BMW Young photographer-in-residence Musée Nicéphore Niépce 2015

BMW values the importance of aesthetics and technological innovation, and supports photography as an original, distinct art form. The Group is strongly rooted in France, including in Chalon-sur-Saône, so the partnership with the Nicéphore Niépce Museum was a logical choice.
This unique, ambitious cultural partnership, set up in 2011, offers an artist’s residency program. Over the past years, the work of the first three prize winners has been showcased to photography professionals and the wider public.

In 2011, Alexandra Catiere was the winner of the first edition. This young Belarusian artist is renowned for the delicacy and intelligence of her work, which successfully combines traditional and avant-garde techniques.
In 2012, BMW supported young French photographer Marion Gronier as she tackled a personal project on the human figure and its masks. Her photos capture the moment when the human mask breaks down and the disembodied face empties itself of all expression.
In 2013, Elise Mazac and Robert Drowilal, the duo Mazaccio & Drowilal has achieved a massive audience through the project « Wild Style » by which explores the imagery of the notion of “wild” in mass culture.
In 2014, Natasha Caruana, a young english artist, project for the BMW Residency searches for the truth behind Love at First Sight or Coup de Foudre - The Lightning Bolt.

BMW is supporting the entire process from creation to production, culminating in the unveiling of the finished works at the Rencontres d’Arles and Paris Photo, and the publication of a book and and a video illustrating the creative process and the universe of the winning photographer.

Residency 2015 : from Monday 7th September to Friday 27th November 2015

Wednesday 15th April 2015 : Deadline for receipt of applications

Call for applications here