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The MAN Museo d’Arte della Provincia di Nuoro and the Galleria Comunale d’Arte di Cagliari are pleased to present Minor Islands. Photographic Notes from 1990 to Today, a major photographic exhibition bringing together sixteen projects by international artists on the theme of representing the island from the beginning of the new century to the present day. Scheduled to open on 26 June in Cagliari and 27 June in Nuoro, the exhibition project focuses not only on the geographical dimension, but also on the cultural and social aspects of the concept of insularity. It is curated by Walter Guadagnini and Giangavino Pazzola. Sardinia has largely been interpreted and depicted through a reportage-style lens, with a focus on its landscapes and the communities of its interior regions. These visual accounts have contributed to a social imagery marked by a polarization between the central state and the periphery, shaping representations, myths and ideologies that have, over time, influenced both how islanders perceive themselves and how Sardinia is viewed by outsiders. The stereotypical perception oscillated between an image of Sardinia as a place suspended in time – a kind of Eden – and a contrasting vision tainted by the equally exoticized presence of bandits from crime reports, remote hinterlands and other references associated with underdevelopment.