What does youth look like on the edge of tradition, the internet, and identity? Ahead of the opening of the exhibition Narcissism of Small Differences, one of Portugal’s most significant contemporary photographers, Pauliana Valente Pimentel, will speak with the audience about her work, the generations she photographs, and the ways she constructs her visual narratives.
The talk will take place on Sunday, December 7, starting at 6 PM, at Galerija Novembar (Kursulina 22).
Pauliana’s series, created on São Miguel Island in the Azores, documents young people growing up in a space where tradition, the closed nature of the community, and global digital culture are in constant collision. Through portraits and landscapes, the artist examines what it means to belong to a place that is both remote and hyper-connected, and what happens when the desire for freedom meets family expectations.
At the artist talk, Pauliana will speak about:
- her approach to photographing young people in small, isolated communities
- a working process that combines documentary photography, psychology, and visual poetry
- the relationship between tradition and modernity in the Azores
- Freud’s concept of the “narcissism of small differences” and why she reinterprets it through empathy
- how identities are formed by a generation raised online—and how photography can seek to understand them
This is a rare opportunity for the Belgrade audience to engage closely with her work, learn about the research behind the series, and ask questions about methodology, aesthetics, and themes that concern a global young generation.
Registration is available via the link. The number of places is limited.
About the Author
Pauliana Valente Pimentel (b. 1975, Portugal) is one of the most prominent contemporary Portuguese photographers. Since 1999, she has exhibited widely across Europe—in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Greece, and the United Kingdom—as well as internationally in the United States, China, Turkey, and Morocco. She attended the photography program of the Gulbenkian Programme for Creativity and Artistic Creation (2005) and was a member of the Kameraphoto collective from 2006 to 2014. She teaches authorial photography at ETIC and World Academy in Lisbon. She is currently a PhD candidate in Contemporary Art at the University of Coimbra and a member of the CEIS20 research center. She received the Portuguese Society of Authors Award for Visual Arts (2015) and was nominated for the NOVO BANCO Photo Award (2016).
Her works are held in major private and institutional collections, including the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (CAM), Partex, EDP Foundation (MAAT), Novo Banco, and the State Collection of the Portuguese Republic.
📅 Sunday, December 7
🕕 6:00 PM – Artist talk with Pauliana Valente Pimentel
🕖 7:00 PM – Exhibition opening
📍 Galerija Novembar (Kursulina 22, Belgrade)
Admission is free.
See you at Galerija Novembar!