From March 11 to April 7, 2026, 10 Corso Como Gallery presents The New American West: Photography in Conversation – an exhibition examining how the idea of the American West has been constructed, mythologised, and continually reimagined through photography over nearly a century.
Opening image: Maryam Eisler. Old Car Hoods, El Paso, Texas, USA, 2024
Maryam Eisler. Hotel Paisano Signage at Dusk, Marfa, Texas, USA, 2024
Maryam Eisler. The Texas, Marfa, Texas, USA, 2024
Presented as part of the Circuito Off programme of MIA Photo Fair BNP Paribas (March 19 – 22, 2026, at Superstudiopiù in Milan), the exhibition is co-curated by Alessio de’Navasques, Howard Greenberg, and Carrie Scott. Photography is positioned here as both document and projection. Contemporary works by Maryam Eisler and Alexei Riboud enter into dialogue with images by Edward Weston, Paul Strand, Diane Arbus, Esther Bubley, Mary Ellen Mark, Robert Adams, Joel Meyerowitz, Lee Friedlander, Wright Morris, Minor White, Allen Ginsberg, Wim Wenders and others.
Joel Meyerowitz. Los Angeles, California, 1976
Together, their work traces the West from the early twentieth century to today – revealing not a single story, but a layered and evolving idea shaped by ambition, displacement, beauty and contradiction.
At the heart of the project is the 2024 journey undertaken by Eisler and Riboud across Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah—a shared journey experienced independently. The two photographed the same territories without sharing images, producing radically different visual responses. Eisler’s work is cinematic, intuitive, and psychologically charged; Riboud’s is essential, architectural, and contemplative.
Edward Weston. Dunes, Oceano, 1936
Alexei Riboud. Central El Paso. El Paso, Texas, USA, 2024
Without overt political declaration, The New American West reflects on the enduring promise once attached to the frontier – freedom, opportunity and reinvention – while acknowledging the exclusions and hardships embedded within those ideals. Through photography, these tensions remain visible, open to reflection and re-seeing.
Alexei Riboud. Car wreck, Shafter Ghost Town, Texas, USA, 2024
Esther Bubley. At the local amateur rodeo, Tomball, Texas, April 1945
Exhibition highlights include works by: Ansel Adams, Robert Adams, Diane Arbus, Thomas Frederick Arndt, Esther Bubley, Mark Citret, John Collier, Bruce Davidson, Allen Ginsberg, William Gedney, Frank Gohlke, Lee Friedlander, Kenro Izu, Danny Lyon, Mary Ellen Mark, Ray K. Metzker, Joel Meyerowitz, Wright Morris, Arnold Newman, Arthur Rothsten, Peter Sekaer, Paul Strand, Edward Weston, Wim Wenders, Minor White, alongside new works by Maryam Eisler and Alexei Riboud.
10·Corso·Como Gallery
11.3 – 7.4.2026
Every day: 10.30am – 7.30pm
Free admission