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Chapter Four – The Echo of Our Voices
Galerija Fotografija
In cooperation with Galerija Fotografija and WILLAS Contemporary
A major photography exhibition by renowned contemporary English photographer Nick Brandt (1964). The Day May Break is the first part of a global series portraying both people and animals that have been impacted by environmental degradation and destruction. The series was shot in different locations around the world – countries that are the least polluting but the most climate vulnerable. The first two chapters were photographed in Kenya, Zimbabwe (2020) and Bolivia (2022), while SINK and RISE, dedicated exclusively to humans, was shot in Fiji. Photographed underwater, the local people in these photographs are representatives of the many people whose homes, land and livelihoods will be lost in the coming decades as the sea level rises.
But despite their losses, the subjects – both people and animals – have nevertheless survived; and thus the series also offers hope and a possibility for the future.
Photographer Nick Brandt will attend both opening events; a talk with the artist and promotion of his extensive monograph, The Day May Break, will take place on 1 April 2025 at 18.00 at Cankarjev dom (Alma Karlin Hall).
A landmark body of work by one of photography’s great environmental champions. Showing how deeply our fates are intertwined, Brandt portrays people and animals together, causing us to reflect on the real-life consequences of climate change. Channelling his outrage into quiet determination, the result is a portrait of us all, at a critical moment in the Anthropocene.
Phillip Prodger, curator, author, photo historian
Former Head of Photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, London