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Current exhibition – Leica Gallery Frankfurt
Modernidade! Photography from Brazil (1940 to 1960)
February 20 – May 13 2026
The exhibition “Modernidade! Photography from Brazil (1940 to 1960)” takes visitors on a journey through the golden age of Brazilian photography. It highlights one of the most significant cultural upheavals in the country, when photography was increasingly understood as a modern, artistic medium and shaped national identity with innovative techniques and visual narrative forms.
The focus is on photographers who transcended the boundaries of traditional photography between the 1940s and 1960s and developed new aesthetics. Their works reflect not only Brazil's social and political change, but also the search for a new visual language that did justice to modern Brazil—a time of upheaval, industrialization, and cultural transformation full of contradictions and questions of identity.
Among the outstanding photographers whose works are on display in this exhibition are Gaspar Gasparian, German Lorca, Nelson Kojranski, José Yalenti, and Eduardo Salvatore, who interpreted the image of Brazilian reality in an unconventional way with their experimental approaches. Their photographs document a society in transition – between traditional heritage and progressive spirit.
The works, some of which are already in the collections of MoMA in New York and Tate Modern in London, are now being presented for the first time in Germany at the Leica Gallery Frankfurt.
