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"Binidittu" is out!

Books

"Binidittu" is out!

Binidittu, the fourth book of my long-term project Cham, is out! Published by L’ARTIERE, design by Ramon Pez.Included in the book and along with my text, there are beautiful essays by Igiaba SCEGO, Doudou DIÈNE and Alagie JINCANG, addressing the multiple significance of Benedict today in the context of Mediterranean migration and contemporary forms of (in)visibillity of African diaspora. Passages from writer Ralph ELLISON's book The Invisible Man, a seminal work of African-American literature, feature throughout Binidittu along with interviews and archives. The book was made in Italy by L’Artiere with the support of Fond de Dotation Buchet-Ponsoye, Prix Elysée and Cnap.

You can order the book at your local bookstore or online at the link here below

Exhibitions

(Un)Hidden

(Un)Hidden, curated by Nicola Lo Calzo.
Dominique Fiat gallery, from January 13 to February 27, from Tuesday - Saturday - 11am to 7pm.

Chantal Regnault - Voguing
Nicola Lo Calzo - Binidittu
Rut Bless Luxembourg - Atlas Eldorado
Sue Williamson - The last supper

Regnault presents for the first time a selection of vintage black and white and color photographs, from her mythical work "Voguing" realized between 1989 and 1992 with the house ballroom scene in New York.

Paris, 13 novembre, 2015

Exhibitions

Paris, 13 novembre, 2015

“Paris, 13 novembre, 2015 - Du jour au lendemain”, from November 13, 2020 to March, 2021, Jardin May-Picqueray, Paris.
An exhibition organized by 13onze15 - Fraternité & Vérité. Catalogue by L'Artiere.
All my thanks to art curator Laura Serani and organiser Camille Morin for their commitment.

Institute of Islamic Cultures : Beliefs

Exhibitions

Institute of Islamic Cultures : Beliefs

The series Tchamba is presented as part of the group exhibition Beliefs: Unraveling the Invisible at the Institute of Islamic Cultures. Art curator Jeanne Mercier. You can make a virtual tour, waiting for the reopening of the exhibition.

With
Nabil Boutros, Samuel Fosso, Rahima Gambo, Maïmouna Guerresi, Éric Guglielmi, Bruno Hadjih, Bénédicte Kurzen & Sanne de Wilde, Mohammed Laouli, Nicola Lo Calzo, Giya Makondo Wills, Josèfa Ntjam, Léonard Pongo, Btihal Remli,Tabita Rezaire, Seumboy.

Institut des Cultures d'Islam
19, rue Léon – 75018 Paris
From March 12 to October 31, 2020

Le Monde M : Maure et Vifs

Publications

Le Monde M : Maure et Vifs

Binidittu is featured in Le Monde M, Text by Jerôme Gautheret : "Maure et Vifs". 8 pages photo story. 25.01.2020. All my thanks to Lucy Conticello, Jerôme Gautheret and the magazine.

Publications

Fisheye : CHAM

Fisheye #40 runs a 8 pages photo story on the CHAM project. Text and interview by Éric Karsenty. January 2020

EL PAIS Semanal : Ritmos et ritos

Publications

EL PAIS Semanal : Ritmos et ritos

El Pais Semanal features the series AYITI with a 6 pages photostory "Ritmos et ritos contra las desdichas". January 2020

Internazionale : The black Sicilian saint

Publications

Internazionale : The black Sicilian saint

Internationale 1333 features the series Binidittu. 8 pages photostory "The black Sicilian saint".

Granta : Binidittu

Publications

Granta : Binidittu

The new series Binidittu is featured for the first time on Granta magazine, Winter Issue. 20 pages with a text by Daisy Lafarge.

PARIS PHOTO SOLO SHOW

Fairs

PARIS PHOTO SOLO SHOW

We will be happy to see you in The Grand Palais during Paris Photo for the solo show "Cham, a work in progress 2010-2019" on the Dominique Fiat booth A04.

Paris Photo International Fair 2019, 7 - 10 November 2019.

Cham in São Tomé

Reportages

Cham in São Tomé

I'm travelling to Sao Tomé island from 18th August in order to develop a new chapter of the Cham project.
The work will be done in collaboration with Alliance Française de São Tomé et Príncipe. I'll be available for assignments.

Exhibitions

FOTOFESTIWAL

Mythologies of Resistance ( the Ayiti and Mas series ) was presented as part of the Fotofestiwal 2019. Art curator Jeanne Mercier.

From 13th to 30th June 2019.
Art_Inkubator, Fotofestiwal, Lodz - Poland.

FESTIVAL IMAGES SINGULIERES : REGLA

Exhibitions

FESTIVAL IMAGES SINGULIERES : REGLA

The Regla series on Afro-Cuban underground was exhibited at Images Singulières Festival in Sète - France.

From 29th May to 16th June 2019.
Regla, Espace SNCF, Sète.

