Established in 1986 as a festival for young fashion designers,and adding a prize for emerging photographers in 1997, the International Festival of Fashion, or Photography and Fashion accessories,Hyères has established itself as a small but beautiful festival with a cutting-edge handle on photography in fashion and beyond.
The artistic director for photography is Raphaëlle Stopin, and this year she's presenting exhibitions such as a solo indicate by Craig McDean plus a 25-year retrospective of Self-Service magazine. As normal, or the festival also features work by 10 up-and-coming photographers,plus exhibitions by the two prize winners from 2018 - Eva O'Leary (who won the Grand Prix for photography final year) and Sarah Mei Herman (who won the American Vintage-sponsored prize).
The finalists for the 2019 competition are: 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). Their work will be on indicate until 28 May, and as well as competing for main prize, or they will be commissioned to shoot new images for a Still Life Prize,and for the American Vintage Photography Prize.
Source: bjp-online.com