Connexions.

A jury of art world professionals meets every year in June to select the four winners, who will have privileged access to Paris Photo, with an opportunity to meet experts and professionals in photography and the art market (artists, curators, galleries, etc.). They will present their work to the public during Paris Photo at the Grand Palais and during a large-scale exhibition/projection in a Parisian train station.

Carte Blanche Étudiants is a programme co-founded by Picto Foundation, Paris Photo and SNCF Gares & Connexions. Their technical partners Hahnemühle, Filmolux and BenQ support the programme.

CALL FOR ENTRIES

The call for entries for carte blanche students 2025 are opened

Students in master or bachelor programmes in photography or visual arts schools throughout Europe
Exhibit your project and Meet the market
Submit your project for Carte Blanche Students : parisphoto.com

TO PARTICIPATE CLICK HERE

Danni – they/them 2021 © Emil Lombardo, laureate Carte Blanche Students 2021

EXHIBIT YOUR PROJECT

Present your work to qualified audiences:
The 4 laureates will present their selected project portfolios during Paris Photo at the Grand Palais, the world's largest international art fair for photography;
The winning projects will be presented in a large format exhibition in one of Paris’ major train stations.

MEET THE MARKET

Pendant la semaine de Paris Photo au Grand Palais, les 4 lauréats :
• rencontreront des experts et professionnels de la photographie (artistes, curateurs, galeries, éditeurs, collectionneurs…) ;
• participeront à une table ronde : discussions, partage d’expérience avec les étudiants lauréats et des experts de la photographie.