Gen Z

Shaping a New Gaze
19.09.2025 – 01.02.2026

Twenty years after opening its doors to emerging photographers with the exhibition reGeneration: 50 Photographers of Tomorrow, Photo Elysée continues its commitment to young creators.

In 2025, the museum will unveil a new chapter in this adventure with Gen Z: Shaping a New Gaze, a show that brings together the work of more than 60 photographers from across the world, primarily from Generation Z – commonly defined as those born between the mid-1990s and 2010.

Using a wide range of visual languages, these young artists explore topics important to their generation: the transformation of home and family ties, representations of the body and gender, and the co-existence of multiple and shifting identities. Their work reflects a pressing need for representation and a desire to tell their own story in a constantly changing world.

The exhibition showcases powerful personal narratives as well as a vibrant collective energy. It reveals an interweaving of experiences, cultures and contexts in which the personal is political. Gen Z: Shaping a New Gaze offers an insight into the concerns of a generation that both challenges and seeks its place in the world.

Artists

Publications

A book published by Éditions Textuel (Paris) will accompany the exhibition.

Credits

Gen Z: Shaping a New Gaze

Curators
Nathalie Herschdorfer, Hannah Pröbsting, and Julie Dayer

Scenography and Graphic Design
Groenlandbasel

Partners

The exhibition is generously supported by Parmigiani Fleurier, Main Partner of Gen Z, as well as by UBS and the Federal Office of Culture.