Lucas Foglia
Lucas Foglia
Painted Lady Butterfly in a Camel Skull, Jordan, 2022
Pigment Print in Walnut Frame
23.5 x 30 inches
Edition of 8
Lucas Foglia
Painted Lady Chrysalis Hanging from an Acacia, Kenya, 2021
Pigment Print in Walnut Frame
23 x 18 inches
Edition of 8
Lucas Foglia
Painted Lady Butterfly on a Milk Thistle, Kenya, 2021
Pigment Print in Walnut Frame
23 x 18 inches
Edition of 8
Lucas Foglia
Erei and Thomas Collecting Painted Lady Butterflies, Mpala Research Centre, Kenya, 2021
Pigment Print in Walnut Frame
34 x 44 inches
Edition of 8
Lucas Foglia
Spiny Zilla, Jordan, 2022
Pigment Print in Walnut Frame
23.5 x 30 inches
Edition of 8
Lucas Foglia
Painted Lady Butterfly Traveling North, Tunisia, 2023
Pigment Print in Walnut Frame
23.5 x 30 inches
Edition of 8
Lucas Foglia
Merchant Ship Passing Zembra, Tunisia, 2023
Pigment Print in Walnut Frame
44 x 34 inches
Edition of 8
Lucas Foglia
Migrants Who Drowned While Crossing the Mediterranean Sea, Italy, 2023
Pigment Print in Walnut Frame
30 x 23.5 inches
Edition of 8
Lucas Foglia
Painted Lady Butterfly on a Pincushion, Spain, 2021
Pigment Print in Walnut Frame
30 x 23.5 inches
Edition of 8
Lucas Foglia
Sara Eating Breakfast, Italy, 2021
Pigment Print in Walnut Frame
30 x 23.5 inches
Edition of 8
Lucas Foglia
Raluca Collecting Butterflies for the Worldwide Painted Lady Migration Project, Switzerland, 2023
Pigment Print in Walnut Frame
34 x 44 inches
Edition of 8
Lucas Foglia
Painted Lady Butterfly by the Eiger Glacier, Switzerland, 2022
Pigment Print in Walnut Frame
34 x 44 inches
Edition of 8
Lucas Foglia
Arturo with Ashes at a Nature Immersion Camp, Italy, 2021
Pigment Print in Walnut Frame
23.5 x 30 inches
Edition of 8
Lucas Foglia
Diego and Musu, Germany, 2022
Pigment Print in Walnut Frame
23.5 x 30 inches
Edition of 8
Lucas Foglia
Cabin, Norway, 2023
Pigment Print in Walnut Frame
34 x 44 inches
Edition of 8
Lucas Foglia
Parsa and Arda at Polarhagen Farm, Norway, 2023
Pigment Print in Walnut Frame
30 x 23.5 inches
Edition of 8
Lucas Foglia
Painted Lady Butterfly Wing with a Caterpillar, Morocco, 2022
Pigment Print in Walnut Frame
18 x 23 inches
Edition of 8
Lucas Foglia
Tracks from Insects (Plus Two Lizards and One Mouse), Morocco, 2022
Pigment Print in Walnut Frame
34 x 44 inches
Edition of 8
Lucas Foglia
Painted Lady Butterfly Crossing, Erg Chigaga, Morocco, 2022
Pigment Print in Walnut Frame
34 x 44 inches
Edition of 8
Lucas Foglia
Boat Returning to Shore, Côte d'Ivoire, 2022
Pigment Print in Walnut Frame
34 x 44 inches
Edition of 8
Lucas Foglia
Ghina, Raghad, Yusra, Nahla, and Rahaf Walking through Roman Ruins after Leaving Palestine, Jordan, 2022
Pigment Print in Walnut Frame
34 x 44 inches
Edition of 8
Lucas Foglia
Sunday Morning at the Berlin Wall, Germany, 2022
Pigment Print in Walnut Frame
34 x 44 inches
Edition of 8
Lucas Foglia
Painted Lady Butterfly on Lavender, France, 2023
Pigment Print in Walnut Frame
30 x 23.5 inches
Edition of 8
Lucas Foglia
Mickaël Holding a Painted Lady Butterfly, Côte d'Ivoire, 2022
Pigment Print in Walnut Frame
44 x 34 inches
Edition of 8
Fredericks & Freiser is pleased to present Constant Bloom, the first U.S. exhibition of Lucas Foglia’s new photographic series. Over the past four years, Foglia followed Painted Lady butterflies on the recently discovered longest butterfly migration, turning it into a powerful metaphor for connection across international borders. The project received a 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship.
For millions of years, Painted Lady butterflies have migrated between Africa, the Middle East, and Europe in search of wildflowers. As climate change shifts when and where wildflowers bloom, these butterflies rely on our parks, farms, and gardens to survive. Constant Bloom weaves together the story of this delicate yet determined species with that of people. It draws parallels between Painted Lady butterflies and refugees who follow similar routes in search of safety and sustenance. The series offers a message of hope and resilience in the face of environmental and geopolitical uncertainty.
This gallery exhibition coincides with a book release from Nazraeli Press and a solo museum exhibition at Fotomuseum Den Haag. Curator Willemijn van der Zwaan writes, “Constant Bloom initially seems straightforward—a documentation of a butterfly migration—but soon reveals itself as a profound reflection on interconnectedness, displacement, and adaptation.”
The exhibition opens as American Painted Lady butterflies arrive from across the Mexico–United States border.
Lucas Foglia (b. 1983) makes photographic prints that are collected and exhibited internationally at institutions including International Center of Photography, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Victoria & Albert Museum. This is Lucas Foglia’s third exhibition at Fredericks & Freiser.
Meet the Butterflies Thriving While the World Convulses
Photographs by Lucas Foglia; Text by Aimee Nezhukumatathil