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Being twenty
Reggio Emilia, 24 April – 8 June 2025
Opening events from 24 to 27 April 2025
Being twenty is the theme chosen by the festival’s artistic directors Tim Clark (editor of 1000 Words), Walter Guadagnini (photography historian and director of CAMERA – Centro Italiano per la Fotografia) and Luce Lebart (researcher and curator, Archive of Modern Conflict).
Twenty is an age of contradictions; twenty-year-olds are adults, but often still live at home with their parents; they are connected to the whole world, but the loneliness can be overwhelming. They face huge expectations, both personal and social: finding a fulfilling job, building meaningful relationships, giving a sense to their own existence, and imagining a better world, for themselves and others.
This year, Fotografia Europea wanted to follow this path, walk part of the way alongside the young people of Generation Z, who have grown up at a time when technological progress has opened up infinite possibilities, but also unprecedented crises to be tackled, individually and collectively. This generation is rediscovering the importance and need to fight for their rights and for a more equitable future.
I Chiostri di San Pietro, Palazzo da Mosto, Palazzo dei Musei, la Biblioteca Panizzi, lo Spazio Gerra e la Collezione Maramotti are the venues hosting the twenty-two exhibitions of this edition.
Solo shows: Michele Borzoni e Rocco Rorandelli, Thaddé Comar, Rä di Martino, Toma Gerzha, Ghazal Golshiri e Marie Sumalla, Karla Hiraldo Voleau, Jessica Ingram, Kido Mafon, Claudio Majorana, Daido Moriyama, Matylda Niżegorodcew, Vinca Petersen, Viviane Sassen, Federica Sasso, Andy Sewell.
Group shows:: Attraverso la luce. I primi 20 anni della fotografia nelle collezioni della Fototeca; Fluorescent Adolescent; Giovane Fotografia Italiana #12 | Premio Luigi Ghirri 2025; Luigi Ghirri. Lezioni di fotografia; Speciale diciottoventicinque; Volpe Laila Slim e gli altri. Resistere a vent’anni; Women See Many Things
During the opening days – 24, 25, 26 and 27 April – visitors can enjoy a full calendar of events: talks with Silvia Ballestra and Andrea Canobbio – protagonists of Pier Vittorio Tondelli’s ‘Under 25’ project – and with the editor and writer Giulia Caminito, both conducted by Loredana Lipperini.
Not to be missed, on 26th April, is ‘Simply Frida on tour’, in which 20-year-old pianist Frida Bollani Magoni, flanked by Mark Glentworth, will be in dialogue with rapper and record producer Frankie hi-nrg mc. The talk will be hosted by Nicolas Ballario.
And then there are talks with the festival’s leading photographers, book launches, portfolio reviews, the photo book fair, shows and DJ sets.
Read more on www.fotografiaeuropea.it
