04 October 2024 – 05 January 2025
Esplanade Tunnel (Basement 1)
The first solo exhibition in Southeast Asia “Happy Valley” by the Italian photographer Pierfrancesco Celada is open to the public until 5 January 2025. The exhibition is part of the Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF) and supported by the Embassy of Italy in Singapore.
Between 2014 and 2022, Pierfrancesco’s encounters in Hong Kong evolved into poignant images that capture moments of restraint, contemplation, and unspoken murmurs, waiting for viewers to uncover their deeper meanings. “Happy Valley” is assembled as an allegory weaving through time and narrating the state of mind in the pursuit of an ordinary life in Hong Kong. In the words of the artist, “Through visual metaphors, I have explored my relationship with the city, aiming to create a contemporary portrait of Hong Kong, reflecting its complex and multilayered realities.”
About the artist
After completing a PhD in Biomechanics, Pierfrancesco is now concentrating his attention on a series of personal long-term photographic projects documenting life in modern cities. He won the Photo Folio Review, Les Rencontres d’Arles (2021), the Guernsey Photography Festival International Competition (2020), PHmuseum Photography Grant (runner-up, 2020), Happiness Onthemove Award (2017), EPEA’03 (2015), the Photolux Leica Award (2014) and the Ideastap and Magnum Photos Photographic Award (2010). His work has been published and exhibited internationally, including Les Rencontres d’Arles, Fotografia Europea, Cortona ONTHEMOVE, Nobel Peace Center, Gulbenkian Foundation, Wyng Foundation and Deichtorhallen. Currently based in Venice, Italy.
About SIPF
The Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF) is a biennial gathering of minds from around the world with the common pursuit of advancing the art and appreciation of photography. One of Southeast Asia’s longest-running photo festivals established since 2008, it aims to be a key arena for critical thought and contemporary discourse on photography. The SIPF is organized by DECK Photography Arts Centre Ltd, a non-profit arts organisation that champions photography arts.
