Alla faccia degli universitari

Alla faccia degli universitari is a social photography project developed within the History of Photography course at the Department of Musicology and Cultural Heritage, University of Pavia (Cremona campus). Created by Camilla Bassorizzi and the 50 Millimetri Collective, the project combines photographic portraits with short audio testimonies, giving voice to university students who live and study in Cremona while sharing their aspirations, experiences and perspectives on the future.

As part of Cremona Art Week 2025, the shop windows of the city centre displayed 155 portraits of students from Cremona’s universities, each accompanied by a QR code allowing visitors to listen to the subject’s own voice. Photography thus becomes a tool for storytelling and participation, creating a dialogue between the university, the city and its community, and transforming public space into a place of encounter and exchange.

Developed in collaboration with the Consulta Interuniversitaria di Cremona, Confcommercio – Provincia di Cremona and Le Botteghe del Centro, the project reflects on the role of university students as active contributors to local life and on photography as a means of research, documentation and the promotion of relationships between people, places and cultural heritage.