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RFI : Journey to the margins of History

Podcast

RFI : Journey to the margins of History

Journey to the margins of History with photographer Nicola Lo Calzo

Photographer and teacher-researcher, for around fifteen years, Italian Nicola Lo Calzo has been questioning the parallels between queer and decolonial experiences. From Sao Tome to Haiti, from Sardinia to Benin via Guyana, Cuba or Louisiana… Journey to the margins of History. 

By Jeanne Lacaille
LA MÉMOIRE DU LION

Teaching

LA MÉMOIRE DU LION

My 2024 photography seminar LA MÉMOIRE DU LION is over. As every year since 2020 at ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE D'ARTS DE PARIS-CERGY, we made a presentation of works made by the students. All my thanks to the students, the guests and the school team.
SARDINIA PROJECT

AIR Programs

SARDINIA PROJECT

I was in Sardinia to develop a new upcoming project with Museum of Contemporary Art MUSEO NIVOLA and Italian Ministry of Culture. The  first exhibition will be presented in September, curated by Elisa Medde and Giangavino Pazzola. Stay Tuned!
Lyannaj on CARTEL

Interview

Lyannaj on CARTEL

In this fifth episode of "Dans l'atelier" by CARTEL Podcast, I speak around my photographic practice, notably the work LYANNAJ on queer safe spaces, on view at the BNF as part of the exhibition "La France sous leurs yeux".
BRIGANTINAS

Exhibition

BRIGANTINAS

The Nivola Museum is pleased to present the exhibition of the artist and photographer Nicola Lo Calzo (1979), Brigantinas, the winning project of the 2023 Photography Strategy call promoted by the Italian Ministry of Culture.
 
With over thirty unpublished works created in the area, the one-year project, curated by Elisa Medde and Giangavino Pazzola, investigates the theme of subalternity at the intersection between gender, class and coloniality in the frame of struggles for land in Sardinia, questioning the ways in which some events and dynamics have influenced the formation of contemporary Sardinian subjectivities and identity.

The Nivola Museum, 14 September 2024 – 18 November 2024
Opening Saturday 14 September at 12 pm
BnF - La France sous leurs yeux

Exhibition

BnF - La France sous leurs yeux

I am so glad to announce the opening of the exhibition LA FRANCE SOUS LEURS YEUX at Bibliothèque Nationale de France from March 19 to June 23, 2024 as part of the Grande Commande Nationale carried out by BNF and the French Ministry of Culture. It is such an honor to me to be part of this incredible adventure that gathers together the works of 200 photographers, making a portrait of France in the 2020s. I am presenting my project LYANNAJ, a photographic collaborative series on queer care spaces in postcolonial France. A big grazie to people, friends and artists who took part to this project and to the curators Héloïse Conésa and Emmanuelle Hascoët for the great work done.

Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Quai François Mauriac, Paris 13
March 19 - June 23, 2024
Hors Champ(s)

Curatoring

Hors Champ(s)

So glad to comeback to French Guyane as guest art curator of the  international biennal of RENCONTRES PHOTOGRAPHIQUES DE GUYANE for its 8th edition. As part of the biennal, I am presenting a group show called HORS CHAMP(S) that, under the sign of a political eastethics, will bring together works by artists Marcello Coslovi (Italy), dach & zephir (Guadeloupe), Davide degano (Italy), Brandon Gercara (La Réunion), Gosette Lubondo (RDC) et Kolektif 2 Dimansyon(Haïti).

The landscape is proposed as a support for memory and identity as well as a place for the politicization of subaltern, queer, anti-racist, maroon, feminist and migrant struggles. For these artists, photographing is also a conscious way of being and representing oneself in the world: giving and receiving faces, transmitting experiences, modes of being, producing discourses on oneself and on the other in which one is finally possible to recognize ourselves.

Salle Nora Legendry, EPCC Les Trois Fleuves, route de Montabo, Cayenne
From 15th Nov to 14th Jan 2024.
Nicola Lo Calzo & Sue Williamson : Portraits résistants

Exhibition

Nicola Lo Calzo & Sue Williamson : Portraits résistants

Dominique Fiat gallery presents the exhibition Nicola Lo Calzo & Sue Williamson: Portrait résistants with photographs by Italian photographer Nicola Lo Calzo and South African photographer Sue Williamson.

