LE BOLOGNESI

Will-known and unpublished photos from the Antonio Masotti archives

Bologna, Galleria Modernissimo till 25 October 2026 
Special opening 20-28 June, 10am-8pm

This exhibition presents a selection of images from Antonio Masotti’s celebrated series – which comprised over 5,500 photographs in the form of both negative and prints of various sizes – some of which were included in the 1963 book named after the photographer edited by Nuova Abes and with essays by Riccardo Bacchelli and Massimo Dursi, which is still remembered today as one of the most significant photography books. We envisaged this little exhibition as a stroll through Bologna in the late 1950s and early 60s, entering into dialogue with the Paris of the period that the viewer encounters when they turn the corner into the Viva Varda! Cinema is Woman exhibition. Antonio Masotti’s Le Bolognesi is a declaration of love for his city. Women are the main protagonists of these images, mistresses of their city, and Antonio Masotti’s gaze records faces and bodies with a poetic but direct sincerity, always open and respectful whether in posed portraits or stolen snapshots.

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