A long-term photographic dialogue with Portofino, shaped by time, observation and different artistic perspectives.
Each year, we invite a photographer to spend time in Portofino — not as a visitor, but as an observer. The programme is called Portofino Residencies, and it was developed in collaboration with PhMuseum, one of the leading platforms for contemporary photography.
A residency is something more than a visit. It takes time to truly understand a place: its rhythms, its light, and the people who inhabit it. Out of that experience comes a body of work that does not simply document, but interprets.
Portofino Residencies was born from the belief that these places deserve a slower gaze.
Alejandro Chaskielberg
Piergiorgio Sorgetti
Martina Giammaria
Carolina Pimenta
Over the years, the programme has welcomed artists with very different practices. Alejandro Chaskielberg worked on the beauty of Portofino’s night landscapes; Piergiorgio Sorgetti photographed the rhythm of summer on the Riviera; Martina Giammaria reimagined the territory through digital compositions; and Carolina Pimenta explored the tension between luxury tourism and everyday life along the coast.
Each residency offers a different way of looking at the same landscape. Some projects are intimate, some contemplative, others more sharply observational, but all are rooted in a close relationship with place.
Portofino Residencies continues to grow from that same conviction. We support artists whose work pays close attention to territory, memory and time, creating new perspectives on a landscape that has long been part of our story.
