Giulio Di Sturco's Ganga Ma Exhibition at Podbielski Contemporary Milan

Podbielski Contemporary in Milan presents Ganga Ma, a solo exhibition by photographer Giulio Di Sturco (born Milan, 1979). The show features a selection from his decade-long project on the Ganges River in India, recently published as a monograph. Di Sturco's 2,500-mile journey from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal in Bangladesh captures serene atmospheres populated by people, buildings, and animals along the sacred river, which Hindu tradition believes flows through paradise. Beneath this apparent peace, he investigates the devastating effects of pollution, unchecked industrialization, and climate change. The river is personified as a human entity, a status legally recognized in 2017 by the High Court of Uttarakhand, India. Di Sturco's refined visual language reveals the contradiction between nature and humanity as both friends and foes, a timely theme. The river is considered sacred by over a billion Indians and holds the same legal rights as a person.