On the 31st August, 2025, the international photographic exhibition "The Canticle of the Creatures" was inaugurated in Assisi, at Palazzo Monte Frumentario, made available by the City of Assisi, which tells in images the famous canticle written by Francis of Assisi in 1225.
It is a project promoted by the Order of Friars Minor - OFM Fraternitas Foundation in collaboration with the Faculty of Philosophy of the Pontifical University Antonianum, by the Office for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation of the Friars Minor of Italy and Albania and carried out by Exhibit Around APS, the beating heart of the prestigious international photography festival "Trieste Photo Days".
In all, more than 6 thousand photographers joined the call for the Canticle of the Creatures project (which was amongst the three most crowded in the history of "Trieste Photos Days"), more than 100 works selected from the best, which are part of the exhibition. To make the initiative even more prestigious, the participation of the photographer Dario De Dominicis, a professional of great depth, recognized all over the world for his great impact in the field of documentary photography.
With St. Francis of Assisi we praise the Most High through the language of photography, highlighting both the aesthetic elements of beauty and the virtues of each element of creation, but also the critical factors of the abuse perpetrated on them, at the moment when man, within the relationships between creatures, has assumed positions of domination.
The exhibition is divided by themes, according to the scheme proposed by the Canticle itself, into nine sections: Almighty Almighty, Good Lord; Brother Sun; Sister moon and the stars; Brother Wind is in the air and cloudy and serene and in all weather; Sister Water Brother Fire; our Sister, Mother Earth; Those who forgive; Our Sister corporal Death.
The inauguration was attended by: the Mayor of Assisi Valter Stoppini, the Deputy Mayor Veronica Cavallucci, Br. Francesco Zecca OFM, head of the project, Br. Antonino Clemenza OFM, scientific curator, Stefano Ambroset, president of the Exhibit Around APS association that curated the exhibition, Dario De Dominicis, photographer of international importance, and fr. Alessandro Brustenghi OFM, who sang the Lauds and the Canticle of the Creatures, accompanied by fr. David.
