The Museo degli Innocenti hosts the first Italian exhibition dedicated to Hugo Suissas, a Portuguese artist and art director renowned for his photographs based on forced perspective and a prominent figure on the international contemporary photography scene.

The exhibition offers an immersive journey through iconic images and new works, prompting reflection on the relationship between perception, imagination, and reality.
A self-taught artist with millions online followers, Suissas has developed a distinctive visual language over the years. Eschewing intrusive digital manipulation, his work stems from meticulous image planning: every shot is the result of a concept conceived before the picture is even taken. In this process, reality is not altered but reinterpreted, inviting the audience to question what they see and how they perceive the world. The exhibition at the Innocenti traces this creative journey through more than fifty works, allowing visitors to discover not only the final result but also the process behind each shot.

The exhibition tells the research and design process behind each photograph, revealing how every illusion stems from the precise alignment of elements and a fresh interpretation of space. This approach has led the artist to collaborate with international brands and have his work featured in leading design magazines worldwide.
Through a visual language that is both immediate and striking, the artist transforms everyday reality into an unexpected realm where ordinary objects, architecture, and urban landscapes reveal themselves in new forms.

His works are distinguished by a unique use of perspective, creating optical illusions that actively engage and surprise the viewer.
In dialogue with the museum’s historic setting, Suissas’s works suggest that wonder lies not in the extraordinary, but in the ability to view the everyday through a different lens.