Carte Blanche Students

European platform for emerging photography

Paris Photo, Picto Foundation and SNCF Gares & Connexions announce the opening of applications for the 8th edition of Carte Blanche Students.

Aimed at bachelor's and master's students at European photography and visual arts schools, this program supports the emergence of young talent.
A jury of professionals selected 20 finalists from the applications received. Among them, four winners will be chosen and will see their work exhibited at the Paris Photo fair, including a portfolio produced in partnership with Hahnemühle, as well as in a major Paris train station. One of the four winners will be awarded the Saif Carte Blanche Students grant to carry out a project.

Carte Blanche Students is a program founded by Picto Foundation, Paris Photo and SNCF Gares & Connexions, with the support of Saif and La Copie Privée.

Discover the 2025 Carte Blanche Students 2025 shortlist.

Photo credits: Grégoire Grange, Carte Blanche - Detail - Paris Photo, 2024

Shortlist - Carte Blanche Students 2025

Ada Marino
University of Wales Trinity Saint David (United Kingdom) Licence

Antoine Genoud
École cantonale d'art de Lausanne (Switzerland)
Licence

Arina Starykh

École nationale supérieure de la photographie - Arles (France) Master

Byron Mohammad Hamzah
University of the Arts (United Kingdom) Master

Chia Huang
Beaux-Arts de Paris (France) Master

Emma Varga
Budapest Metropolitan University (Hungary) Licence

Enrique Pezo Gomez

EFTI (Spain) Master

Jacinta
École Nationale Superieure de la Photographie
- Arles (France) Master

Jan Richard Heinicke
FH Dortmund (Germany) Master

Kim-Camille KREUZ
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf & École nationale
supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris (Germany, France) Master

Michael Almiroudis

AKTO College by Middlesex University of London (London) Master

Mirielle Rohr
École cantonale d'art de Lausanne (Switzerland) Master

Nicolas Lebeau
École cantonale d'art de Lausanne (Switzerland) Master

Paloma Passetto de Souza
Royal College of Art (United Kingdom) Master

Tom Lyon
KASK School of Arts (Belgium) Master

Viktroriia Tymonova
Academy of Arts Architecture & Design in Prague - UMPRUM (Czech Republic) Master

Yiding Chen
Royal College of Art (United Kingdom) Master

Yixi Tian
University of Applied Sciences (Holland) Master

Yohan Nieto
CEPV (Switzerland) Licence

Zexuan ZENG
Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (Germany) Master

Former Winners

Photo credits: Grégoire Grange, Winners of 2024 Carte Blanche Students from left to right: Anna Jocham; Alice Poyzer & Joel Jimenez Jara & Toma Gerzha