Dominique Fiat Gallery - Paris
From 7th November to 22th December 2023.
Esclavage, Mémoires Normandes

Exhibition

Esclavage, Mémoires Normandes

A selection of photographs from the research KAM is presented at Corderie Vallois in Rouen as part of the exhibition, « Esclavage, Mémoires normandes » a first major exhibition in the process of recognizing the history and memory of slavery in Normandy. Prints from the series AYITI, REGLA, AGOUDA are presented along with works by artists Emmanuelle Gall, Gilles Elie-Dit-Cosaque, Elisa Moris Vai between others. All my thanks to curators Mathilde Schneider, Isabelle Gard and Bruno Varin for the critical work done in the site of Corderie Vallois.

From May 10, 2023 to September 17, 2023
Industrial Museum of the Corderie Vallois, Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville
Open every day from 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
OZANGÉ

Exhibition

OZANGÉ

The series BINIDITTU is presented as part of OZANGÉ, the first edition of African photography Biennal in Malaga. All my thanks to art director Owanto and Maria-Pia Bernardoni for inviting me. From 3 and 4 November 2022 to 29 January 2023, LA TERMICA, Malaga, Spain.
LE MONDE REPORTAGE

Reportage

LE MONDE REPORTAGE

For Le Monde, I was on assignment in Guadeloupe with journalist Nathalie Guibert to cover the multiple crises that cross the island. All my thanks to Marie Sumalla and the photodesk for the trust and the work done.
TRAGÉDIA IN LE MONDE M

Publication

TRAGÉDIA IN LE MONDE M

I am thrilled to share with you the first publication of my new work TRAGEDIA (Sao Tomé, 2019-2022) featured in LE MONDE M with a text by Guillaume Delacroix. All my thanks to Guillaume Delacroix, Lucy Conticello and the photodesk for the beautiful work done. I am now working on the upcoming book and exhibition. For any further information write to : contact@nicolaloclazo.com
LA COUR

AIR Programs

LA COUR

The association Courants d'Art, le de La Réunion, invited the photographers Yo-Yo Gonthier, François-Xavier Gbré and Nicola Lo Calzo as part of the LA COUR project from March 21 to April 12, 2023, for a first step of creation. Meeting and exchange around the project took place at La Box, an independent space and project dedicated to research, creation and transmission in contemporary art.
FISHEYE 60 : THE QUEER FAMILY OF NICOLA LO CALZO

Publication

FISHEYE 60 : THE QUEER FAMILY OF NICOLA LO CALZO

So glad to share with you the first publication of my ongoing project LYANNAJ, on queer care spaces and practices in France. With a portfolio and an article published in the special edition of FISHEYE 10 years: The Queer Family of Nicola Lo Calzo.

Thanks to Cassandra Thomas for the great article and all the redaction for their constant support to my work along these years.
JUSTE À CÔTÉ DE NOUS, AMAZONIE

Exhibition

JUSTE À CÔTÉ DE NOUS, AMAZONIE

The exhibition "JUSTE A CÖTÉ DE NOUS, AMAZONIE is on view at Center of Photography Claude Cahun in collaboration with Rencontres photographiques de Guyane.
I am presenting my work Obia on Bushinengue and Maroon communities of French Guyana and Suriname, along with works by Karen Paulina Biswell, Mirtho Linguet, Billy and Vano.

Centre Claude Cahun pour la photographie contemporaine
45 rue de Richebourg 44000 Nantes

From 31th May to 3th September 2023.
BNF RADIOSCOPIE DE FRANCE

Reportage

BNF RADIOSCOPIE DE FRANCE

The ongoing LYANNAJ project, realized as part of RADIOSCOPIE DE FRANCE, is a photographic research on alliance practices of queer communities in France. It is part of a personal questioning around identity and the body politic.  Each year, a multitude of queer people from the Global South (mainly Caribbean and Africa) settle in Paris and its outskirts to live their sexual or gender identity more freely, and flee stigmatization, even persecution. of which they may be victims in their territories of origin. New spaces for sociability, self-affirmation and mutual aid are emerging in Paris, driven by associations or groups of artists, such as those of the culture of the "ballroom" and "houses".
Maison de l'Amerique Latine : Marronage

Exhibition

Maison de l'Amerique Latine : Marronage

I am glad to be part of Marronage : L'Art de briser ses chaines, curated by Geneviève Wiels and Thomas Mouzard, on view at Maison de l'Amerique latine. I am presenting a selection of works by the series Obia along with works by Sherley Abakamofou, Carlos Adaoudé, Franky Amete, Wani Amoedang, Antoine Dinguiou, Karl Joseph, Antoine Lamoraille, John Lie A Fo, Feno Montoe, Ramon Ngwete, Gerno Odang, Marcel Pinas, Pierre Verger. The exhibition comes with a catalogue published by LOCO. I wish to thank the curators and all the team  In collaboration with Dominique Fiat gallery.
FOTOGRAFIA EUROPEA : BINIDITTU

