In September 2026, Adriana Lorusso for Revista Noticias (Perfil) featured Carlos’s Revealed Scenes exhibition at Rolf Art as one of the photography exhibitions to attend in Buenos Aires. Link to Article.
La Nación - Revealed Scenes - Interview (Argentina) /
In September 2026, Carlos was interviewed by Paula Zacharías for La Nación newspaper to discuss Revealed Scenes, his first photo book and eponymous exhibition at Rolf Art. Link to article.
Exhibition - Revealed Scenes (Buenos Aires) /
In September 2026, Carlos launched Revealed Scenes: On Spaces of Self-Representation at a Watershed Moment, his first photo book, which was Published by Díaz Ortiz Ediciones and edited and art-directed by Ananké Asseff. The publication was accompanied by an eponymous exhibition at Rolf Art featuring a text by Belén Coluccio.
The book explores spaces linked to the emotional, the perceptive, and the intimate that emerged during the global isolation derived from the pandemic beginning in 2020. Through 117 self-represented scenes, created by individuals from 35 countries across 5 continents and photographed remotely via videoconference, each image forms a singular testament of experience in the face of collective uncertainty.
The relational practices and performative exercises that informed the construction of these scenes operated as mechanisms to access unconscious, sensitive, and subjective realms. Indirectly inscribed within the images and testimonies, these relational dynamics open a field of reflection addressing cultural and social critique, the perception of time and reality, the role of technology, and the metaphysical dimension of experience—issues that acquire a renewed urgency in a contemporary moment marked by instability and transformation.
The exhibition constituted an expansion of the book-object into physical space. That reclaimed materiality invited the viewer to enter and delve deeper into the layers of meaning proposed by the work.
Gallery text by Belén Colluccio:
“One of the most sinister tropes reflected back to us by virtual meeting platforms is that of the infinite mirror effect: the cascading multiplication of the screen within itself, and with it, of the user’s face. Perhaps what is most unsettling about this image is its ability to condense the daily experience of a fragmented subjectivity, forcing it to replicate itself across the distinct windows of virtual life—pushing the proliferation of “profiles” for a single face even further than Cubism mapped out.
Carlos von der Heyde seems to have paused before this tunnel of Chinese boxes where the mystery of identity—a notion fallen out of favor, yet central to thought at the turn of this century—might have become lost. Like someone dusting off an ancient relic, he took up his reflex camera to, in some way, break the spell of the screen's abyssal state and restore to the body its capacity for presence.
The project Revealed Scenes gathers 117 portraits, taken via videoconference during the pandemic, of individuals across different ages, professions, and places of residence, alongside the written testimonies they produced a year later upon revisiting their photographs. Both—images and texts—were compiled into a book whose reading is inaugurated in this exhibition, which simultaneously unveils itself as a reflective program on the process of editing and publishing photography.
While the book as a venue for projecting the photographic imagination has been recently explored in specialized exhibitions, von der Heyde playfully inscribes within that realm a deconstruction of the material lifecycle of this object:from the trajectory between different mediums, to the shift of the image toward empty space and the written word.
The work’s resonance is gathered within two hardcover boards and unfolds in the slow turning of the pages. The genre of portraiture, ever returning, does so here along a path where the intimate and the historical intersect. The subtle turning-away of most participants' gazes—an inwardness that suspends the usual economy of digital imagery—is the punctum that reveals the steady rhythm of this global space: beds, curtains, bottles, jeans, armchairs, windows; a shared material culture that manifests alongside the experience of isolation.
The dialogue between von der Heyde and Ananké Asseff at the end of the book guides the reading toward the individuals—their moods, their understanding of their immediate world, their practice of the transcendent. In a complementary gesture, the exhibition directs the gaze toward the casings, toward the frames where the possibility of everything still resides. In that oscillation, the question of representation emerges, addressing not only the status of photography, but the broader dimension of meaning itself. Between image and text, book and exhibition, presence and mediation, the project keeps that transition open without seeking to resolve it.”
Perfil (Argentina) - Interview - Revealed Scenes /
In September 2026, Carlos was interviewed by Abril Gatica for Perfil (Argentina) to discuss his Revealed Scenes project.
Exhibition - Ficciones de lo Real - Fundación Carolina - Souls of a Movement project (Madrid) /
In November 2025, a selection of images from Carlos’s Souls of a Movement project was featured in Fictions of the Real: New Visual Narratives from Ibero-America, a group exhibition at the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Madrid, organized as part of the 25th Anniversary of Fundación Carolina.
