Saturday, June 13, 2026, at 6:00 PM, MUSIL – Valle Camonica Hydroelectric Energy Museum in Cedegolo inaugurates the exhibition The Last Days. The Adamello Glacier in Michele Gusmeri's photographs.
The exhibition, open in Cedegolo from June 13 to October 25, 2026, presents the Adamello Glacier through the photographs of Michele Gusmeri.
Glaciers, due to climatic and environmental variations, are subject to rapid collapse whose effects are not yet entirely predictable. In this context, the exhibition The Last Days. The Adamello Glacier in Michele Gusmeri's photographs was born.
On display are thirty-three photographic shots, the result of Michele Gusmeri's artistic and at the same time documentary vision, which capture the dramatic retreat and ephemeral beauty of the largest concentration of ice in the Italian Alps. A powerful visual narrative that testifies to the urgency of the environmental challenge, and a touching portrait that shows the glacier at this specific moment: its last days.
The idea of photographing the glacier with the demanding technique of large-format analog photography is challenging and – in the era of social platforms – almost provocative. The thought that lenses born from artisan hands between the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries can today bear witness to such an epochal moment makes one reflect on the rapidity of the ongoing change: what seemed eternal a few centuries ago, today appears on the inevitable accelerated descent of a steep inclined plane. The result visually represents what is today one of the most important challenges for humankind: the necessity to preserve, for future generations, the high-altitude regions that hold an essential part of the planet's water reserves.
Speakers at the inauguration will be:
- René Capovin, MUSIL Director
- Renato Veronesi, CAI Brescia President
- Pierluigi Mottinelli, Councillor of Acque Bresciane
- Andrea Pedrali, Mayor of Cedegolo
- Michele Gusmeri, author of the photographic project
- Caterina Facchini, CAI Cedegolo President
- Alessia Abrami, CAI Juniores Brescia Section
The exhibition is organized in collaboration with MUSIL, Acque Bresciane, Valle Camonica Mountain Community, Municipality of Cedegolo, Italian Alpine Club – Valle Camonica Section, based on a project by the Italian Alpine Club – Brescia Section, with the patronage of Adamello Park and Adamello Brenta Natural Park.