Robert Delpire Book Prize
The Fonds de dotation Neuf Cinq – Robert Delpire & Sarah Moon has created the Robert Delpire Book Prize to honour Robert Delpire's legacy, his spirit and his eclecticism: from Henri Cartier-Bresson to Joel-Peter Witkin, fom Etienne-Jules Marey to Duane Michals, from Jane Evelyn Atwood to Claude Cahun, from Jacques Henri Lartigue to Sebastião Salgado, from Robert Frank to Michael Ackerman, from Josef Koudelka to Michel Vanden Eeckhoudt, and all the Photo Poche monographs…
It aims at supporting an authentic work, a personal expression "of what is seen, not mere observation" (Robert Delpire – Le montreur d’images), a homogeneous whole, whatever the subject.
The Robert Delpire Book Prize, awarded every 3 ears, provides the winner with a grant of 10,000 euros to complete and perfect his or her work, as well as the production of the book in collaboration with the Fonds de dotation Neuf Cinq and its publication.
Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Delpire
© Martine Franck / Magnum Photos
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.
Gustav Mahler
Winners of the Prize
Robert Delpire Book Prize 2026: Caty Jan & Mat Jacob
Robert Delpire Book Prize 2023: Dolorès Marat
Requirements and eligibility
The candidates are chosen by the jury members, supported by experts in the field of photography. Participation in this prize has neither age nor nationality requirements.
Each of them present a book project, that is made of a minimum of 50 photographs and a statement of intent.