A new photography exhibition, Inferno & Paradiso, asks 20 photographers to look back through their archives and make a deeply personal choice: the most painful image they have ever taken and the image that gave them the most hope. The result is a two-part view of photography as both witness and refuge.
The project frames each photographer’s work around emotional extremes rather than a single theme or event. By placing painful images alongside hopeful ones, the exhibition highlights how photographers carry difficult experiences through their careers while also holding on to moments of renewal, resilience, and meaning.
The preview includes work by Anastasia Taylor-Lind, whose selected images represent the exhibition’s central contrast between suffering and optimism. Her contribution reflects the broader idea behind Inferno & Paradiso: that a photograph can preserve both personal anguish and the possibility of healing.
Taken together, the exhibition appears to offer more than a collection of striking pictures. It becomes a reflection on memory, professional experience, and the emotional weight behind the images photographers make and keep over time.