Some excerpts from the curatorial text by the curatorial team Ballate-Armas:
This exhibition offers a collective approach to diverse representations of Ibero-American realities through photography, understood as a field of multiple languages that moves between document and fiction, testimony and poetry, memory and the present. The exhibition brings together the work of visual artists […] who, from different geographies, activate new forms of visual representation of the social in their work, challenging narratives, questioning hegemonic imaginaries, and redefining the intimate and the collective […]
Carlos von der Heyde’s view of reality is defined by his ability to merge documentary record with narrative composition. His photographs do not simply document events; they capture emotional intensity, movement, and the interaction of bodies in public space. Gestures, banners, faces, and crowds become signs of the strength of collective action, while the repetition of certain scenes and the careful attention to framing allow each image to function as a visual meditation on contemporary social drama.
His series Souls of a Movement demonstrates how photographic art can act as a mediator between the local and the global, between the specificity of each protest and the universality of demands […] From historical conflicts in Latin America to movements in Europe and the United States, von der Heyde constructs a narrative that connects different geographies through the energy of political action, revealing civic mobilization as a common thread that unites diverse struggles within a globalized context. Each photograph becomes a profound reflection on the dynamics of social movements and civic struggles that cut across the contemporary world […] Every demonstration he witnesses becomes a stage where social drama unfolds not only as conflict but also as resistance, personal sovereignty, reconciliation, and collective strength. In this sense, his work […] transcends ideological divisions to create new common spaces capable of transforming reality.
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Hispanic Heritage Month - Cleary Gottlieb - Souls of a Movement project /
In September 2025, in the context of Hispanic Heritage Month, Carlos’s career and his project, “Souls of a Movement,” were featured at Cleary Gottlieb, where Carlos is an alum.
Cleary Gottlieb is one of the largest law firms in the world, with 16 offices and around 1,100 lawyers from more than 50 countries. The firm has a renowned art collection and an ongoing commitment to cultural engagement.
Passion for Freedom festival - Souls of a Movement project /
In May 2024, a diptych from Carlos’s “Souls of a Movement” project was featured at the 15th edition of the Passion for Freedom itinerant art festival, which took place in Brooklyn, NY. Creators such as Ai Weiwei, Atena Farghadani, Mimsy, Lubomir Arsov, Kristian von Hornsleth, and Huchia—many of whom focus on issues of freedom and have been censored in their own countries—have been showcased over the years at the festival’s London, Copenhagen, and Warsaw editions.
The Kennedy Beacon - Article - Souls of a Movement project /
A November 2023 article titled "A Homecoming for Health Freedom" by Debra Sheldon for The Kennedy Beacon featured a collection of images from Carlos’ ongoing project, Souls of a Movement.”
The Kennedy Beacon was a media platform operated by American Values 2024, a Super PAC supporting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s 2024 presidential campaign. It served as a daily news outlet covering Kennedy-related media, aiming to counter censorship and misinformation while promoting his political vision. The platform featured podcasts, opinion pieces, and news roundups, with contributions from journalists and commentators. It emphasized open dialogue, welcoming diverse viewpoints even when they differed from the candidate’s positions, particularly on contentious issues such as the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.
Bookforum - Souls of a Movement project /
The December 2022 final winter issue of Bookforum featured an image from Carlos’ “Souls of a Movement” ongoing project in Omari Weekes’ review of “Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta,” James Hannaham’s most recent novel.
Bookforum, the New York-based sister magazine of art-world glossy Artforum, launched in 1994 and has served as a haven for literary criticism and commentary. In addition to publishing book reviews and essays, the magazine regularly featured interviews with authors and artists, including Umberto Eco, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Haruki Murakami, Salman Rushdie, Susan Sontag, Nan Goldin, Louise Bourgeois and Barbara Kruger.
Artforum is an international monthly magazine specializing in contemporary art, which features in-depth articles and reviews, as well as book reviews, columns on cinema and popular culture, personal essays, and commissioned artworks and essays.
James Hannaham (born 1968) is a writer, performer, and visual artist. His novel Delicious Foods (2015), which deals with human trafficking, won the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and was named one of Publishers Weekly's top ten books of the year. The New York Times called it an “ambitious, sweeping novel of American captivity and exploitation.”
Aperture - "Revolution is Love" - Photo book launch /
In the context of the launch of “Revolution Is Love: A Year of Black Trans Liberation,” a photo book on the Black trans activist movement in New York City, Aperture featured a portrait from Carlos’ “Souls of a Movement” project and a related quote in its social media platforms.
