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Photography 4 Humanity

Young boy with white large plastic bag on his back, crouching to on a large pile of garbage waste. Rainforest, palm trees, mountains and cloudy skies in the background

A Lens on Climate Justice

Fotografiska is proud to be the Presenting Partner of the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Alliance Summit – an international event dedicated on highlighting the human rights crisis at the heart of climate change. Held at the University of Oxford from June 4th to 7th, 2025, the summit brings together climate and cultural leaders committed to driving and inspiring urgent action for climate justice.

The impact of climate change is unfairly distributed. Its effects fall hardest on the world’s most vulnerable, especially those in marginalised communities. The Right Here, Right Now Climate Alliance is a global initiative that puts a spotlight on this reality, climate change being one of the greatest human rights challenges of our time. Through education and the arts, Right Here, Right Now raises awareness – culminating each year in this flagship summit.

As part of the 2025 creative programme, Fotografiska is curating and presenting “Photography 4 Humanity: A Lens on Climate Justice” – an exhibition featuring the work of 31 photographers from around the globe. Each has captured the devastating impact of climate change in their own communities. From deeply personal portraits to sweeping, damaged landscapes, this powerful exhibition – on view May 30th to June 4th at Oxford’s Weston Library – brings these stories into focus, using photography as a powerful force for change and for creating a more conscious world. The exhibition will then move to Fusion Arts, an Oxford-based arts and social justice charity base, running until June 8th, 2025.

Three children under a straw hut seeking cover from rain. Muddy ground in the foreground and destructed huts to the right. Trees and cloudy skies in the background.
Credits: Viviane Rakotoarivony, “Ambalakondro, Devestated by Cyclone Freddy” (Mananjary, Madagaskar, 2023).
Three young girls in three different styles of school uniforms standing next to and in front of three screens of artwork depicting the sea and horizons. The girls and artworks are standing on on concrete block which is placed on a prairie like landscape.
Credits: Kristina Varaksina, “The seashore is no longer here” (Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, 2022).

“We are delighted to have partnered with the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit as their Presenting Partner for photography, to curate an important exhibition that highlights the power of photography to visualise the devastating impacts of climate change around the world. Photography is the most influential and inclusive art form of our times and has the power to foster understanding and inspire action. The artists of this show have shared photographs from their own communities across the globe, illustrating the impact of climate change as a human issue affecting both landscapes and the people that live within them. As Fotografiska marks its 15th anniversary as an international institution, photography’s role in society has never felt more crucial; a visual art form to document the world around us, drawing attention to the urgent issues on which we all need to act to create a more conscious world.”

– Pauline Benthede, Global Vice President of Exhibitions, Fotografiska.

We invite you to experience this exhibition, aiming to inspire you to new perspectives. The photos are arranged without borders – a reflection of how climate change knows none. It’s a global issue that affects us all, one that transcends cultural divides. The exhibition design blends into the historic Weston Library, creating an immersive space where the images extend beyond their frames. Large wooden structures – evoking the homes often featured in the photographs – serve as physical frames themselves, bearing visual witness to the ongoing climate crisis.

Large drilling apparatus to the left facing a crowded audience standing on the shelf of a crater. Blue and cloudy skies in the background.
Credits: Ingmar Björn Nolting, (Lützerath, Germany, 2023).
Black and white image of a deteriorated two stories high building on the shores of river Ganges, slowly collapsing into the river. Young boy in white clothing standing by the shoreline in the middle-right and two elderly men in white clothing sitting next to each other to the far left. At the bottom of the image there's a caption saying: "Winning image: The endless dance of erosion - "Last week my wife died due to cardiac arrest and the following week we stared dismantling our house when we heard the Ganges started eroding the land again." - Nurul Islam, 80 years old - pictures in chair. "Malda, West Bengal, India, November, 2021) Photo/Masood Sarwer"
Credits: Masood Sarwer, “The endless dance of erosion” (Malda, West Bengal, India, 2021).