"Bundles of Wood" / Lightwork Gallery

Exhibitions

"Bundles of Wood" / Lightwork Gallery

The Bundles of Wood series, on the Underground Railroad trail in Central New York, will be presented at Lightwork Gallery in Syracuse - New York.

From August 26 to October 17, 2019.

Lightwork's Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery

The exhibition is funded in part by the Syracuse Symposium, an annual public events series, exploring the humanities through lectures, workshops, performances, exhibits, films, readings, and more. The year’s programming engages the meaning and impact of “Silence” from diverse perspectives and genres across a range of locations, locally and globally.

VRJI NEDERLAND : OBIA

Publications

VRJI NEDERLAND : OBIA

The Obia series on Maroon communities of Suriname and French Guiana is published in VRIJ Nederland. Text by Lizzy Van Leeuwen.

"Het slavernijmuseum komt er, maar wiens verhaal gaat het vertellen?"

AIDES : ReLOVution seminar

Talks

AIDES : ReLOVution seminar

AIDES (French community-based non-profit organisatio fighting HIV/AIDS invited Nicola Lo Calzo to speak on his work as part the first Caribbean colloquium around lgbti rights and struggle against homophobia in the Caribbean: ReLOVution.

Seminar Caribbean ReLOVution
Friday 5th, Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th aPRIL 2019.
Langley Resort Fort Royal - Dehaies - Guadeloupe.

7e Rencontres Atlantiques

Talks

7e Rencontres Atlantiques

Ten years after the inauguration, at the Aquitaine Museum of the section "Bordeaux, Atlantic Trade and Slavery", this seventh edition of the Rencontres Atlantiques proposes to analyze the material traces of slavery and treaties in terms of semiophores. Nicola Lo Calzo is presenting "Cham. Mémoires de l’esclavage colonial : une enquête photographique, 2010-2020".

09-10 Mai, 2019
Musée d’Aquitaine - 20 Cours Pasteur. 33000 Bordeaux

Prix Elysée Nominees' book 2018-2020

Books

Prix Elysée Nominees' book 2018-2020

Published by the Musée de l'Elysée, this book presents the projects of the eight nominees of the third edition of the Elysée Prize: Laia Abril, Mathieu Asselin, Claude Baechtold, Alexandra Catière, Alinka Echeverría, Gregory Halpern, Nicola Lo Calzo and Luis Carlos Tovar have been selected by the museum from over 325 applicants from around the world.

The Kazal project at Maison Dufort

Exhibitions

The Kazal project at Maison Dufort

The doors of Maison Dufort, hosting the first exhibition of Kazal, will remain open until April 16, 2019 for guided tours with the photographers who authored this project: Edine Celestin Fabienne Douce Ray-ginald Paklè Louissaint Mackenson Saint Felix Georges Harry Rouzier Moses Pierre

KAZAL is a photographic project that unpublishes the memories of the dictatorship of François Duvalier in Haiti. The project, produced by FOKAL and Kolektif 2D under Nicola Lo Calzo's artistic and curatorial direction, is both a book for the André Frère edition, a traveling exhibition and a long-format web.

Maison Dufort - Port-au-Prince - Haïti
KAZAL, Memories of a massacre under Duvalier: a photographic approach.
28th march - 30th april 2019

EL PAIS : Casta y Raza

Publications

EL PAIS : Casta y Raza

EL PAIS published the series CASTA all over the 17th December 2018 week: Casta y Raza. Every day a photograph, for a week. Many thanks to Gorka Lejarcegui Zubizarreta and all the team.

Zinsou Foundation : Africa is no island

Exhibitions

Zinsou Foundation : Africa is no island

Africa is no Island - Zinsou Foundation - Cotonou Benin
November 2-2018 / April 27-2019

Co-founders of Afrique in Visu, Jeanne Mercier and Baptiste de Ville d’Avray, working alongside independent associate curator Madeleine de Colnet have brought together artists who have previously worked with the platform and artists whose works are part of the museum’s collection.

"Bundles of Wood" in Natgeo

Publications

"Bundles of Wood" in Natgeo

The series Bundles of Wood, produced as part of Lightwork artists program, on the Undergroun Railroad legacy is published in NATGEO: Explore the Underground Railroad’s Great central depot, Article by By Kim M. Williamson.

UPEC - PENSER LE MONDE : THE CHAM PROJECT

Talks

UPEC - PENSER LE MONDE : THE CHAM PROJECT

The University Paris-Est Créteil with the association "Thinking the World" organize a talk with a projection around the CHAM project , Tuesday, December 4 at 18:00 at the Amphitheater numero 1 of the campus.

