This Is the End
Curated by Paolo Woods & Irene Opezzo

Since the essence of photography is that it records what “has been,” it is indissolubly linked with death. It is therefore not surprising that since the invention of the medium, death has been one of its recurring themes. Yet in Western societies where photography first developed, the dead body has been gradually rendered invisible, almost a visual taboo. In This Is the End we explore how death has been portrayed by all kinds of photography for the purpose of documentation or celebration, through works that are historical, vernacular, anthropological or artistic. Death has never been more alive than at the Body of Evidence edition of COTM 2024.

The exhibition includes works by: Archivi Alinari, Nausicaa Giulia Bianchi, Klaus Bo, Richard Drew, Ken Gonzales-Day, Henry Hargreaves, Marc Hutten, Sergey Karpukhin, Paul Koudounaris, Duane Michals, Antip Obushtarov , Mohammed Salem, Massimo Sestini, NYC Municipal Archives-NYPD & Criminal Prosecution, Virginie Rebetez, Armando Rotoletti, Walter Schels and Beate Lakotta, Regula Tschumi, Franco Zecchin.

© Klaus Bo

Dalla serie / From the series: Dead and alive

© Regula Tschumi

Dalla serie / From the series: Figurative coffins of Ghana

© Beate Lakotta, Walter Schels

Dalla serie / From the series: Life before death

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