Exhibition

FOTOGRAFIA EUROPEA : BINIDITTU


The new edition of Fotografia Europea opened last week in Reggio Emilia, curated by Tim Clark (editor 1000 Words) and Walter Guadagnini (director of Camera, Turin). As part of the festival, I am presenting a new installation of BINIDITTU with the video installation THE OPEN BOAT along with the works by Mary Ellen Mark, Hoda Afshar, Carmen Winant, Seiichi Furuya between others. I wish to thanks the curators Walter Guadagnini et Tim Clark, all the Fotografia Europea team for their great work and Giangavino Pazzola for his text. In collaboration with Podbielski Contemporary gallery.

Fotografia Europea - Reggio Emilia
From April 29 to June 12, 2022.
Chiostri di San Pietro
MEP Masterclass

Workshop

MEP Masterclass

From February 24 to March 10, 2022, every Thursday evening from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., discover the role that photography plays in the transmission of memories and the development of collective stories. Simon Baker, director of the MEP, will introduce the subject from a historical point of view. Photographers Camille Lévêque and Nicola Lo Calzo will share their most emblematic approaches and projects around the question of memory.

10.03.2022 / 6.30-8pm "Photographing the memories of slavery and resistances with Nicola Lo Calzo", ARTIST PHOTOGRAPHER. Between memory of resistance and traumatic memory of slavery, individual story and collective story, transmission and concealment: how to restore through photography the painful memories of a past too easily forgotten?
Tragédia in Gabon

Exhibition

Tragédia in Gabon

A selection of works from the project TRAGÉDIA  (soon a book by L'Artière) will be presented at Institut français du Gabon à Libreville from 10 to 14 octobre 2023, as part of the Saison Santomméenne, along with works by Sao Tomean artists Eduardo Malé, Kwame  Sousa Emerson Quinda Jan Janik and Olavo Amado and incredible actors  from Formiguinha de Boa Morte. All my thanks to Marie Laroche and all the team by Alliançe française of Sao Tomé-et-Principe.
DOMINIQUE FIAT : MARRONNAGES

Exhibition

DOMINIQUE FIAT : MARRONNAGES

The group exhibition "MARRONNAGES, Tembé et photographies des Guyanes aujourd'hui", curated by Thomas Mouzard, is opened at Dominique Fiat Gallery until 6th May 2023. I am presenting works from the series OBIA along with works by Carlos Adaoude, Franklin Amete, Karl Joseph,  Ramon Ngwete, Marcel Pinas and Gerno.

11 mars - 6 mai 2023Vernissage Samedi 11 mars 17h - 20h
A QUEER PHOTO ARCHIVE

Symposium

A QUEER PHOTO ARCHIVE

Photography and Queer. How to hold together these two conceptual mastodons, often associated with specific genealogies but in fact linked and united by multiple alliances? This day of research-creation tries to answer this question, through the works of contemporary visual artists whose main medium is photography.

A QUEER PHOTO ARCHIVE Symposium - JEU DE PAUME
Under the directions of Nicola Lo Calzo
10th December 2022 - 11am-7pm

Guest Artists:
Josué Azor - Haïti
Brandon Gercara - La Réunion
Sunil Gupta - Inde-Canada
SMITH - France
Chantal Regnault - France-Usa
Joëlle Sambi - Bélgique-Congo
Regis Samba-Kounzi - France-Congo-Angola

All my thanks to :

Jeu de Paume
Quentin Bajac, director
Marta Ponsa, Head of artistic projects and cultural action.Responsable des projets artistiques et de l’action culturelle
Santiago Essses, Technical director and all the team.
 
Ecole Nationale supérieure d'Arts de Paris-Cergy and École Universitaire de Recherche CY Humanités Création Patrimoine
Martina Olivero, the head of research and doctoral program
Corinnes Diserens, the director of Ecole Nationale supérieure d'Arts de Paris-Cergy.

