Discover the art of photography in context

• Xavier Miserachs (1937-1998)

Urban transformation and the collective pulse of 1960s street life, documented through high-contrast black-and-white images across Barcelona’s evolving neighbourhoods.

• Lisette Model (1901-1983)

Metropolitan pace and pedestrian anonymity in early-1940s New York, rendered through low-angle, tightly cropped photographs of passersby's legs.

• Jakob Tuggener (1904-1988)

The fragile nature of humanity against industrial power, reflecting on labor's realities, and the interplay between workers and machines.

• Mario Giacomelli (1925-2000)

Residents and streets of Scanno, Abruzzo, rendered in expressive black-and-white through deliberate motion blur and reworked tonal balance.

• Sam Haskins (1926-2009)

Woman in stylized Western scenes shaped by 1960s experimental explorations of the photographic nude.

• Riitta Päiväläinenis (1969)

Discarded clothes are placed in remote landscapes and photographed as the wind gives them temporary shape, suggesting memory and human absence.

• Nan Goldin (1953)

A visual diary of intimacy, and sexual dependency, documented through flash photography.

• Ken Ohara (1942)

One-hour exposure portraits, where prolonged exposure blurs facial features, illustrating the transient nature of time and the evolving nature of identity.

• William Klein (1926-2022)

The intense energy of New York’s streets through gritty, chaotic images that critique urban life and redefine photographic storytelling.

• Joan Colom (1921-2017)

Candid documentation of Barcelona’s marginalized sex workers in the late 1950s and early 1960s, presented through high-contrast black-and-white photography with distinctive grain.

• Giulio Rimondi (1984)

Night-time streets and quiet figures in Beirut, documented through grainy black-and-white photographs of everyday moments across residential and commercial districts.

• Daidō Moriyama (1938)

Raw and experimental work that defies photographic conventions, capturing Tokyo’s chaotic urban life through intentional blurs and grain.

• Paula Luttringer (1955)

Allegory of the bureaucratic orchestration of violence during Argentina’s dictatorship, rendered through the imagery of slaughter as a ritualized, dehumanizing process.

• Sissel Annett (1979)

Visual representation of trauma through anonymous subjects and analogue techniques, with focus on emotional reflection and shared experience.

• Takuma Nakahira (1938-2015)

Grainy, blurry, and out-of-focus images depicting a dystopian urban landscape, evoking an immersive sensory experience that challenges conventional documentary traditions.

• Mario Giacomelli (1925-2000)

Young seminarians at play in Senigallia, rendered through high-contrast black-and-white printing and movement blur.

• Sanne Sannes (1937-1967)

Eroticism and human emotion through experimental techniques such as motion blur, high contrast, and grainy textures, emphasizing raw emotional expression and intimacy.

• René Groebli (1927-2026)

Dynamic exploration of steam train travel through motion blur, grain, and high-contrast black-and-white compositions.