The Italian Cultural Institute in Haifa
is pleased to invite you to the second lecture in the series:
Views of Italy: Italian Photography from the Postwar Era to the Present
REIMAGINING THE ITALIAN LANDSCAPE THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY
Luigi Ghirri · Gabriele Basilico · Guido Guidi · Mimmo Jodice
With Tal Lanir, curator at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Wednesday, December 02, 2026, at 6:00 PM
ONLINE | Webex & YouTube
FREE admission. The lecture will be held ONLINE, in HEBREW.
To attend via Webex and receive the access link, please complete the REGISTRATION FORM.
In the 1970s and 1980s, a generation of Italian photographers radically reimagined how landscapes could be represented. Moving away from the picturesque image of Italy inherited from art history and popularized by tourist imagery, they turned their cameras toward suburbs, industrial areas, anonymous architecture, deserted streets, signs, and often-overlooked places. Viaggio in Italia (1984), a landmark project conceived by Luigi Ghirri, offers a key reference point for understanding how photography helped develop a new visual language for depicting contemporary Italy.
- Alternatively, you can watch the lecture live on the Institute’s YouTube channel.
ABOUT THE SERIES | This series traces the evolution of modern and contemporary Italian photography, from depictions of postwar social realities to the complexities of today’s visual culture. Through the works of leading Italian photographers, we will explore how photography has documented society and political change, reimagined the Italian landscape, and captured the transformations of contemporary life, from globalization and new technologies to tourism.
Wednesday, December 02, 2026, at 6:00 PM
ONLINE | Webex & YouTube
FOTO CREDITS: Mimmo Jodice, Arcavacata | Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0