What would Susan Sontag say?
From November 17 to 20, the first festival of conscious fashion photography, dedicated to photography embodying ethics and aesthetics, returns to Milan. For its seventh edition, the festival presents exhibitions, conversations, events and digital panels on the PhotoVogue platform with artists worldwide. The program includes six exhibitions with more than 150 featured artists.
For this seventh edition, Alessia Glaviano, Head of Global PhotoVogue and Director of the Festival, wondered what American critic Susan Sontag would say today about the ‘normalizing’ effect produced by repeated exposure to the content of images, launching a debate on what Glaviano called the ‘Contradiction of Overexposure,’ to discuss how the ubiquity of images shapes our ability to emotionally perceive, read and understand them, and the world around us.
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The exhibitions
Regarding the pain of others: presents the most iconic images and footage of catastrophic events in our recent history, without images, but only through their written description. Inviting the audience to become an active spectator instead of a distracted observer is a challenge.
‘Face Forward: Redefining the Vogue Cover‘ presents a selection of Vogue covers from various editions worldwide.
‘The Next Great Fashion Image Makers‘ presents 40 artists from 24 different countries selected by an international jury. The exhibition is the result of the first Global Multimedia Open Call, promoted by all editions of Vogue in the world.
‘Italian Panorama‘ presents 25 artists from PhotoVogue’s first Local Open Call, dedicated to Italy as a tribute to PhotoVogue’s country of origin.
‘Visual Communication for Change‘ presents, in collaboration with Aida Muluneh, The Crimson Echo, the project of the Ethiopian photographer and cultural entrepreneur, who, together with six other African photographers, highlights the impact of neglected tropical diseases on communities.
‘Voice for PhotoVogue: Residency‘ and NFT Collection is PhotoVogue’s first foray into Web3, in collaboration with Voice.
The event has the patronage of the City of Milan, and contributions from partners Audi, CONAI, Crivelli, FLOS, Gucci Beauty and Xiaomi; special thanks go to Radio Monte Carlo, Studio RM, Urban Vision, Voice and Westwing. Vogue.com
