Latitudes @ International Center of Photography (ICP): François-Xavier Gbré

The International Center of Photography presents Latitudes, an exhibition in partnership with the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès and the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris. In its current iteration, Latitudes highlights new work by two laureate-artists from Côte d’Ivoire– Nuits Balnéaires and François-Xavier Gbré.

About Latitudes

Launched in 2024, Latitudes is a Fondation d’entreprise Hermès program developed in partnership with the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris and the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York. 

It broadens the scope of Immersion, the former French-American photography commission created in 2014 with the same partners, a cross-residency between France and the United States. 

The new program supporting contemporary creation takes its name from a geographical concept, affirming its ambition to shed light on artists from scenes that are still underrepresented on the international stage. In practice, the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson and the ICP select a country from which photographers are invited to submit a project. A jury composed of representatives from the three institutions selects the annual laureate. 

The chosen photographer receives a grant to produce a new series. The resulting work is exhibited in Paris at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, in New York at the ICP, and finally in the laureate’s home country. 

Côte d’Ivoire is the first country to be honored in the two-year cycle inaugurated in 2024.