The 10th edition of the PhotoVogue Festival takes place from March 1st to 4th, 2025 at Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense in Milan. Discover the full program below.
The event is free and open to everyone.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the PhotoVogue Festival, an international event celebrating photography that, over the years, has explored a range of themes, inviting artists to delve into urgent issues and examine them from different perspectives. In the past editions, we have investigated the female gaze, representation, masculinity, inclusivity, the reframing of history, and the influence of AI in image-making. This year, we return to the first theme we explored, the female gaze, reframing it for contemporary times by asking what it means to see as a woman, going beyond the binaries of the male gaze and simplistic categorization. We challenge the idea of linear progress and ask artists to reflect on what it means to exist as a woman in a world where rights once taken for granted are progressively being eroded.
With a rich program of exhibitions, talks, and presentations, the Festival aims to search for answers, question established notions, and spark further dialogue.
The festival program is a living document and will continue to grow in the coming days. We encourage you to return regularly for the latest additions, and kindly note that session timings may be subject to change.
East and Southeast Asian Panorama
Program of the Talks
During the four days of the event, there will be panel discussions featuring exhibiting artists, as well as talks with prominent artists and industry professionals.
Women in the Arts: History, Access, and Institutions
A conversation between Francesca Ragazzi, Alessia Glaviano and the Deputy Director of Pinacoteca, Chiara Rostagno.
She Saw Me. The Female Gaze, Desire, and Fashion
A conversation between Bettina Pittaluga, Clara Belleville, Hillary Foxweldon, Juno Seunghui Joo, Mirielle Rohr, Nicole Ngai and Rhiannon Adam, moderated by Charlotte Jansen.
Bellissima: Beauty, Fashion, and the Making of Spectacle
A conversation between Alessia Gunawan, Carla Rossi, Elizabeth Bick, Hannah Hall, Paoli de Luca and Priscillia Saada, moderated by Michaela Perau.
Compañerx: Photography and Trans Rights in Colombia
A conversation between Camila Fálquez and Willow Defebaugh.
Coming soon
The Right to Dream: Sisterhood, Belonging, and Inheritance
A conversation between, Ana Margarita Flores, Angela Cappetta, Ayomide Tejuoso, Brutus Labiche, Delali Ayivi, Raajadharshini Kalaivanan and Rehab Eldalil, moderated by Mélody Thomas.
Bodies in Transformation: Myth, Ritual, and Change
A conversation between Elizabeth Haust, Isabel MacCarthy, Mirielle Rohr, Shannon Cavarocchi, Teresa Ciocia, Turkina Faso and Viridiana, moderated by Marco Pecorari.
Mother Nature: Ecofeminism, Cycles, and Interdependence
A conversation between Citlali Fabian, Claudia Revidat, Guanling Chen, Shanna Warocquier, Willow Defebaugh and Youn Jung Kim, moderated by Alice Aedy.
Photography as Visual Activism
A conversation between Zanele Muholi and Francesca de’ Medici.
Stand-up comedy: I Came, I Saw, I Overdressed by Giada Biaggi
Taking Space: Women, Strength, and the Right to Be Here
A conversation between Agathe Breton, Archie Geotina, Keerthana Kunnath, Silvana Trevale, Tara L. C. Sood and Yolanda Hoskey, moderated by Caterina De Biasio.
Mama: Mothers, Daughters, and Care
A conversation between Aletheia Casey, Fumi Nagasaka, Jip Schalkx and Magdalena Wosinska moderated by Alessia Glaviano.
No Woman’s Land: Women, Power, and Survival
A conversation between Daro Sulakauri, Forough Alaei, Kiana Hayeri, Maria Abranches, Ofir Berman and Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda, moderated by Anastasia Taylor-Lind.
Witnessing Each Other: Women, War, and Intimacy
A conversation between war photographer Anastasia Taylor-Lind, filmmaker and producer Alice Aedy and director Paolina Stefani.
Coming soon
Sex Work Is Work: Agency, Visibility, and the Female Lens
A conversation between Alexis Kleshik and Fee-Gloria Grönemeyer, moderated by Alexios Seilopoulos and Sofia Kouloukouri.
Coming soon
Queer Worlds: Chosen Families and New Ways of Belonging
A conversation between Adam Han-Chun Lin, Laila Annmarie Stevens and Roxana Rios, moderated by Jordan Anderson.
Who Controls the Image? Memory, Power, and Fashion
A conversation between Chiemeka Offor, Gloria Oyarzabal, Manyatsa Monyamane, Narantsetseg Khuyagaa and Ramona Jingru Wang, moderated by Chiara Agradi.
Girlhood: Fantasy and the Inner Life
A conversation between Avery Norman, Elsa Hammarén, Laura Pelissier and Lean Lui, moderated by Francesca Faccani.
A conversation between Alessia Gunawan, Bruno Ceschel, Carla Rossi and Clément Lambelet, moderated by Alessia Glaviano.
Exhibitions
Selected through the global open call Women by Women, the artists in this exhibition present diverse reflections on womanhood through the female gaze.
Featuring works selected through the regional open call East and South-East Asian Panorama, this exhibition reflects the richness and diversity of the region’s cultural and artistic landscape. The projects explore identity, heritage, and contemporary issues through fashion storytelling, documentary practices, and deeply personal narratives.
A curated chapter for Women by Women at the PhotoVogue Festival, bringing together moving-image works by female and queer directors that explore intimacy, desire, self-representation and resistance.
Curated by Sofia Kouloukouri and Alexios Seilopoulos, P&D features works by prominent artists like Nan Goldin, Romy & Laure, Vivienne Dick and May Ziadé.
A series of slideshows, videos, and visual contributions from organizations and artists operating within the visual sphere and sharing the core values of the festival’s theme. These projects explore representation, authorship, and visibility as tools for advocacy, cultural reflection, and social impact, echoing the festival’s broader commitment to women’s voices and self determination.:
By Camila Fálquez
By Anastasia Taylor-Lind
A collaboration between PhotoVogue and Vogue Ukraine
Challenging the Canon: Female and Non-Binary Gaze from the PhMuseum Women Photographers Grant
A first-of-its-kind enrichment and mentorship program from Condé Nast, CondéFuture presents its Fellows’ artwork at the PhotoVogue Festival.
This Atmos curation brings together seven visionary photographers whose artistic work explores the diverse ways women represent themselves.
Reclaiming conversations on selfhood, bodies and power, with Birthright, a video piece written and directed by Jade O’Belle.
Coming soon: Femxphotographers