New exhibition entitled "Nature, captured and framed"

On Friday, 11 July 2025, the Luxembourg City Photothèque hosted the vernissage of its new summer exhibition entitled "Nature, captured and framed". Featuring over 100 photographs selected from the Photothèque's collections, the exhibition highlights the diversity of nature in urban environments, and explores the simultaneously harmonious and strained relationship that humankind entertains with Nature.

In a fast-paced, ever-changing urbanised world, Nature reminds us that it can also serve as a haven of peace and tranquillity, where green spaces, as metaphorical "lungs of the city", have become an essential aspect of urban planning policies that are mindful of citizens' quality of life and environmental issues. Through the selection of photographs on display, the exhibition illustrates how, since the fortress was dismantled in the 19^th century, the city's parks and gardens have gradually woven themselves into the urban fabric of Luxembourg City and established themselves as popular landmarks for residents, as typified by the municipal park designed by Édouard André.

Photographs from 1900 to 2014

In addition to the photographs of green spaces, "Nature, captured and framed" also highlights other aspects of Nature, such as flowers and floral arrangements. As part of everyday life, be it in times of joy or sadness, they perfectly illustrate how humankind sometimes seeks to tame or transform Nature to suit our lives. Yet from time to time, Nature reminds us that it is still a force to be reckoned with: some of the photographs of floods or storms are stark reminders of how vulnerable we can be to the forces of Nature.

Taken over the period from 1900 to 2014 by a dozen or so photographers – including Batty Fischer, Pol Aschman, Tony Krier and Marcel Schroeder – the photographs on display at the Ratskeller are moving, thought-provoking and evoke feelings of wonder, whether because of the way the light plays on their subjects, the way they were framed, or the minute details revealed in close-up shots.

A 128-page catalogue is available for sale for €15.