1000 Words x Photo Elysée

1000 Words is delighted to announce a new partnership with Photo Elysée, reaffirming our shared commitment to supporting young and exciting voices in contemporary photography. 

20 years after its landmark exhibition reGeneration: 50 Photographers of Tomorrow, which opened up the institution to a new generation of image-makers, Photo Elysée recently returned its focus to youth with Gen Z: Shaping a New Gaze. This exhibition brought together the work of 66 international artists, primarily from Generation Z – broadly defined as those born between the mid-1990s and 2010 – whose practices reflect the social, political and personal realities shaping the present moment.

Employing a wide range of visual languages, these artists address questions of belonging, from shifting ideas of home and family to the politics of the body, gender and identity. Their work foregrounds intersectional experience, examining how race, class, sexuality, and gender converge to inform how lives are lived and represented.

As part of this collaboration, 1000 Words has launched a new weekly column dedicated to emerging voices in photography, featuring the work and accompanying texts of all 66 artists. Published on our online platforms, and encompassing all four sections of the exhibition – Mapping Belonging, Shifting Realities, Beyond the Mirror, and Multiplying the Gaze – the column makes the exhibition freely accessible, extending it beyond the museum walls and opening up these perspectives to a global audience.