le19M endowment for Photography and the Métiers d’Art for the Picto Prize 2024

Since 1998, the Picto Fashion Photography Award, created by GROUPE PICTO and the Picto Foundation, has supported fashion photographers under the age of 30 in the early stages of their career. For the last four years, le19M Métiers d’Art Photography Prize has been awarded to photographers who have developed original creative ideas around the Métiers d’Art of fashion and decoration.

Last month, the Picto Fashion Photography Award 2024 was awarded at the Palais Galliera, musée de la Mode de Paris.

This year, Mathieu Bassée, Artistic Director of Studio MTX, the resident Maison at le19M, was a member of the jury.

Tamibé Bourdanné was awarded le19M Métiers d’Art Photography Prize, giving him the opportunity to work with one of the resident houses at le19M.

Tamibé Bourdanné is a London-based photographer. Originally from Chad, Niger, and Nigeria, he was born and raised in Côte d’Ivoire. His work revolves around places, environments, and people. A spontaneous documentary photographer at heart, he likes to show the world from different angles, mainly from an ethnographic point of view.

His practice revolves around the interaction between space, form, and tone to compose an image. His Synthetic Dreams series was recognised by le19M endowment for Métiers d’Art photography.