What do u think?

Provocative yes, but is it using death, human suffering or pain for self promotion, isn't that wrong! If not how different is this image from the disgusting Beniton adverts from the 1990s.
I don't really understand the cause or issue and I certainly don't like looking at the image.
Would you want this in your living room? No? Then is it Art? No? So is it a political statement? Not sure? Well what is it? A point about technology and today? Well... no, not really.. Oh so not classifiable... Is it worth £65k?
Emmm in my world today no... Things that are worth that much are not this... Use money like this to help people who need it, teach kids how to read and write in 3rd world countries or to farm or do first aid well. So much good you could do with £65k... More than this...

Living room art

LC- So you would prefer a nice sunset or macro flower shot? The competition inst about "which photo would look best above your mantelpiece".

because we are worth it

What nonsense people talk! £65k is a lot less than the average UK doctor's salary (around £80k).

It just about buys an Audi or a decent BMW.

That runs on Petrol, or processed Maize (corn to you).

Hmm

Well I can see how an image like this would win, it's very arresting and powerful in a sense. However I Think it lacks originality in bucket loads. It has impact I'll give it that. It does follow suit to so many photographs of this ilk today. Then again, it is becoming harder and harder to capture original photography these days.

See the whole set

Please look at the whole set before judging - it's a wonderful and powerful collection. It's here - http://www.prixpictet.com/

Fair enough

He meets the brief, no question about that. They are great photos, but I still feel they lack a cutting edge. Maybe I'm expecting too much, but on the other hand I am pleased to see Simon Norfolk get his award.

A thousand words?

The old saying: 'a picture is worth a thousand words' is somewhat reversed with an image like the one above as I believe it needs a thousand words to explain what is going on.

We see (and have seen in the last 50 years) so many images of death that it has become quite meaningless without a thorough explanation of the context and the political environment in which the photo was taken.

A series of photos definitely helps but I can't help feeling this photo will be quickly forgotten unlike some photos of the Vietnam war which are burned into our memories long after the TV footage is forgotten.

A single image can have that kind of impact, I just don't think this one has it.

Done to Death

Man under modernity. An idea done to death. This image is stunningly boring, in it's treatment of that idea, unquestioning, standard, and safe. Like watching the news.

Done to Death

Man under modernity. An idea done to death. And this image is utterly boring in it's treatment of that idea. Unquestioning, standard, safe, yawning. Like watching the news.

Prizes

It's not a matter of hunging that picture in the living room, I just wonder: if the jury choosed such a picture, my question is at what time they operated and how where the others in the contest?