Of human nature. Mediterranean biodiversity in the photographs of Eugenio Turri
28.05.2025
Photo by Eugenio Turri
On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the death of Eugenio Turri (1927–2005), the exhibition “Of Human Nature. Mediterranean Biodiversity in the Photographs of Eugenio Turri” will open to the public at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 30, at the Geography Museum of the University of Padua, Via del Santo, 26 - Padova. The exhibition will be on view until September 14.
Curated by Mauro Varotto, Carlotta Fassina, Chiara Gallanti, and Lucia Turri, the exhibition is the result of a collaboration between the Geography Museum and the Eugenio Turri Archive, as part of the research project “National Biodiversity Future Center – NBFC”, funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU under Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR).
The exhibition aims to highlight the vast photographic archive left by Eugenio Turri, one of the most perceptive and original scholars of 20th-century Italian landscapes, who focused on the Mediterranean basin—recognized as one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots.
“Of Human Nature” invites visitors to move beyond the boundaries between the natural and the human, and to rediscover the generative role of human activity in preserving biodiversity, offering a profound and timely perspective on a landscape now more fragile than ever.
Exhibition hours:
- June: Tuesdays from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Sundays from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
- July: Tuesdays and Fridays from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- September: Tuesdays from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Sundays, September 7 and 14, from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Admission to the exhibition is included in the museum ticket.
For more information: museo.geografia@unipd.it
