This year’s Fotogalleriet selection of artists represent a broad artistic and geographical landscape. Rooted in photography as the main medium, each artist expands our perception of photography as an art form. While being based in the Nordics, their field of work reaches beyond physical and metaphysical borders. Time and obscurity are central in each of their works – questioning our predisposed set of beliefs. While specifically exploring varied topics of diaspora, migration, shifting identities and heritage they collectively touch upon temporality, memories, loss, and change.

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The committee appointed by Fotogalleriet for the 2023 FUTURES nomination process consisted of: artist, writer, and Dáiddadállu artists' collective member Susanne Hætta, Guovdageaidnu/Vadsø; Liv Brissach, a writer and curator at MUNCH, Oslo; Kristin Aasbø, curator and Senior Archivist at Preus, The National Museum of Photography, Horten; Miki Gebrelul, Head of Exhibitions at Fotogalleriet, Oslo, and Antonio Cataldo, Artistic Director of Fotogalleriet.

Fotogalleriet is a publicly-funded foundation located in the center of Oslo. It is the oldest institution for photography as a critical art practice in the Nordic region. Founded in 1977 by a group of cultural workers for hothousing cutting-edge photographic practices, Fotogalleriet has since been dedicated to exhibiting local and international art practices, and analysing the rapidly expanding nature of a field unrestricted by technological and aesthetic shifts.

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Through its commitment to research and engagement with artists, Fotogalleriet is a leading institution within the field of image making. The Norwegian Royal Ministry of Culture provides Fotogalleriet’s principal operating support; additional operational funding comes from the Norwegian Photographic Fund (Nofofo), and in part, from the Oslo Municipality.