Herbert List x Zied Ben Romdhane: Under The Same Sun
Magnum Gallery is pleased to present a new exhibition conceived as a visual dialogue spanning several decades along the Mediterranean coast. This unique curation pairs the work of two Magnum photographers: a selection of Herbert List’s photographs of the Mediterranean (and Baltic) Sea from the 1930s to the 1950s and Zied Ben Romdhane’s images along the Mediterranean coast in present-day Tunisia.
Herbert List’s images take shape around the contours of the Mediterranean, particularly Greece and Italy, portraying bodies and landscapes as archetypes among the ruins, and evoking symbols of Greek antiquity, art and myth. In present-day Tunisia, Ben Romdhane photographs the same sea and sun decades later, capturing the mental state of youth in his home country.
This page is a highlight of the exhibition in our gallery space. View all the works in the exhibition here.
“Ben Romdhane’s contemporary images gain a historical dimension through their elective affinity with List’s work, while List’s photographs, nearly 90 years old, reach into the present alongside Ben Romdane’s vision”
Herbert List
Selected works
Zied Ben Romdhane
Selected works