AKAA - Art Fair 2018

Fairs

AKAA - Art Fair 2018

AKAA Art Fair

Dominique Fiat gallery shows the works of Vivian Van BLERK, Safâa ERRUAS, Nicola LO CALZO, Emo de MEDEIROS, Hady SY

November 9 - 11 2018, Opening November 8
Carreau du Temple, 4 rue Eugène Spuller 75003 – Paris France

D REPUBBLICA : Casta

Publications

D REPUBBLICA : Casta

D Repubblica is out now with a photo story on the Casta series (Louisiana and Mississippi): "The races do not exist, relationships exist".
Text by the journalist Laura Piccinini / November 17th 2018 Issue

Publications

FOAM

FOAM is out now with a 17 pages photo story on the Regla series (Cuba). Text by Cuban art curator Iliana Cepero
FOAM Magazine #51, Seer/Believer: The mythical Issue.

AFRICAMERICANOS

Exhibitions

AFRICAMERICANOS

AfricAmericanos, curated by Claudi Carreras, will open at Centro de la Imagen in Mexico city on August 16, 2018.

The exhibition presents, for the first time in Mexico, the work of Nicola Lo Calzo with an installation of photographs from the series Obia, on Maroon people of Guianas.
Lo Calzo will be in Mexico from August 14 to 21 2018. In collaboration with L'agence à Paris.

AfricAmericanos, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico.
August 16 - November 4 2018.

THE GUARDIAN : The Cham Project

Publications

THE GUARDIAN : The Cham Project

On the occasion of Photo Basel Art Fair, The Guardian publishes a photo issue about the ongoing project Cham. June 12, 2018.

CONTACT SHEET 197

Publications

CONTACT SHEET 197

Contact Sheet 197, Light Work Annual 2018 is out now
with a photo story on the Casta series (Louisiana and Mississippi).
Text by writer and journalist Max Lakin.

Prix Elysée Nominee

Grants

Prix Elysée Nominee

Nicola Lo Calzo is nominated to the 3rd edition of the Prix Elysée.

Nicola Lo Calzo, for whom the Mediterranean has never been a border, aims to reacquaint us with a migrant, Binidittu, the name given to the hermit Saint Benedict the Moor, the son of African slaves and born in Sicily in the 16th century. Upon his death, the Afro-Sicilian friar became an icon. Canonized in 1807, he was the Catholic Church’s first black saint and was made Patron Saint of Palermo. Binidittu is a reflection on the treatment of migrants on the shores of the Mare nostrum, an allegory for our time.

Fellowships

CNAP 2018

Nicola Lo Calzo is recipient of 2018 CNAP fellowship by French Ministry of Culture with the new chapter of the Cham project: Binidittu.

Centre National des arts plastiques, Paris.

Fairs

PHOTO BASEL

Lo Calzo will present at Photo Basel with Balsa Arte Gallery from 12 to 17 June 2018.

MILANO PHOTO WEEK

Talks

MILANO PHOTO WEEK

As part of Milano Photo Week, Internazionale invited Lo Calzo to a lecture around the Cham project with the writer and journalist Igiaba Scego.

Royal Palace, Sala delle Cariatidi, Milano. June 12, 2018. 12 am.

Ola Cuba! : Regla

Exhibitions

Ola Cuba! : Regla

As part of Ola Cuba! season, the series Regla, on Afro-Cuban microsocietes, is now exhibited at Musée de l'Hospice Comtesse in Lille with an installation designed by Nicola Lo Calzo.

In collaboration with Art Curator Justine Weulersse, Lille3000 production, l'Agence à Paris, Dominique Fiat and La Balsa Arté.

Musée de l'Hospcie Comtesse,
32 Rue de la Monnaie Lille France
May 5 - July 1, 2018.

OLA CUBA! : The Caravan

Exhibitions

OLA CUBA! : The Caravan

The series Caravana, on the Fidel Castro funeral Caravan of Freedom, is exhibited in a solo show with Ola Cuba!, the Cuban contemporary art event in Lille.
Art Curator Justine Weulersse. Lille3000 production.

OLA CUBA!
Gare Saint Sauveur, Lille
Opening April 19, 7pm
April 19 - September 2 , 2018.

Black Portraitures IV

Talks

Black Portraitures IV

Harvard University invited Nicola Lo Calzo to present the work Regla (Cuba) during the international conference Black Portraitures IV: The Color of Silence. Many thanks to Alejandro de la Fuente.

Afro-Cuban Heritage: emancipatory practices and cultural action by Nicola Lo Calzo, Ivor Miller and Paulette Young,
Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street March 24, 2018 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm, Harvard University, Cambridge, US.

Fairs

MIA Photo Fair

L'Agence à Paris (Stand 35A) present a selection of photograph from the Cham project at Mia Photo Fair in Milano from 8th to 12th March, with the works of Gosette Lubondo, Uche Okpa-Iroha and Andrew Tshabangu.

