Wild Routes: Claudio Viezzoli’s Photography Exhibition in Rome Supporting Our Work in Ecuador

From May 10 to 20, 2026, the Teatro Villa Pamphilj in Rome will host "Wild Routes," a solo exhibition by photographer Claudio Viezzoli.
Following a successful run in London, this second exhibition brings together a selection of photographs taken across Africa, Asia, and South America, capturing the breathtaking beauty and stark fragility of places where the "wild" still endures.

The initiative stems from Viezzoli's personal commitment. In his own words, he decided to "make my wildlife photographs available as a sign of environmental commitment to support thousands of young people and adult women in seven rural communities in the province of Esmeraldas, Ecuador." He adds: "The families, mostly of Afro-descendant origin, live on what the sea provides: artisanal fishing and gathering shellfish with their bare hands. But the sea is retreating, fish are disappearing, and even the small dark clam—the concha negra—that women search for deep in the black mud of the mangroves is becoming scarce, as if the earth itself were closing its fists.
They need support in their silent task: protecting the marine-coastal ecosystem, creating breeding grounds for mollusks and aquatic species, reclaiming plastic from the tides to return it to a useful cycle, and envisioning an economy that does not destroy what it depends on."

Supporting the "Mangrove Guardians"

All proceeds from the exhibition will be donated to a project supporting communities in Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador.

The project focuses on supporting seven rural communities living in the "green labyrinth" of the mangroves. In these isolated villages, nestled between land and sea, the "mangrove guardians" link their very survival to their harmony with nature.
CISP has been working alongside these communities for about five years to address critical challenges:

• Environmental Protection: Creating breeding grounds for mollusks and aquatic species that are becoming increasingly scarce.
• Income Support: Aiding women and youth who rely on artisanal fishing and shellfish gathering in a context marked by poverty, violence, lack of public services and limited resources.
• Circular Economy: Taking action to clear plastic from the coastlines and reintegrate it into useful cycles for the community.
• Safeguarding the youngest: renovating and equipping community nurseries for the children of young women, who must go into the mangroves every day to make a few dollars for their families.

How to Visit and Donate

We invite you to visit the exhibition and discover, through Viezzoli’s lens and the video filmed in the mangrove communities, the value of an irreplaceable natural heritage that we have a duty to preserve for future generations.

• Where: Teatro Villa Pamphilj (Entrance: via di S. Pancrazio, 10 / Piazza S. Pancrazio, 9A).
• When: May 10–20, 2026.
• Donations: You can directly support CISP’s project in Ecuador by scanning the QR codes on the invitation at the exhibition or on our website to support the protection and dignity of these local communities.

Every shot is a bridge to a land asking to be protected. We look forward to walking these "wild routes" together.