Latitudes: Nuits Balnéaires and François-Xavier Gbré

International Center of Photography, New York, Jan 29 - May 4, 2026

Latitudes: Nuits Balnéaires and François-Xavier Gbré showcases two new projects examining contemporary Côte d’Ivoire. Nuits Balnéaires blends memory and fiction in Eboro, while Gbré’s Radio Ballast traces the historical layers embedded in the country’s railway system, together offering expansive perspectives on place, identity and transformation.

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.