Dominique Fiat : Africa Aperta Part II

Exhibitions

Dominique Fiat : Africa Aperta Part II

Africa Aperta - Part II Group Exhibition

Nicola Lo Calzo, Ndidi Dike, Safâa Erruas, Emo de Medeiros, Karin Miller, Rowan Smith

10 February - 28 April, 2018
Dominique Fiat Gallery
16 Rue des Coutures Paris

EHESS: Slavery and post-slavery

Talks

EHESS: Slavery and post-slavery

As part of the seminar "Slavery and post-slavery", organized by the CIRESC, Lo Calzo is invited to share a panel with the anthropologist Alessandra Brivio around our works on Tchamba vodun in Togo and Benin. Many thanks to Gaetano Ciarcia for inviting me.

March 9, 3 pm. EHESS, 105 Bd Raspail 75006, Paris

The series Tchamba published in Internazionale

Publications

The series Tchamba published in Internazionale

The series Tchamba (Togo, Benin) is published in the italian magazine Internazionale.

Il ritorno tra i vivi Photo story in issue 2th March, 2018. Many thanks to Elena Boille.

Macaal : Africa is no Island

Exhibitions

Macaal : Africa is no Island

Africa is no Island - Makaal - Marrakesh
February 24 – August 24 2018

In the occasion of the international launch of the Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden (MACAAL) in Marrakech, co-founders of Afrique in Visu, Jeanne Mercier and Baptiste de Ville d’Avray, working alongside independent associate curator Madeleine de Colnet have brought together artists who have previously worked with the platform and artists whose works are part of the museum’s collection.

The series Tchamba published in l'Obs

Publications

The series Tchamba published in l'Obs

The series Tchamba (Togo, Benin) features with a photo story in the french magazine L'Obs.

Tchamba es-tu là? Photo story in issue 4th January, 2018.

Cham, A Work in Progress at la Balsa Arte

Exhibitions

Cham, A Work in Progress at la Balsa Arte

The ongoing Cham project will be showed in the first solo exhibition, featuring all the works produced to date, curated by Monica Santos at La Balsa Arte Gallery in Bogotà. Opening saturday 21th October at 11 a.m.

Cham, A Work in Progress
La Balsa Arte, Carrera 5 No. 26C 47, Bogotá Colombia From 21th October, 2017 to 20th Januar, 2018. In collaboration with l’Agence à Paris.

For further information, you can write to María Uribe: mariauribeolarte@gmail.com

The British Journal of Photography

Interviews

The British Journal of Photography

The British Journal of Photography interviewed Nicola Lo Calzo about my new book Regla and my ongoing project Cham.

Nicola Lo Calzo finds freedom and community in the Afro-Cuban legacy, Written by Eoin Murray.

Published on 14th December 2017.

Tchamba at Lagos Photo 2017

Exhibitions

Tchamba at Lagos Photo 2017

The new series Tchamba (Togo) is exhibited at Lagosphoto Festival 2017.

Opening saturday 25th November 6pm.
The Wings Building, Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue, Victoria Island, Lagos.

From 25th November to 15th December, 2017.

Regla at Benaki Museum

Exhibitions

Regla at Benaki Museum

The series Regla (Cuba) is exhibited at Benaki Museum in Athens.

Opening June 14, 8.30 pm Benaki Museum, Peiraios str. Annexe Athens.

Athens Photo Festival from June 14 to July 30, 2017.

Afriques Capitales : Tchamba

Exhibitions

Afriques Capitales : Tchamba

The new series Tchamba will be exhibited for the first time at Afriques Capitales, Vers le Cap de Bonne Espérance in Lille – France. The exhibition is curated by Simon Njami.

Tchamba – Nicola Lo Calzo
From April 6 to September 3, 2017
Gare Saint Sauveur – Boulevard Jean Baptiste Lebas, 59000 Lille, France

Regla published in Vogue Italia

Publications

Regla published in Vogue Italia

Regla, the new Lo Calzo’s opus, is featured in Vogue Italia with an article by Francesca Marani. March 10, 2017

Nicola Lo Calzo invited by Columbia Global Center

Talks

Nicola Lo Calzo invited by Columbia Global Center

Slavery’s legacies, black struggles & white suprematism, Panel guided by Jean-Philippe Dedieu.

With Nicola Lo Calzo, Audrey Célestine & Chrystal M. Fleming.

Monday 16th January 7pm, Columbia Global Centers - Paris.
Reid Hall, 4 rue de Chevreuse , 75006 Paris.

Aperture : A Conversation with Nicola Lo Calzo

Interviews

Aperture : A Conversation with Nicola Lo Calzo

Nicola Lo Calzo was interviewed by Aperture in advance of the exhibition of Regla, currently on view at the fourth edition of the Portrait(s) festival in Vichy, France.

Interview by Yves Chatap.

Fokal Foundation : Masterclass with K2D

Workshops

Fokal Foundation : Masterclass with K2D

Invited by Fokal Foundation, for three years Nicola Lo Calzo is leading a photography workshop in Haiti, about the memory of Cazale’s massacre and Duvalier Dictature.

