Steve McCurry, a photographic exhibition not to be missed in Trieste

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2025 will be a year full of events in Friuli Venezia Giulia, thanks to the choice of Gorizia as European Capital of Culture. Among the first upcoming events there is a photographic exhibition not to be missed: one of the most complete retrospective ever dedicated to Steve McCurry, running until May at the Salone degli Incanti in Trieste. 

Travelling through the photographs of Steve McCurry

Steve McCurry’s name needs no introduction. Forty years have passed since the cover of National Geographic in June 1985 that immortalized Sharbat Gula, the “Afghan girl” photographed in a refugee camp in Pakistan, but even today anyone recognizes that shot.

Sharbat Gula’s portrait is one of the more than 150 images on display in Trieste for “Steve McCurry – Glances at the world”, a journey through various faces and places fixed on film by the photographer during his career. The stories on display come from encounters in different parts of the world, from Afghanistan to India, from Africa to Japan and beyond, united by McCurry’s empathic gaze. Each photo is a window on distant places colorful, intense and unforgettable.

The curator of the exhibition, Biba Giacchetti, has studied at the Salone degli Incanti in Trieste a path that invites visitors to immerse themselves in the expressions of each person portrayed and in the emotions evoked by every photograph, in a crescendo through the themes most dear to Steve McCurry. Portraits, different cultures, childhood, travel and war: in a few words, the many faces of a humanity that unites peoples far away from each other.

Among the photographs exhibited in Trieste there are also some beautiful unpublished images, such as the portrait of an Afghan child exploited for child labor, a man from Togo with his face painted in blue, a Nigerian woman with ritual scars, of children running among the baobab trees in Madagascar. The visit is therefore an opportunity not to be missed for all lovers of photography and the unmistakable style of McCurry.

Steve McCurry Trieste exhibition

The exhibition at the Salone degli Incanti in Trieste

The exhibition “Steve McCurry – Glances at the world” is part of the program GO! 2025 & Friends, linked to GO! 2025 that sees this year Nova Gorica and Gorizia united as European Capital of Culture, and you can visit every day until the 4th of May.

You can check opening hours and other information on the official website of Turismo FVG, while for all the indications on the next exhibitions scheduled at the Salone degli Incanti we invite you to reach us at the reception of DoubleTree by Hilton Trieste.