The MAST Photography Grant on Industry and Work is a biennial photography competition dedicated to emerging talents. The projects of the five finalists on show at MAST and curated by Urs Stahel, tackle contemporary perspectives and topics: the environmental damage due to intensive agriculture, female identity in film industry and information technology, industrial design, Artificial Intelligence and homologation in the fashion industry.
THE FINALISTS
OF THE SIXTH EDITION
CHLOE DEWE MATHEWS
ALINKA ECHEVERRÍA 
MAXIME GUYON
AAPO HUHTA
PABLO LÓPEZ LUZ
INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION BY NOMINATION
MAST FOUNDATION FOR PHOTOGRAPHY GRANT ON INDUSTRY AND WORK is a biennial selection of young photographers that aims to document and support image research activities related to industry, the transformation it brings about on society and the environment and the role of labour in economic and productive development.
Sixth edition
2018 — 2020
SIXTH EDITION TIMELINE
May / 2018
Selectors appointed
June / 2018
Candidates invited
September / 2018
Projects submitted
December / 2018
Finalists selected
Jan 2019 - September / 2020
Projects executed and delivered
October - February / 2021
Winner communication and finalist exhibition at mast
ABOUT
FONDAZIONE MAST
An international non-profit organization associated with the Coesia industrial group and conceived as a bridge between the company and the community, the MAST Foundation was set up in 2013 with the aim of sharing its cultural mission with the city. A multifunctional laboratory in which to experiment with new models of company welfare, MAST, a place for sharing and collaborating that hosts various activities open to the city.
The PhotoGallery, with a programme of temporary exhibitions dedicated to industrial and work photography, curated by Urs Stahel, is the only institution in the world devoted to images focused on work.