The workshop involving Haitian photographers of KD2 group will led to the publication of a photobook, the first of its kind.

Listes des photographes
Participants: Edine Celestine
Fabienne Douce
Mackenson S. Felix
Dumas Maçon
George Harry Rouzier
Moise Pierre
Rayginal Louissant

THE SERIES MAS EXHIBITED AT THE AFRIKA MUSEUM

Exhibitions

THE SERIES MAS EXHIBITED AT THE AFRIKA MUSEUM

The series Mas (Guadeloupe) is exhibited at Afrika Museum in Berg en Dal (NL). In collaboration with Tropenmuseum.

Carnival A round the World
From 11 November until 26 March 2017
Afrika Museum / Postweg 6 6571 CS Berg en Dal

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL - CUBA MOURNS FIDEL CASTRO

Publications

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL - CUBA MOURNS FIDEL CASTRO

Nicola Lo Calzo documents the Fidel Castro Mourning Days in Cuba for The Wall Street Journal.

For any request concerning the rest of the photographs and the entire story, please write to contact@nicolalocalzo.com

THE SERIES REGLA AT ANGKOR PHOTO FESTIVAL 2016

Exhibitions

THE SERIES REGLA AT ANGKOR PHOTO FESTIVAL 2016

The series Regla is shown at International Festival of Photography in Angkor.

Angkor Photo Festival
December 3 - December 12, 2016. Angkor.

2017 LIGHT WORK ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE

AIR Programs

2017 LIGHT WORK ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE

Light Work Committee is pleased to announce that Nicola Lo Calzo is named 2017 Light Work artist-in-residence.

Every year Light Work invites between twelve and fifteen artists to come to Syracuse to devote one month to creative projects.

EPF BURN 2016 : THE PROJECT CHAM SHORTLISTED

Grants

EPF BURN 2016 : THE PROJECT CHAM SHORTLISTED

The ongoing project Cham is shorlisted for the Burn Emerging Photographer Fund 2016.

REGLA IN SMITHSONIAN JOURNEYS

Publications

REGLA IN SMITHSONIAN JOURNEYS

Regla, the new Lo Calzo’s opus, is featured in the Smithsonian Journeys with a Cover story.

Cuba Winter issue 2016. Sacred Realms, Text by Victoria Pope.

RFI : MEMORY OF A CONTINENT

Interviews

RFI : MEMORY OF A CONTINENT

From Asia to the Americas, to Europe, wherever Africans were forcibly taken away, memories of slavery are present sometimes visible, but often repressed voluntarily or not.
In Guyana, as in the Caribbean, the Maroon communities born of resistance to slavery are still marginalized.

Meeting with Dom Pedro (director of Black Tango) and Nicola Lo Calzo, author of photographic works especially devoted to Suriname and Cuba.

RFI, Memory of a Continent, by Elikia M’Bokolo, in collaboration with Unesco.

OBIA : INTERVIEW WITH GUYANE 1ERE NEWS

Interviews

OBIA : INTERVIEW WITH GUYANE 1ERE NEWS

Nicola Lo Calzo invited by the first channel of Guyane to speak about his ongoing exhibition Obia in Saint Laurent du Maroni.

Guyane 1ère News, October 19th 2016

The series Obia exhibited in French Guyana

Exhibitions

The series Obia exhibited in French Guyana

The series Obia is exhibited for the first time in French Guiana, at Bushinengue village of Charbonnière in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni.

In collaboration with association La Tête dans les Images.
Opening Firday Ocotber 7, 4.45pm. In the frame of Maroon culture day, organized by the association Respeki.

Obia – Nicola Lo Calzo
From October 7 2016 to January 2017.
Esplanade de la Charbonnière – Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana.

Regla published in Libération

Publications

Regla published in Libération

Regla, the new Lo Calzo’s series, is featured in Libération. August 12/13 weekend issue, 2016.

With a piece by Laure Troussière: A Regla, l’amour du rite.

Regla published in Internazionale

Publications

Regla published in Internazionale

Regla, the new Lo Calzo’s opus, is featured in Internazionale. July 8, 2016.

Photo Issue La vita sotterranea di Cuba (Cuba Underground), 8 pages.

NICOLA LO CALZO INVITED BY FRANCE INTER

Interviews

NICOLA LO CALZO INVITED BY FRANCE INTER

Nicola Lo Calzo invited by the french radio program Regarder voir! to speak about his project about slavery’s legacy and postcolonial memories Cham and the new opus Regla, on show at Portrait(s) Festival in Vichy.

France Inter, Regarder voir! by Brigitte Patient.

REGLA PUBLISHED IN THE NEW YORKER

Publications

REGLA PUBLISHED IN THE NEW YORKER

Regla, the new Lo Calzo’s series, is featured in exclusive in The New Yorker. June 15, 2016.

