Gen Z

Twenty years after opening its doors to emerging photographers with the exhibition reGeneration: 50 Photographers of Tomorrow, Photo Elysée continues its commitment to young creators.

In 2025, the museum will unveil a new chapter in this adventure with Gen Z: Shaping a New Gaze, a show that brings together the work of more than 60 photographers from across the world, primarily from Generation Z – commonly defined as those born between the mid-1990s and 2010.

Using a wide range of visual languages, these young artists explore topics important to their generation: the transformation of home and family ties, representations of the body and gender, and the co-existence of multiple and shifting identities. Their work reflects a pressing need for representation and a desire to tell their own story in a constantly changing world.

The exhibition showcases powerful personal narratives as well as a vibrant collective energy. It reveals an interweaving of experiences, cultures and contexts in which the personal is political. Gen Z: Shaping a New Gaze offers an insight into the concerns of a generation that both challenges and seeks its place in the world.

A book published by Éditions Textuel (Paris) will accompany the exhibition.

Delali Ayivi (TG/DE, 1996)  
Chloé Azzopardi (FR, 1994)  
Hidhir Badaruddin (SG, 1995)  
Daveed Baptiste (US, 1997)  
Clara Belleville (FR, 1996)  
Sara Benabdallah (MA, 1995)  
Jeremy Chih-Hao Chuang (TW, 1997)  
River Claure (BO, 1997)  
Thaddé Comar (FR/CH, 1993)  
Matthieu Croizier (FR/CH, 1994)  
Sara De Brito Faustino(PT/NL, 1999)
Alina Frieske (DE, 1994)  
Claudia Fuggetti (IT, 1993)  
Florian Gatzweiler (DE, 1998)  
Sascha Levin (DE, 2000)  
Devashish Gaur (IN, 1996)  
Valerie Geissbühler Pacheco (CH/PE, 1999)  
Toma Gerzha (RU, 2003)  
Mahalia Taje Giotto (CH/IT, 1992)  
Salomé Gomis-Trezise (FR/GB, 1999)  
Lea Greub (DE, 1998)  
Pia-Paulina Guilmoth (US, 1993)  
Marvel Harris (NL, 1995)  
Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo (ZA, 1993)  
Lorane Hochstätter (CH, 2001)  
Ben Hubert (GB, 2002)  
Francesca Hummler (US/DE, 1997)  
Matej Jurčević (HR, 1995)  
Lisa Karnadi (ID, 1997)  
Nur Aishah Kenton (SG/GB, 1998)  
Ahmed Khirelsid (SD, 2001)  
Mayssa Khoury (LB/US, 1997)  
Maria Kniaginin-Ciszewska (PL, 1998)  
Jude Lartey (GH, 2000)  
Phương Nguyên Lê (VN, 2002)  
Quil Lemons (US, 1997)  
Yun Ping Li (ES, 1998)  
Margaret Liang (CN, 1998)  
Vuyo Mabheka (ZA, 1999)  
Isabella Madrid (CO, 1999)  
Luna Mahoux (BE, 1996)  
Gabriela Marciniak (PL, 1996)  
Dimakatso Mathopa (ZA, 1995)  
Sara Messinger (US/DE, 1998)  
Steven Molina Contreras (US, 1999)  
Cheryl Mukherji (IN, 1995)  
Daniel Obasi (NG, 1993)  
Alice Pallot (FR, 1995)  
Laurence Philomène (CA, 1993)  
Soyeohang Rai (IN, 2001)  
Carla Rossi (IT, 1999)  
Emma Sarpaniemi (FI, 1993)  
Rachel Seidu (NG, 1997)  
Fatimazohra Serri (MA, 1995)  
Suwa Shin (KR, 2000)  
Charlie Tallott (GB, 2000)  
D. M. Terblanche (ZA, 1998)  
Agate Tūna (LV, 1996)  
Varvara Uhlik (UA, 1997)  
Farren van Wyk (NL/ZA, 1993)  
Tianyu Wang (CN, 1997)  
Ziyu Wang (CN, 1998)  
Noyan (CH/TR, 1999)  
Sophia Wilson (US, 2000)  
Zhidong Zhang (CN, 1996)  
Andong Zheng (CN, 1992)