Tiago Casanova
"A Turtle with a Broken Back” is a photographic essay that portrays the communities and territory of SãoTomé and Príncipe facing the challenges of resource scarcity and climate change, in a historical period thatmarks 50 years of its independence. Each photograph in this project is a testimony to the complex dynamicsof local domestic economies, where daily survival is linked to the historical consequences of the colonial past, and to the new challenges that the growth of tourism imposes.
Tiago Casanova’s work has been shown in numerous solo and group
exhibitions, including the ones that took place in many countries such as UK, Belgium,São Tomé e Príncipe, Greece, Austria, Colombia, Italy, Slovenia, Slovakia, Austria , Latvia, Poland, Brazil, Iceland, Turkey, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Georgia, and throughout Spain and Portugal. He won the prize BES Revelação, an exhibition that was held in Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto, Portugal.

Roland Fischer
In this work the artist overlays abstract lines, using a unique language where intense shades amplify the emotional strength of the composition, offering contrast and depth to the dialogue between the abstract elements and the photograph. By intervening in the photograph, the artist takes on the role of a painter, composing shapes and manipulating textures, adding layers of meaning. It is these layers that give the work its depth, varying between smooth and rough surfaces, and accentuating the contrast between the real and the imagined.
Roland Fischer lives and works between Munich and Beijing. He has shown his work in around 120 museums and other cultural institutions such as the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, CGAC in Santiago de Compostela, The Photographers' Gallery in London, La Maison in Paris (FNAC), MAAT in Lisbon, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, or the MUSAC in Léon. His work is represented in major public and private collections.

Jessica Backhaus
With “The Nature of Things”, Jessica Backhaus draws our attention to the small things and subtle details, which, according to the artist, often have a deeper meaning and can reveal a lot about the whole picture. These nuances, though seemingly minor, can convey more than what is immediately obvious. By emphasizing the beauty in simple, everyday objects and employing a poetic interplay of light, color, and shadow, the artist creates a vivid yet quiet atmosphere of emotional contemplation.
From her large number of shows we highlight the ones that took place in National Portrait Gallery, London, Goethe Institut, Paris, France, Arles, France, Centrum Kultury Zamek, Poznan, Poland, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Germany, Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, Germany, Midland Art Centre, Birmingham and Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Jessica Backhaus’ works are in many prominent art collections including Art Collection Deutsche Börse, Germany, the Art Collection of the Taunus Sparkasse, Bad Homburg, ING Art Collection, Belgium and many others.

Marguerite Bornhauser
“When Black is Burned” is a series somewhere between reality and fiction, poetry and everyday life, that plays with the codes of abstraction and photographic figuration to plunge us into a chiaroscuro universe, brightly coloured and populated by shadows, ghosts and daydreams. This work is made up of dense light and materials where shadows create landscapes and motifs. The burnt black of the shadows resonates with the intensity of the colours and the sensuality of the bodies.”Damarice Amao
Marguerite Bornhauser’s work has been shown in numerous art institutions, galleries and art festivals in many different countries and cities such as France, Cincinnati, London, Brussels, Portugal, Istanbul, Switzerland, Japan, Spain, Amsterdam and Bahreïn.
Her first solo show was at Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP) in 2019. In 2020 she won the Photo London x Nikon Emerging Photographer of the Year Award. In 2021, the Grand Palais gave her carte blanche to document the renovation project over the four years it would take to complete, resulting in a publication and an exhibition.

Mónica de Miranda
Greenhouse questions how soil, land and borders connect with the politics of the body today, and particularly of the migrant body, the diasporic being in constant movement and transition. The soil is seen as a repository of memories, from geological transformations to historical violence and resistance. Greenhouse project is currently on display at the Portugal Pavilion at the Venice Biennale until November 24.
Mónica de Miranda is a Portuguese/Angolan visual artist, filmmaker and researcher and work has been presented at major international events such as Biennales de Lubumbashi, Berlin, Dakar, Casablanca, Bamako, Houston, also at Festival de Fotografia Europea in Reggio Emilia. As artist and co-curator of the project Greenhouse, Monica represents the Portugal Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia 2024. Among her many exhibitions we hightlight the ones that took place at CAIXA Cultural, Rio de Janeiro, Bildmuseet, Umeå, Fondation Kadist, Paris, Gulbenkian Foundation Lisbon, MUCEM, Marseille, AfricaMuseum, Tervuren, MAAT, Lisbon, MUAC, Mexico, Barbican, London Autograph, London, Frac Pays de la Loire, Nantes, Uppsala Museum, Sweden Suède, MNAC, Lisbon, among others. Mónica’s work features in collections worldwide.