Lisetta Carmi

1924, Genoa - 2022, Cisternino, Italy

© Lisetta Carmi, courtesy Martini & Ronchetti, Genova

Lisetta Carmi (1924-2022, Italy) was an Italian photographer who conceived her practice as a political engagement and as an anthropological investigative tool. Carmi was the first to document the LGBTQIA+ community in Italy during a time in which gender identity was a taboo, and her photographs, created within a relationship of profound esteem and friendship, narrate without artifacts or staging the lives of those who strive towards recognition by enduring «incredible states of loneliness» (Carmi, 1972).

Lisetta Carmi: Identities, solo show, Estorick Collection, London 20 Sep - 17 Dec 2023
FUORI TUTTO, group show, MAXXI, Rome 28 Jun 2023 - 14 Jan 2024
Erotisme et autoritarisme à Staglieno, solo show, Ciaccia Levi, Paris 16 Mar - 13 May 2023
Lisetta Carmi, solo show, Villa Bardini, Firenze 2 May - 23 Jul 2023
Molinier Rose Saumon « Nous sommes tous des menteurs », group show, Frac MECA, Bordeaux 31 Mar - 17 Mar 2023
Lisetta Carmi. Suonare Forte, Gallerie d'Italia, Torino 22 Sep 2022 - 12 Feb 2023