São Paulo offers us a wide variety of exhibitions, but there’s no denying that photographic exhibitions stand out here. This art niche has the power to transport us from one setting to another, broaden our artistic repertoire and make us see the world through different eyes. After all, as the famous photographer Sebastião Salgado says:
You don’t photograph with your camera. You photograph with all your culture.
So, get ready to check out the exhibitions on show in the capital and schedule your next visit!
Photographic exhibitions in SP:
World Press Photo 2024
The photo exhibition is a collection of the 129 winning images from the 67th annual photojournalism competition, the World Press Photo. Among the various photographs on display, visitors will find the works of the four Brazilian winners.
🗓️ Between 14/09 and 11/11
📍 Caixa Cultural São Paulo
🎫 Free of charge
New Photography 2024: Daniela Balestrin
Check out the nuances and perspectives of the work of contemporary photographer Daniela Balestrin. The new exhibition ‘Where does the tree end and the rest of the world begin?’ is a day-to-day search for brilliance, highlighting the details and textures of her records that sound like chronicles.
🗓️ Until 29/09
📍 Museum of Image and Sound
Free of charge
‘A Visionary Vertigo – Brazil: Never Again’ and ‘Argentine Memory for the World: the ESMA Clandestine Center’
The two exhibitions complement each other, recording the violence of the military dictatorships in Brazil and Argentina. To do this, they use photographs, testimonies and historical documents, which take the visitor on a hard reflection on human rights.
🗓️ From 07/09
📍 São Paulo Resistance Memorial
🎫 Free of charge
Stefania Bril: Disobedience through Affection
After decades, the Polish photographer Stefania Bril returns with a new solo exhibition. The collection brings together her photographic productions from the 1970s, which record a vision contrary to dominant norms. Get ready to see unpublished photographs by the artist.
🗓️ Until 26/01/2025
📍 Instituto Moreira Salles São Paulo (IMS)
Free of charge
Stefania Bril and the Photographic Book: Critical Approaches
Complementing the main exhibition of the Polish photographer, this show explores her photographic book. It also delves into Stefania Bril’s contribution as a critic and curator of photography in Brazil. The artist is remembered for organizing festivals of the genre and being an important figure in the creation of cultural spaces.
🗓️ Until 31/10
📍 Instituto Moreira Salles São Paulo (IMS)
🎫 Free of charge
Josef Koudelka: Gypsies, Prague 1968, Exiles
This photographic exhibition brings together three of the most famous series by Czech artist Josef Koudelka, curated by him. Gypsies, Prague 1968 and Exiles portray the testimonies of the traveling photographer, who became renowned for his humanist and poetic gaze.
🗓️ Until 15/09
📍 Instituto Moreira Salles São Paulo (IMS)
Free of charge