With a piece by Jean-Philippe Dedieu: Vital Rituals of the Afro-Cuban Underground.

THE SERIES REGLA EXHIBITED AT PORTRAIT(S)

Exhibitions

THE SERIES REGLA EXHIBITED AT PORTRAIT(S)

The new series Regla will be exhibited for the first time at International Festival of Photography Portrait(s) in Vichy– France.

Regla – Nicola Lo Calzo 
From June 10 to September 4, 2016 
Centre Culturel Valery-Larbaud – 15 Rue Maréchal Foch, 03200 Vichy, France

Obia published in VRJI Netherlands

Publications

Obia published in VRJI Netherlands

On the occasion of the anniversary of slavery’s abolition in Netherlands, the 1st July 1863, VRJI Nederland publishes a ten pages portfolio on the series Obia, about maroon communities in Surinam & French Guiana. #26, July 2, 2016

THE SERIES MAS EXHIBITED AT ALBERT KAHN MUSEUM

Exhibitions

THE SERIES MAS EXHIBITED AT ALBERT KAHN MUSEUM

Mas – Nicola Lo Calzo Opening Thuesday June 21 7pm. Festival Allers-Retours 2016

Exposition collective Sortez des clichés ! Regard sur des patrimoines vivants Albert-Kahn Museum
14, rue du Port 92100, Boulogne-Billancourt (Paris) From June 21 to October 2, 2016.

Camera Hors-série / Attacks of Paris November 13, Special Issue

Publications

Camera Hors-série / Attacks of Paris November 13, Special Issue

Following the November 13 attacks in Paris, the team of the magazine Camera preparing a special issue to be published on 11 December. Writing appealed to the generosity of 100 photographers who have chosen one of their images to illustrate freedom. Freedom to think, to love and create. Nicola Lo Calzo takes part to this initiative with a photograph taken from his series Obia.

Obia published in Internazionale

Publications

Obia published in Internazionale

The project Obia runs in the italian magazine Internazionale, n°1129, portfolio « Il profumo della libertà », 6 pages. Tags: maroon, maroonage, bushinengue, slavery, freedom, resistance, survival, legacy.

Arpia : Meeting with Lo Calzo

Talks

Arpia : Meeting with Lo Calzo

Meeting about the work of Nicola Lo Calzo, with the journalist and photographer Mathieu Oui. Safe the date: 4th November 2015, 6h30 pm at Café Le Lescot, 5 Rue Lassus, 75019, Paris.

UNESCO : Coalition of Artists for the General History of Africa

Grants

UNESCO : Coalition of Artists for the General History of Africa

UNESCO: Coalition of Artists for the General History of Africa. An international coalition involving artists in the promotion of the General History of Africa was launched at UNESCO on 7 October. The coalition will help young people use the unique instrument that the History represents in recounting the continent’s past from an African perspective.

Obia on show at FIF-BH 2015

Exhibitions

Obia on show at FIF-BH 2015

Obia is on show at International Festival of Photography of Belo Horizonte in Brazil.

Obia – Nicola Lo Calzo
From October 2 to November 29, 2015
CâmeraSete – Casa da Fotografia de Minas
Av Afonso Pena, 737 – Belo Horizonte – Brazil

Obia published in l'Obs

Publications

Obia published in l'Obs

The series Obia is featured in the current issue of french magazine L’Obs.
Portfolio “L’esprit des Marrons” / 25th June 2015 Issue.

Obia published in Libération

Publications

Obia published in Libération

The French magazine Libération features the series Obia with a text by Laura Troussière / 24th August 2015 Issue.

Obia published in The New Yorker

Publications

Obia published in The New Yorker

The series Obia, Maroons of Suriname and French Guiana features in the New Yorker with a text by American writer and art critic Hilton Als. 06.08/06.15 issue. The 6 pages porfolio is also available on line.

Marianne : interview with Lo Calzo

Interviews

Marianne : interview with Lo Calzo

The French magazine Marianne publishs an interview about the series Obia et the long term project Cham.
Interview by Frédérique Briard 11/06/2015

Dominique Fiat : Obia Solo Exhibition

Exhibitions

Dominique Fiat : Obia Solo Exhibition

Obia - Nicola Lo Calzo

From May 20 to June 20 2015
Opening 20th May 6pm Dominique Fiat Gallery
16 rue des Coutures Saint Gervais 75003 Paris

Obia published in Zeit

Publications

Obia published in Zeit

The series Obia, Maroons of Suriname and French Guiana is published in German mag ZEIT, “Obia, Gott ist ein Papagei”.

