The 10th edition of the PhotoVogue Festival takes place from March 1st to 4th, 2025 at Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense in Milan. Discover the full program below.
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the PhotoVogue Festival, an international event celebrating photography that, over the years, has explored a range of themes, inviting artists to delve into urgent issues and examine them from different perspectives. In the past editions, we have investigated the female gaze, representation, masculinity, inclusivity, the reframing of history, and the influence of AI in image-making. This year, we return to the first theme we explored, the female gaze, reframing it for contemporary times by asking what it means to see as a woman, going beyond the binaries of the male gaze and simplistic categorization. We challenge the idea of linear progress and ask artists to reflect on what it means to exist as a woman in a world where rights once taken for granted are progressively being eroded.
With a rich program of exhibitions, talks, and presentations, the Festival aims to search for answers, question established notions, and spark further dialogue.
Exhibitions
Women by Women
Selected through the global open call Women by Women, the artists in this exhibition present diverse reflections on womanhood through the female gaze.
East and South-East Asian Panorama
Featuring works selected through the regional open call East and South-East Asian Panorama, this exhibition reflects the richness and diversity of the region’s cultural and artistic landscape. The projects explore identity, heritage, and contemporary issues through fashion storytelling, documentary practices, and deeply personal narratives.
Pleasure and Disobedience for Women by Women
A curated chapter for Women by Women at the PhotoVogue Festival, bringing together moving-image works by female and queer directors that explore intimacy, desire, self-representation and resistance.
Curated by Sofia Kouloukouri and Alexios Seilopoulos, P&D features works by prominent artists like Nan Goldin, Romy & Laure, Vivienne Dick and May Ziadé.
Women in Dialogue
A series of slideshows, videos, and visual contributions from organizations and artists operating within the visual sphere and sharing the core values of the festival’s theme. These projects explore representation, authorship, and visibility as tools for advocacy, cultural reflection, and social impact, echoing the festival’s broader commitment to women’s voices and self determination.
PhotoVogue Festival 2026 / 10th Edition
March 1–4, 2026
PhotoVogue
Milan, Italy
