Sognando i corsari

There are photo exhibitions that are not just a succession of shots, but are capable of becoming a narrative and on this path of becoming strongly intertwined with a place and bringing out its essence.

Livorno is its sea, essential to its history and identity: the quays of the port, the Medici fortifications, the merchants of all nations, the 'Amerigo Vespucci', the bathing establishments and the Terrazza Mascagni.

This catalogue traces a segment of the city's history through shots that are by now famous and iconic, but also by presenting a roundup of previously unpublished images of great artistic and historical value that as such have made the history of photography The Fondazione Alinari thus offers us a precious selection of images taken from its archives and accompanied by scientific texts and explanatory captions also on the subject of photographic technique, reproduced in the catalogue with great precision and care.