Paris Photo - Dominique Fiat

Fairs

Paris Photo - Dominique Fiat

The Casta, Ayiti and Tchamba works will be exhibited by Dominique Fiat Gallery
With L’agence à paris

From November 13 to November 16, 2014
Paris Photo, Grand Palais Stand: B17

Obia – Memorial to the abolition of slavery

Exhibitions

Obia – Memorial to the abolition of slavery

Obia – Nicola Lo Calzo
Memorial to the abolition of slavery

from May 10 to September 30 2015
Quai de la Fosse – Passerelle Victor-Schoelcher - 44200 Nantes France

Production: Direction du Patrimoine et de l’architecture de la Ville de Nantes, l’agence à paris
Production assistance: Château des ducs de Bretagne, Musée d’histoire de Nantes
Texts: Françoise Vergés, Nicola Lo Calzo
Graphic design: Chiara Runci
Installation: Métalobil

Têtu, Guyane, à 150 bornes de la liberté

Publications

Têtu, Guyane, à 150 bornes de la liberté

Guyane, à 150 bornes de la liberté, my reportage on ostracism and discriminations of LGBTI community in French Guiana, released in the current Têtu issue, Avril 2015. 8 pages. Text and photo by Lo Calzo. With the collaboration of AIDES Guyane.

Photograph the Memory

Workshops

Photograph the Memory

Nicola Lo Calzo and the association La Tête dans les Images open a window on photography for middle and high school classes in Saint-Laurent du Maroni and Mana, in French Guiana.
From 7th to 17th October 2014, conferences on the photo-documentary Cham, Memories and legacy of slavery and slave trade will be proposed, as well as photographic workshops, real initiations to documentary photography.

Contact: Juliette Guaveïa
latetedanslesimagesguyane@gmail.com
La Tête dans les Images

Les Grandes Rencontres

Talks

Les Grandes Rencontres

The Salon de la Photo presents Les Grandes Rencontres, animated by Photographie.com
Thursday November 13th at the Paris Expo
Porte de Versailles

Casta published in The Sunday Times

Publications

Casta published in The Sunday Times

The series Casta features in The Sunday Times Magazine.
Portfolio “Slavery? What slavery?”, 8 pages, 09.21.2014

Obia Artist-in-residence program

AIR Programs

Obia Artist-in-residence program

Artist–in-residence program in Saint Laurent du Maroni in French Guiana, as part of the Cham project, from September to November 2014.
This residence was made possible through the support of La Tête dans les Images Association, General Council of French Guiana, DAC Guyane, Service Patrimoine de la ville de Saint Laurent du Maroni, Rencontres photographiques de Guyane.

Casta published in Le Monde M

Publications

Casta published in Le Monde M

The series Casta is published in Le Monde M
Text and photo by Nicola Lo Calzo.
Portfolio La mémoire fait sécession, 10 pages, 09.19.2014

Casta published in Granta Magazine

Publications

Casta published in Granta Magazine

The series Casta is published in Granta 128, American Wild, 16 pages
Text and Photo by Nicola Lo Calzo.

Casta published in The New Yorker

Publications

Casta published in The New Yorker

The series Casta features in the New Yorker with a text by American writer Hilton Als. June 26,2014.

Insurgents of the Caribbean

Exhibitions

Insurgents of the Caribbean

Insurgents of the Caribbean a monographic exhibition by Nicola Lo Calzo at Tropenmuseum, following the photographs acquisition of Ayiti and Mas series for the Museum collection Tropenmuseum
From May 23 to July 20, 2014
Linnaeusstraat 2, 1092 CK Amsterdam The Netherlands

Ayiti Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery

Exhibitions

Ayiti Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery

Group exhibition Haiti, Effroi des oppresseurs, espoir des opprimés, Françoise Vergès curator

Memorial to the Abolition of Salvery
From May 10 to September 21, 2014
Quai de la Fosse – Passerelle Victor-Schoelcher - 44200 Nantes

Cham published in Geo

Publications

Cham published in Geo

The Cham project features in GEO magazine
10 pages portoflio Das gefühl, mit geistern zu tanzen
Text by Von Peter Hamburger, April 2014

Ayiti published in Aftenposten

Publications

Ayiti published in Aftenposten

The series Ayiti features on the Aftenposten Magazine January 2014: Haitis slaverevolusjon

Kalahari: interview with Slate

Interviews

Kalahari: interview with Slate

Interview This Is the World’s Oldest Human Population
Text by Jordan G. Teicher
Photo by Nicola Lo Calzo

Joan Mitchell Center

AIR Programs

Joan Mitchell Center

Residency at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans, as part of the Cham project, November 2013

Inside Niger at LagosPhoto 2013

Exhibitions

Inside Niger at LagosPhoto 2013

The series Inside Niger features at LagosPhoto Festival, Nigeria.
LagosPhoto Festival, Fourth edition October 26 – November 16, 2013
Opening: October 26, 2013 , 6 PM Ocean View, Eko Hotel & Suites, Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos

Ayiti published in Le Monde M

Publications

Ayiti published in Le Monde M

The new series Ayiti features in exclusive in the french magazine Le Monde

Portoflio Liberté chérie Text by Benoit Hopquin
Photographs by Nicola Lo Calzo
July 27 2013 Issue