Revolution Is Love gathers twenty-four photographers (including Carlos) who participated in these actions to share images and words on the demonstrations and their community at large, preserving this legacy as it unfolded. Through photographs, interviews, and text, it celebrates the power of shared joy and struggle in trans community and liberation.
“Souls of a Movement” is an ongoing photo-documentary project on the protagonists of various social protests that have intermittently erupted in New York, London, Buenos Aires and other cities, around racial justice, bodily autonomy and medical freedom, gender identity, freedom of speech, war/peace, mass surveillance, and other human rights issues. Link to post
ViceVersa Magazine - Souls of a Movement - Interview /
In August 2022, Carlos was interviewed by Agustina Bullrich for ViceVersa Magazine to discuss his Souls of a Movement project. Link to article.
Exhibition - Souls of a Movement - Chinatown Soup (NYC) /
In June 2022, Carlos debuted his photography exhibition “Souls of a Movement” at Chinatown Soup, a community art center advancing art, justice, historic preservation, and civic engagement in downtown New York City.
“Souls of a Movement” is an ongoing photo-documentary project on the protagonists of various social protests that have intermittently erupted in New York, Washington DC, London and other cities, around racial justice, bodily autonomy and medical freedom, gender identity, freedom of speech, war/peace, mass surveillance, and other human rights issues.
The series explores the way in which protestors can embody a core set of values and principles such as humaneness, personal sovereignty, reconciliation, and truth-seeking in evolving contexts, times and spaces, and transcend ideological divides to forge new hybrid paths. The brief texts that accompany each image create a common thread that delves into realms as diverse as cultural commentary, social critique, consciousness and metaphysics, and invite the viewer to use self-knowledge, critical thinking and trained discernment as a platform to create new realities. Link to installation's website here
Canal 13 (Chile) - Interview - Souls of a Movement project /
In April 2021, Carlos was interviewed by Canal 13 (Chile) to discuss his Souls of a Movement project in the context of ongoing racial tensions in the U.S.
Kreëmart - Pardon Me series /
In March 2021, Carlos was invited by Kreëmart to discuss his career and his ongoing projects, Revealed Scenes and Souls of a Movement.
Seminario de Cultura Mexicana - El Universal newspaper (Mexico) /
In October 2020, Carlos participated in a panel discussion that was part of a dialogue series organized by the Mexican Culture Seminar and the newspaper El Universal (Mexico). The forum was moderated by journalist and columnist Adriana Malvido, who led a conversation on how the pandemic affected artistic creation. The discussion featured writer and playwright Hugo Hiriart, visual artist Sofía Probert Pérez, stage director and head of the University Theatre Center at UNAM Mario Espinosa, and Carlos, who discussed his Revealed Scenes and Souls of a Movement projects.
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Fundación Pequeños Pasos - Auction - Souls of a Movement project (NYC) /
On June 17, 2021, Carlos participated in an auction organized by Pequeños Pasos at the Argentine Consulate in NYC, with this photo from his Souls of a Movement series. The funds raised were used to build a daycare center for 150 underprivileged kids in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego.
Exhibition - ICP Concerned, Global Images for Global Crisis - Souls of a Movement project (NYC) /
The ICP (International Center of Photography) of NYC, the world’s leading institution dedicated to photography and visual culture, selected a photo from Carlos’s “Souls of a Movement” series for its “Global Images for Global Crisis” exhibition, which opened on October 1, 2020.
The selected images were chosen from over 45,000 open call submissions collected under the #ICPConcerned Instagram hashtag initiated in March 2020. The collection reflects a wide range of responses to world events, from the COVID-19 pandemic to racial justice protests and beyond. Link to exhibition’s website
“Souls of a Movement” is an ongoing photo-documentary project on the protagonists of various social protests that have intermittently erupted in New York, Washington DC, London and other cities, around racial justice, bodily autonomy and medical freedom, gender identity, freedom of speech, war/peace, mass surveillance, and other human rights issues.
Grass Roots Law - Souls of a Movement project /
In September 2020, a portrait from Carlos’s Souls of a Movement project was featured on the official Instagram account of Grassroots Law Project, a U.S. civic engagement platform. Link to post
Until Freedom - Souls of a Movement project /
In September 2020, a portrait from Carlos’s Souls of a Movement project was featured on the official Instagram account of Until Freedom, a U.S. civic engagement platform. Link to post
Vote project - NYC Protest Coverage - Souls of a Movement project /
"VOTE" was an online campaign encouraging Americans to exercise their right to vote in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, and which included a portrait taken by Carlos as part of his Souls of a Movement project. The campaign was directed by @nobifilm and produced by @NYCProtestCoverage. Link to post.
