Finalists – Picto Fashion Photography Award 2026 : Shiran Potié

Shiran Potié, born in 1998 in Bruges and based in Paris, trained in architecture at Ghent University before working in Berlin for two years. In 2024, he completed an intensive bachelor program at Efet, dedicating himself to photography. Focused on artistic direction, he constructs images by composing spaces before integrating his subjects. His practice of analog photography emphasizes texture, form, and color, producing a precise and sensitive aesthetic.

96,636,764,160 captures the streets during Fashion Week, where passersby express themselves through clothing. Potié focuses on the audience—spectators, visitors, and pedestrians—staging a mobile street studio in front of shows by Walter Van Beirendonck, Rick Owens, and Maison Valentino. He photographs 96 carefully framed portraits, then prints and slices them into six fragments. Heads, torsos, and legs are recombined into hybrid silhouettes, nicknamed “aliens.” The series examines fashion as a modular visual language, where identity is constructed through garments, posture, and detail. Its title refers to the total number of possible combinations, reflecting the endless mutability of photography in the digital era.

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