April, 2023
The exhibition "The invisible visible" with photographs by Giancarlo Rado, Melissa Carnemolla, and Yaakov Israel, plants a reflection on the possibilities of meaning in seeing. The invisible doesn't only concern what we can't, or sometimes we don't want to see around us, and that photography can help us to grasp; it can affect the very plot of our actions, the sometimes unknown or unspoken reasons. The essential is invisible to the eye as appearances are sometimes deceiving, and reality can also be internal, sinking into emotions. So faces of people, animals, and things can take on different values and meanings, however similar to each other's sight. The exhibition reveals three places, fragments of the city, and three stories of authors as inhabitants of these residential tissues. Photography often tears human pages voraciously, almost with cynical opportunism or rapacious disinterest in the subjects of history. This is not true for authors who express participation, urgency, and commitment.
April, 2023
The exhibition "The invisible visible" with photographs by Giancarlo Rado, Melissa Carnemolla, and Yaakov Israel, plants a reflection on the possibilities of meaning in seeing. The invisible doesn't only concern what we can't, or sometimes we don't want to see around us, and that photography can help us to grasp; it can affect the very plot of our actions, the sometimes unknown or unspoken reasons. The essential is invisible to the eye as appearances are sometimes deceiving, and reality can also be internal, sinking into emotions. So faces of people, animals, and things can take on different values and meanings, however similar to each other's sight. The exhibition reveals three places, fragments of the city, and three stories of authors as inhabitants of these residential tissues. Photography often tears human pages voraciously, almost with cynical opportunism or rapacious disinterest in the subjects of history. This is not true for authors who express participation, urgency, and commitment.
Steve Bisson is an educator, curator, and writer. He is the Chair of Photography at the Paris College of Art and co-founder of the international program Blurring the Lines, which fosters intra-academic dialogue and recognizes outstanding graduate work in photography and visual arts. He is also the founder of the Urbanautica Institute, an online visual anthropology journal that has become a key reference for scholars and photography enthusiasts. Bisson serves as the editor-in-chief of the publishing house Penisola Edizioni, and art director of Lab27, a cultural center dedicated to promoting exhibitions and fostering public discourse on issues at the intersection of image-making, photography, and society.
He has curated over a hundred events, including exhibitions and festivals, and has authored countless writings and publications, collaborating with cultural and educational institutions worldwide, and spent the past 20 years questioning the role of images in society.
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Steve Bisson has also been delivering lectures, mentoring, and collaborating extensively with leading cultural and educational institutions around the world for the past 15 years.
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Design by Roberto Vito D'Amico
Steve Bisson is an educator, curator, and writer. He is the Chair of Photography at the Paris College of Art and co-founder of the international program Blurring the Lines, which fosters intra-academic dialogue and recognizes outstanding graduate work in photography and visual arts. He is also the founder of the Urbanautica Institute, an online visual anthropology journal that has become a key reference for scholars and photography enthusiasts. Bisson serves as the editor-in-chief of the publishing house Penisola Edizioni, and art director of Lab27, a cultural center dedicated to promoting exhibitions and fostering public discourse on issues at the intersection of image-making, photography, and society.
He has curated over a hundred events, including exhibitions and festivals, and has authored countless writings and publications, collaborating with cultural and educational institutions worldwide, and spent the past 20 years questioning the role of images in society.
• Coaching and Portfolio Review
Go to Coaching and Portfolio Review page
Steve Bisson has also been delivering lectures, mentoring, and collaborating extensively with leading cultural and educational institutions around the world for the past 15 years.
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Design by Roberto Vito D'Amico