Pablo Piovano: Photography, Activism, and the Mapuche Voice
1.10.2024, 4:30 pm
As part of the exhibition “Tra il bianco e il nero (Between Black and White)”, Lab27 will host a meeting on October 1 with Argentine photographer Pablo E. Piovano, winner of the 2024 World Press Photo Award. This is an opportunity to engage with the project “Mapuche, the Return of Ancient Voices” (2018–2024), currently on display, to understand its motivations, discuss its development, and hear about a life and practice dedicated to photography.
The Mapuche have lived in Patagonia since before Columbus arrived. They survived the genocide caused by the Spanish invasion in the 16th century and the expansion of the states of Chile and Argentina at the end of the 19th century. Today, facing the advance of the oil, forestry, hydroelectric, and mining industries, Mapuche communities on both sides of the Andes resist to defend their water and land. In some cases, they have succeeded in stopping or delaying these projects. This is why they are persecuted.
Pablo Ernesto Piovano was born on September 7, 1981, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has worked as a documentary photographer since the age of 18, collaborating with international media such as Geo, Stern, Libération, L’Expresso, Bloomberg, and others. He has received prestigious awards including the Henri Nannen Award (2018), the Greenpeace Award (2018), the Philip Jones Griffiths Foundation Award (2017), and the Manuel Rivera Ortiz Foundation Award (2016), among others. His work has been exhibited in leading museums and festivals across Europe. He is the author of the book "The Human Cost of Agrochemicals", published in Germany by Kehrer Verlag in 2017. In 2023, he received the National Geographic Explorer Level II Grant, and in 2024, he won the World Press Photo Award (Latin America) in the long-term projects category.
Pablo Piovano: Photography, Activism, and the Mapuche Voice
1.10.2024, 4:30 pm
As part of the exhibition “Tra il bianco e il nero (Between Black and White)”, Lab27 will host a meeting on October 1 with Argentine photographer Pablo E. Piovano, winner of the 2024 World Press Photo Award. This is an opportunity to engage with the project “Mapuche, the Return of Ancient Voices” (2018–2024), currently on display, to understand its motivations, discuss its development, and hear about a life and practice dedicated to photography.
The Mapuche have lived in Patagonia since before Columbus arrived. They survived the genocide caused by the Spanish invasion in the 16th century and the expansion of the states of Chile and Argentina at the end of the 19th century. Today, facing the advance of the oil, forestry, hydroelectric, and mining industries, Mapuche communities on both sides of the Andes resist to defend their water and land. In some cases, they have succeeded in stopping or delaying these projects. This is why they are persecuted.
Pablo Ernesto Piovano was born on September 7, 1981, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has worked as a documentary photographer since the age of 18, collaborating with international media such as Geo, Stern, Libération, L’Expresso, Bloomberg, and others. He has received prestigious awards including the Henri Nannen Award (2018), the Greenpeace Award (2018), the Philip Jones Griffiths Foundation Award (2017), and the Manuel Rivera Ortiz Foundation Award (2016), among others. His work has been exhibited in leading museums and festivals across Europe. He is the author of the book "The Human Cost of Agrochemicals", published in Germany by Kehrer Verlag in 2017. In 2023, he received the National Geographic Explorer Level II Grant, and in 2024, he won the World Press Photo Award (Latin America) in the long-term projects category.
