Alliance, Infinity, Love
In the Face of the Other
9th TRIENNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY HAMBURG
5 June 2026 – 22 September 2026
About the exhibition
The main exhibition of the 9th Triennial of Photography Hamburg, curated by Mark Sealy, celebrates the cultural and artistic diversity of photography and its healing and transformative power. It creates an open, polyphonic space of encounter that questions societal polarizations and seeks to overcome the division between “us” and the “other”. At the same time, the exhibition renders tangible the ethical principles underpinning the festival “Alliance, Infinity, Love – In the Face of the Other” as a lived experience.
The exhibition presents around 30 artistic positions spanning photography, video, and film, recounting stories rooted in a wide range of places and cultural experiences—from Australia and Japan to Lebanon and Palestine, from Brazil and Jamaica to South Africa, Brussels or London, and Greenland.
“Photography is an invitation to engage with things that are foreign to us. It encourages us to accept differences unconditionally”
Mark Sealy, curator and artistic director of the Triennal of Photography
Artists
Featuring works by Laura Aguilar, Hélène Amouzou, Richard Avedon, James Baldwin, Didier Ben Loulou, Dawoud Bey, Sandra Brewster, Jasmina Cibic, Mário Cravo Neto, Brenda L. Croft, Mónica de Miranda, Omar Victor Diop, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Arlene Gottfried, Eikoh Hosoe, Mao Ishikawa, Lee Jaffe, Babak Kazemi, Sakir Khader, Derik Lynch, Teresa Margolles, José Medeiros, Randa Mirza, Tyler Mitchell, Naeem Mohaiemen, Ebony G. Patterson, Raphaela Rosella, Lee Shulman, Lindokuhle Sobekwa, Chuck Stewart, Inuuteq Storch, Stephanie Syjuco, Lara Tabet, Matthew Thorne, Nil Yalter among others.
Audioguide
In our audioguide, curator Mark Sealy discusses the ideas behind each chapter of the exhibition and talks about the influence of the song “Nature Boy” for the Triennal of Photography Hamburg.
Podcast
In this episode of DAS IST KUNST, Jumoke Olusanmi speaks with British curator Mark Sealy, who is serving as artistic director of the 9th Triennal of Photography Hamburg this year.
All brochures from all exhibitions of the 9th Hamburg Photography Triennial in a slipcase. Published by the Deichtorhallen Hamburg, released by adocs Verlag. With texts by Akosua Viktoria Adu-Sanyah, Jessica Bock, Gisela Cánepa, Christine Chávez, Corinne Diserens, Aruna D’Souza, Harald Falckenberg, Belinda Grace Gardner, Luisa Hahn, Lisa Hellriegel, Nadine Isabelle Henrich, Emilie Houssa, Wolfgang Kaleck, Melike Kara, Sebastian Lux, Walther Maradiegue, Franziska Mecklenburg, Sarah Messerschmidt, Claire Müller, Sara Munro, Anna Nowak, Sophie Charlotte Opitz, Catherine Perret, Nina Porter, Sara Sallam, Laura Schmidt, Sabine Schnakenberg, Mark Sealy, Sinthujan Varatharajah, and Keren Yehezkel. 550 pages, slipcase, German/English, 100 illustrations (some full-page), 32 x 23 x 9 cm, 45 €
