The 2025 Carte Blanche Students 2025 shortlist

Paris Photo, Picto Foundation and SNCF Gares & Connexions announce the 2025 Carte Blanche Students 2025 shortlist for the 9th edition.
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.

Michael Almiroudis

Yiding Chen

Antoine Genoud

Jan Richard Heinicke

Chia Huang

Jacinta

Kim-Camille Kreuz

Nicolas Lebeau

Tom Lyon

Ada Marino

Byron Mohammad Hamzah

Yohan Nieto

Paloma Passetto de Souza

Enrique Pezo Gomez

Mirielle Rohr

Arina Starykh

Yixi Tian

Viktroriia Tymonova

Emma Varga

Zexuan Zeng

*The jury of this edition was composed of:

Anna Planas, Artistic Director of Paris Photo
Sylvain Bailly, Director of Cultural Affairs, SNCF Gares & Connexions
Benjamin Dighuerer, Founder of the publishing house Poursuite
Hanako Murakami, Artist
Clothilde Morette, Artistic Director of the MEP
Delphine Dumont, Director of the Hangar in Brussels
Vincent Marcilhacy, Director of Picto Foundation