A big thanks to all the artist, the art historian Anaïs Feyeux for her modereting, Willy Ouattara and Marco dell’Omodarme for their advices.
"Marronnage" by LOCO publisher

Book

"Marronnage" by LOCO publisher

The exhibition "Marronnage, l'Art de briser ses chaines" comes with a rich catalogue prefaced by Christiane TAUBIRA, published by French publisher LOCO.
17x24 cm / 192 pages /150 images / Designer by Arthur Calame
Tropenmuseum : Our Colonial Inheritance

Exhibition

Tropenmuseum : Our Colonial Inheritance

I am happy to announce that the series AYITI is part of the new permanent exhibition at TROPENMUSEUM in Amsterdam: OUR COLONIAL INHERITANCE. More than 500 objects and works of art drawn from the extensive collection of the National Museum of World Cultures tell the story of how colonial structures continue to exert an influence right up until the present day. All my thanks to art curator Liesbeth​​ Ouwehand and all the team for their trust.

Our Colonial Inheritance - Tropenmuseum
From 23h June, 2022.
See more: ourcolonialinheritance
Framer Framed : Kazal - Narrating Haitian Memories

Exhibition

Framer Framed : Kazal - Narrating Haitian Memories

After the presentation in Port au Prince and at Rencontres de Bamako 2019, I had the pleasure to curate Kazal - Narrrating Haitian Memories exhibition by KD2 Collectif  at Framer Framed in Amsterdam in presence of photographers George H Rouzier, Reginald Louissant J, coordinator project Maude Melangrez and visual artist Tessa Mars. All my thanks to artists, the team, Maude Melangrez, Fokal Fondation and Joyce Pennekamp for their trust.

Framer Framed - Amsterdam
Opening times: Tue – Sun, 12:00 – 18:00 (Free Entree)
From May 27 to July 1, 2022
Fragments Atlantiques

Exhibition

Fragments Atlantiques

In parallel with the exhibition Marronage, l'art de briser ses chaines at Maison de l'Amérique Latine in Paris, Dominique Fiat gallery is presenting the exhibition Fragments atlantiques which brings together a selection of prints from the KAM project, in particular series Obia, Tchamba, Agouda, Binidittu and Regla.

Dominique Fiat Gallery - Paris
Opening 12th May 2022
From May 12 to July 12, 2022.
Quai Branly : L'ethnologie va vous surprendre!

Talk

Quai Branly : L'ethnologie va vous surprendre!

I am pleased to invite you to the Quai Branly for a screening meeting around my work Tchamba as part of "Ethnology will surprise you" from April 9 to 10, 2022. The event is free.

"Photographing the invisible: Tchamba vodun" by Nicola Lo Calzo - Saturday, April 09, 2022 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Since 2013, the musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac has honored young ethnologists, photographers and renowned researchers during a weekend devoted to ethnology. A booming science, based on fieldwork, historical, anthropological and archaeological archives, ethnology provides a better understanding of the complexity and variety of our societies and cultural forms.
The wisdom of the Lianas: The Open Boat

Exhibition

The wisdom of the Lianas: The Open Boat

The video installation La barque ouverte is displayed for the first time as part of La Sagesse des lianes, a group exhibition by curator Dénétem Touam Bona at CIAP Vassivière. This video is a collaboration with writer and director Hugo Rousselin. Made from an unpublished film archive produced as part of the CHAM project, La barque ouverte is a reference to a text spoken by Edouard Glissant, the preface to the Poetics of Relation in which Glissant thus sums up the experience of abyss of slavery of Africans and rebirth through resistance.

Post-Production Laboratory: L'ATELIER
 
La Sagesse des Lianes
Centre International d'Art et du Paysage de Vassivière
From September 19 to January 9, 2022
The Families of Man

Exhibition

The Families of Man

The Families of Man is a group exhibition that traces a state of Italian contemporary photography for 50 years, inspired by the homonymous exhibition The Family of Man by Edward Steichen (1955, New York, MoMA) Along with the other 50 artists, I am presenting some works from Binidittu series. The project, produced by publisher house Electa, was curated by Elio Grazioli and Walter Guadagnini.

MAR – Museo Archeologico Regionale
From May 29 to October 10 2021.
Mythologies of resistance

Exhibition

Mythologies of resistance

Mythologies of Resistances, Memories of slavery in the Caribbean was shown at Maison de l'agglomeration as part of Photo Festival Baie de Saint-Brieuc from Juin 15 to August 29, 2021. The exhibition presented a selection of images from the series Ayiti (2013-2019) and the series Mas (2012-2020). With a text by art curator Jeanne Mercier. All my thanks to art director Ferit Duzyol and all the team.
Images Gibellina : Binidittu

