Finalists for the Swiss Life Four Hands Award 2026–2027 Photography & Music

Who will succeed Kourtney Roy and Mathias Delplanque, winners of the 6th Swiss Life Four Hands Award with Last Paradise?

After reviewing 85 applications, the Prize’s Artistic Committee has selected five pairs of finalists for the 2026-2027 edition:

– Marine Lanier & Jean-Sébastien Nouveau – Soulever la Mer (Lifting the Sea)
– Théo Giacometti & Enzo Carniel – Les îles lointaines (Distant Islands)
– Oleñka Carrasco & La Chica – Le chaos qui me donne la vie (The Chaos That Gives Me Life). Atlas of an Imagined Country
– Alexandre Dupeyron & Thomas Julienne – Silent Green
– Hiên Lâm Duc & Christophe Julien – The Children of Convoy 18 June 1994

The artists will meet the jury on Monday 19 January 2026 at the new Swiss Life France headquarters in Puteaux.
The winning duo will be announced on the same day at 4.30pm.

This 7th edition has been designated ‘Bicentennial of Photography’ by the Ministry of Culture and is part of the official programme for this major event.