A look at the future we once feared, the futures we dreamed of, and the futures we never could have imagined, seen through the personal and collective memories of eight international photographers. An exhibition by FotoFuturo Lab.

In a year when the future feels both accelerated and fragile, photography becomes a way to stay present—an insistence on noticing, on slowing down. It means a collaboration between the photographer, the surrounding world, and the unpredictable conditions that shape each frame. 

The works featured here serve as both personal testimony and collective memory of the year. They reveal not only how 2025 looked, but how it felt—the dissonance of living in a time when technological optimism collides with environmental anxiety, when political unrest is counterbalanced by moments of tenderness, when hyper connection deepens social isolation, when apathy emerges alongside radical care.

The future is no longer an imagined horizon: it is the texture of our daily lives. And these photographs stand as evidence of 2025: of the futures we feared, the futures we dreamed of, and the futures we never could have imagined. They remind us that even in a year defined by uncertainty, the act of looking—and choosing what to preserve—remains a powerful form of agency. 

Through their lenses, eight international artists from a plurality of backgrounds show us not just their representation of the world, but the complexity of being alive within it. These are fragments of a time we are only beginning to understand. 

Presented by FotoFuturo Lab.

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