Exhibition

Images Gibellina : Binidittu

The series Binidittu is presented at Chiesa Madre as part of Images Gibellina Festival. Chiesa Madre, Gibellina Nuova. From July 30 to August 29, 2021. Thanks to curators Arianna Catania, Stefano Stoll and Rica Cerbarano for their commitment.
Libération : Benoît le More, Vivant

Publication

Libération : Benoît le More, Vivant

BINIDITTU features in Libération, May 22 Weekend issue : Benoît Le More Vivant. Book review by Clémentine Mercier.
Camera : Binidittu

Exhibition

Camera : Binidittu

On Thursday, May 27, CAMERA - Centro Nazionale di Fotografia, opens with a new exhibition, Nicola Lo Calzo. Binidittu, a previously unseen project by the Italian artist .Through the history and cultural heritage of Saint Benedict the Moor, Lo Calzo examines the relationship between colonialism legacy and contemporary cultural identity.
"Binidittu" is out!

Book

"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
(Un)Hidden

Exhibition

(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

Exhibition

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

Exhibition

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

Publication

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.
Fisheye : CHAM

Publication

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

Publication

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

Publication

Internazionale : The black Sicilian saint

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

Publication

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

Fair

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.
"Bundles of Wood" / Lightwork Gallery

Exhibition

"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.
FOTOFESTIWAL

Exhibition

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

Exhibition

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.
VRJI NEDERLAND : OBIA

Publication

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?"
Prix Elysée Nominees' book 2018-2020

Book

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

Exhibition

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
"Bundles of Wood" in Natgeo

Publication

"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.
EL PAIS : Casta y Raza

Publication

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

Exhibition

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.
CONTACT SHEET 197

Publication

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.
AKAA - Art Fair 2018

Fair

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
FOAM

Publication

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

Exhibition

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.
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.
CNAP 2018

Fellowship

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.
MILANO PHOTO WEEK

Talk

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.
THE GUARDIAN : The KAM Project

Publication

THE GUARDIAN : The KAM Project

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

Fair

PHOTO BASEL

Lo Calzo will present at Photo Basel with Balsa Arte Gallery from 12 to 17 June 2018.
Ola Cuba! : Regla

Exhibition

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

Exhibition

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.
Dominique Fiat : Africa Aperta Part II

Exhibition

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
Cham published in the Newsweek

Publication

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
Inside Niger Book Signing

Book

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
Morgante at Angkor Photo Festival

Exhibition

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
Cham published in Causette

Publication

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

Regional Council of Guadeloupe supports the Cham Project

Sponsor

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 VRIJ

Publication

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
Inside Niger published by The Independent

Publication

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
Le Percolateur : la photographie italienne contemporaine

Talk

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

MIA Photo Fair

Fair

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.
The series Tchamba published in Internazionale

Publication

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

Publication

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
Inside Niger at Jumièges Abbey

Exhibition

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


Mas published in Libération

Publication

Mas published in Libération

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

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.
Cham published in L'Espresso

Publication

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

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
Ayiti published in Le Monde M

Publication

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
Inside Niger at LagosPhoto 2013

Exhibition

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
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
Kalahari: interview with Slate

Interview

Kalahari: interview with Slate

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

Publication

Ayiti published in Aftenposten

The series Ayiti features on the Aftenposten Magazine January 2014: Haitis slaverevolusjon
Cham published in Geo

Publication

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 Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery

Exhibition

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
Insurgents of the Caribbean

Exhibition

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

Casta published in The New Yorker

Publication

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.

Casta published in Granta Magazine

Publication

Casta published in Granta Magazine

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

AIR Programs

Obia Artist-in-residence program

Artistin-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

Publication

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 The Sunday Times

Publication

Casta published in The Sunday Times

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

Workshop

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

Talk

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

Paris Photo - Dominique Fiat

Fair

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
Têtu, Guyane, à 150 bornes de la liberté

Publication

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.
Obia – Memorial to the abolition of slavery

Exhibition

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
Macaal : Africa is no Island

Exhibition

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.

Marianne : interview with Lo Calzo

Interview

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
Obia published in Zeit

Publication

Obia published in Zeit

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

Publication

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.
Obia published in Libération

Publication

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 l'Obs

Publication

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 on show at FIF-BH 2015

Exhibition

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


Arpia : Meeting with Lo Calzo

Talk

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.
Obia published in Internazionale

Publication

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

Publication

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.



THE SERIES MAS EXHIBITED AT ALBERT KAHN MUSEUM

Exhibition

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.
The series Tchamba published in l'Obs

Publication

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.
The British Journal of Photography

Interview

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.

Cham, A Work in Progress at la Balsa Arte

Exhibition

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