Le Vie delle Foto

Le Vie delle Foto was born in Trieste in 2011 as a citywide photography festival, with the aim of bringing art outside traditional exhibition spaces and into everyday life. For an entire month, the city transforms into an open-air gallery, where bars, restaurants, and hotels become unusual yet fascinating stages for photographic exhibitions. Visitors stopping by for a coffee, a dinner, or a hotel stay find themselves immersed in an artistic journey that blends seamlessly with daily experiences, turning ordinary moments into encounters with beauty.

Since its very first edition, the festival has hosted hundreds of exhibitions and showcased thousands of photographs from all over Italy and abroad. Professional photographers, established artists, emerging talents, and passionate amateurs alternate year after year, bringing with them a wide range of languages and visions: from artistic photography to social reportage, from street photography to nature and conceptual research. This diversity is the festival’s true hallmark, offering every visitor the chance to discover unique styles and narratives.

Alongside the exhibitions, Le Vie delle Foto features a rich program of collateral events: book presentations, artist talks, workshops, and guided tours. These activities foster encounters and dialogue, creating opportunities for photographers and audiences to connect. The aim is to build community, making photography not only an artistic language but also a cultural and social bridge.

Over the years, the project has expanded beyond Trieste, bringing its itinerant exhibitions abroad: from Koper to Athens, from Rijeka to Fier, and even Barcelona, where it has entered the international festival circuit. This cosmopolitan vocation underlines the ability of Le Vie delle Foto to speak a universal language, recognizable and appreciated worldwide.

At the heart of the festival is Linda Simeone, its founder and curator, who for over a decade has worked with passion to give space to those who use photography as a tool for storytelling and emotion. Thanks to her vision, the project has grown into a much-awaited event, attracting a wide and diverse audience every year.

Today, Le Vie delle Foto is more than a cultural event: it is an experience that unites art and everyday life, an invitation to pause, observe, and be surprised. It is also a new way to discover Trieste—walking through its streets, stopping in its venues, and being guided by images that narrate the world through the unique gaze of the photographers.