{"id":415830,"date":"2026-01-17T18:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T18:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/415830\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T18:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T18:30:11","slug":"gen-z-photographers-take-center-stage-in-new-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/415830\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen Z Photographers Take Center Stage in New Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FourZiyu Wang, Lads, 2023, from the series Go Get\u2019Em Boy | \u00a9 Ziyu Wang <\/p>\n

A new exhibition spotlights Gen Z photographers, exploring the distinctive themes and perspectives that define their generation\u2019s creativity.<\/p>\n

Running until February 2026, Gen Z: Shaping a New Gaze<\/a>, an exhibition at the Photo Elys\u00e9e in Lausanne, Switzerland, brings together 66 photographers born between the mid-1990s and 2010 from around the world. The exhibition highlights how this generation questions norms, challenges conventions, and redefines its place in a rapidly changing world.<\/p>\n

\"ARiver Claure Yatiri Puma Punku Bolivia 2019 de la serie Warawar Wawa Son of The Stars 2019 2020 | \u00a9 River Claure \"FourSara Messinger, Self-portrait of me photographing Avril and friends doing makeup at Avril\u2019s seventeenth birthday party, New York, 2022 | \u00a9 Sara Messinger \"AFatimazohra Serri, Half Seen, Half Imagined, 2023 | \u00a9 Fatimazohra Serri <\/p>\n

Through intimate stories, multiple identities, reinvented family ties, and a sensitive exploration of the body and gender, the exhibition reveals how Gen Z gives voice to a multiplicity of perspectives. The artists assert their need for representation and their desire to speak out in an unstable global context.<\/p>\n

\"FourSophia Wilson, Growing Up, 2023 | \u00a9 Sophia Wilson \"ADaniel Obasi, de la se\u0301rie Beautiful Resistance, 2022 | \u00a9 Daniel Obasi \"AGabriela Marciniak, Untitled 005, de la se\u0301rie Early Retirement, 2023 | \u00a9 Gabriela Marciniak, ECAL <\/p>\n

\u201cI certainly do not want to claim that you can come in and understand the generation with this exhibition. That is definitely not the case,\u201d Co-curator Hannah Pr\u00f6bsting says in an interview with Dazed.<\/a> \u201cBut we do feel that the people who don\u2019t expect to be moved are moved. And I think if there\u2019s one thing that I want people to take away, from a photography point of view, it\u2019s that this generation has complete agency over telling their own story.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Noah Noyan Wenzinger, de la se\u0301rie NOYAN 2015-2022 | \u00a9 NOYAN \"AIsabella Madrid, Self-portrait with Horse, 2024, from the series Buena, Bonita, y Barata | \u00a9 Isabella Madrid \"AFrancesca Hummler, Das Badezimmer, 2021, from the series Unsere Puppenstube | \u00a9 Francesca Hummler<\/p>\n

The exhibition offers an immersive look at the issues shaping Generation Z through photography, structured around four thematic sections. Mapping a Sense of Belonging explores the home as a foundation of identity, examining archives, memories, inherited traumas, and new forms of cohabitation. Shifting Realities addresses political, social, and environmental upheaval, reflecting themes of exile, instability, and resilience. Beyond the Mirror presents the body as a space of transformation, with artists questioning gender norms and exploring emotions, mental health, and inner life. Finally, Multiplying Perspectives examines race, history, and culture, showing how Gen Z photographers reclaim their narratives, challenge dominant representations, and propose new visual languages.<\/p>\n

Image credits: All photos courtesy of Photo Elys\u00e9e<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ziyu Wang, Lads, 2023, from the series Go Get\u2019Em Boy | \u00a9 Ziyu Wang A new exhibition spotlights…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,356,75,12269,174682,174683,174684],"class_list":{"0":"post-415830","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-canada","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-exhibition","16":"tag-generationz","17":"tag-genz","18":"tag-youngphotographers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}