Presented by the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, the HCB Award is a prize to stimulate a photographer’s creativity by offering the opportunity to carry out a project that would otherwise be difficult to achieve.

It is intended for photographers who have already completed a significant body of work, a talented photographer in the emerging phase of his or her career with an approach close to that of documentary.

Eighteen months after the reception of the prize, the winner will have an exhibition of his work at the Fondation HCB in Paris and a catalogue will be published.

The HCB Award is made possible with the partnership of the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès.

*Candidates should be nominated by an institution. Applications from individual photographers will not be considered. *The range of potential institutions is broad and has no geographical boundaries: museums, photographic societies, photographers’ agencies, art schools, universities, galleries, magazines, festivals, publishers… are entitled to present a candidate.