The Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Piedmont, Italy, will open the exhibition "Before it Happens" on June 13, 2026, at Palazzo Re Rebaudengo in Guarene, running until July 26, 2026. Curated by Filippo Maggia, the show marks the bicentennial of photography's invention by bringing together eight international artists—Sheelasha Rajbhandari, Hit Man Gurung, Vinit Gupta, Uzma Mohsin, Ishan Tankha, Ashfika Rahman, Musuk Nolte, and Alia Farid—who use photography, video, and installations to critically examine contemporary tensions such as migration, climate crisis, economic inequality, gender discrimination, and colonial legacies, with a focus on perspectives from South Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America.
This exhibition matters because it reframes photography not merely as a documentary tool but as a medium that can anticipate fractures and make visible the consequences of global crises. By centering voices from the Global South and avoiding the rhetoric of denunciation, "Before it Happens" offers a nuanced reflection on instability and transformation, highlighting forms of resistance, solidarity, and political imagination. It challenges the Western-centric narrative of photography's history and underscores the medium's role in critical analysis of the present.