International Colloquium of the Memorial of the Abolition of Slavery

Talks

International Colloquium of the Memorial of the Abolition of Slavery

International colloquium of the Memorial of the Abolition of Slavery: an Architecture of Memory
June 7/8 2013 - Auditorium of the national school of architecture of Nantes
Scientific direction : Françoise Vergès

Cham published in L'Espresso

Publications

Cham published in L'Espresso

A selection of photogaphs from the ongoing project Cham are featured in the Italian magazine L’Espresso
Text by Pietro Veronese
Photographs by Nicola Lo Calzo-Luzphoto

Winner of the PDN Photo Annual 2013

Grants

Winner of the PDN Photo Annual 2013

Nicola Lo Calzo is among the winners of the PDN Photo Annual 2013, in the Photo book category, with the book Inside Niger by Kehrer publisher.

Lo Calzo, Winner of The Giovani Monza Biennal

Grants

Lo Calzo, Winner of The Giovani Monza Biennal

Nicola Lo Calzo (curator Laura Serani) is the winner of the Biennale Giovani Monza 2013. His work will join the collection of the Pinacoteca Civica di Monza. The 2013 edition of the Biennale Giovani Monza will take place in the monument Serrone of the Villa Reale. For this event, thirty recent artists will be represented. In conjunction with the event, a jury determine the acquisitions of the city of Monza and the winner of Arte Città di Monza. Curators: Laura Serani, Lorenzo Canova, Filippo Maggia, Stefano Roffi, Teresa Meucci, Carl Kraus, Peter Weiermair

Mas published in Libération

Publications

Mas published in Libération

Mas is featured in Libération, Weekend May 11 2013 Issue
Frontpage + Portfolio : The price of Memory

Inside Niger at Jumièges Abbey

Exhibitions

Inside Niger at Jumièges Abbey

The series Inside Niger features at the Jumièges Abbey, under the collective exhibition Water and Dreams.
Jean-Luc Monterosso & Dominique Goutard Curators
Jumieges Abbey, France
From April 27 to September 15, 2013

Poster: National Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade, Slavery and their Abolition

Publications

Poster: National Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade, Slavery and their Abolition

May 10, 2013, National Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade, Slavery and their Abolition, Photography by Nicola Lo Calzo for the Government of France

Le Percolateur : la photographie italienne contemporaine

Talks

Le Percolateur : la photographie italienne contemporaine

Panel on "Contemporary Italian Photography: Some Insights"
Meeting with Nicola Lo Calzo (Photographer), Claudio Corrivetti (photographer and editor), Marco Barbon (photographer and theoretician of photography), Anna Di Prospero (photographer), Alessandro Imbriaco (photographer), Andrea Tonellotto (photographer) + slideshows
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 at 6 pm
The Percolateur, 67 rue Léon Bourgeois, 13001 Marseille

Inside Niger published by The Independent

Publications

Inside Niger published by The Independent

The Independent on Sunday
The New Review
Photo story Nicola Lo Calzo, Inside Niger
Article par Adam Jacques
17 mars 2013

Cham published in VRIJ

Publications

Cham published in VRIJ

VRIJ Nederland publish a 10 pagesphoto story on the new project Cham
De vloek en de handel Photo byNicola Lo Calzo, Text by Rudie Kagie
23 février 2013 - Luzphoto Agency

Regional Council of Guadeloupe supports the Cham Project

Sponsors

Regional Council of Guadeloupe supports the Cham Project

The photographic project Cham, Memory and Legacy of the Colonial Treaty and Slavery is now supported by the Regional Council of Guadeloupe.
The project is in the second stage of research, focusing on the Caribbean.
For more information, for publications, or partnership requests, please write to contact@nicolalocalzo.com

Cham published in Causette

Publications

Cham published in Causette

The first chapter of the Cham project runs in the French magazine Causette.
Photo story: Sur les traces de Cham, Text by Emilie Rouy – Photo Nicola Lo Calzo
31 Janvier 2013

Morgante at Angkor Photo Festival

Exhibitions

Morgante at Angkor Photo Festival

The Morgante series is presented in Siem Reap, as part of the 8th Angkor Photo Festival.
December 1-8, 2012
Siem Reap, Cambodia

Inside Niger Book Signing

Books

Inside Niger Book Signing

I'm signing my new photobook Inside Niger by Kehrer Verlag at Paris Photo, Grand Palais, Paris.
Kehrer Verlag, Booth EE03, Friday, November 16, 2012, at 4:00 pm

Inside Niger - Nicola Lo Calzo
Texts by Laura Serani and Sami Tchak

Cham published in the Newsweek

Publications

Cham published in the Newsweek

The Newsweek published the first chapter of the Cham project in the November 5, 2012 issue.

Photographs and texts by Nicola Lo Calzo