Young photographers under 30 and established artists from around the world explore the theme of Peace: Venice Photo Lab 2024 from Friday, October 11 to Sunday, October 20
Three exhibition spaces, seven photographers from across the globe, and a theme capable of transcending images: Peace. The sixth edition of Venice Photo Lab is a journey through urban perspectives, silent landscapes, and portraits that speak of reconciliation and harmony, even in its most unexpected forms, where photography, as a universal language, traverses eras, borders, and styles.
Palazzetto Tito is transformed into the primary meeting point for this visual journey, also hosting the Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, which dedicates a section to Under 30 artists. New voices and visions explore the concept of Peace with fresh eyes and often with the urgency of those living through epochal changes.
Photographers such as Phil Penman and Yasser Alaa Mobarak join this dialogue: Penman, with his raw New York, captures the city’s chaos and frenetic movements, while Mobarak focuses on more intimate spaces, conveying a sense of stillness through his shots. Their works, so different yet complementary, guide the viewer on a path that does not claim to provide definitive answers but stimulates profound reflection on today’s world and the daily challenges in the search for balance.
Josh Edgoose, a young British photographer, enters this landscape with a unique sensitivity that moves between irony and melancholy. His shots capture fragments of daily life that seem suspended between past and present, portraying peace as a moment of respite amidst the chaos. It is street photography that manages to capture those emotions that require no words.
At the Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, the Under 30 section questions the very idea of Peace: not just the absence of war, but also the inner and social struggles that define our time. The raw and direct gaze of these young photographers reveals new and often provocative perspectives, addressing an urgent and contemporary reflection on the boundary between peace and conflict.
Alongside Palazzetto Tito, two other Venetian spaces complete the exhibition route: at the Kunst Depot, among the calli of Cannaregio, the viewer is immersed in a visual dialogue that unites diverse experiences and cultures; through styles ranging from documentary photography to more experimental artistic research, they bring to light stories that are typically on the margins.
In the Arte Spazio Tempo gallery, also in Cannaregio, the discourse continues with works exploring the relationship between the individual and the environment. In these shots, Peace manifests in landscapes, in abandoned or forgotten places, and in faces marked by time and experience. Peace, in this context, becomes a starting point for exploring the complexity of the human condition in all its facets. It is a dialogue between generations, cultures, and approaches that continues to surprise.
Among the photographers on display, Mou Aysha from Bangladesh and Omar Aljiwari from Syria stand out, bringing their experiences of worlds marked by real conflicts, where Peace is not an abstract concept but something to be achieved daily.
Venice Photo Lab
from Friday, October 11 to Sunday, October 20
Palazzetto Tito, Kunst Depot, and Arte Spazio Tempo
Photos courtesy of Venice Photo Lab.
