MAMbo – the Museum of Modern Art in Bologna – is presenting the exhibition “Luigi Ghirri and Gianni Celati. Verso la Foce (Towards the Mouth of the River)” in its Project Room, a project that won the ‘Strategia Fotografia 2025’ call for proposals.
The exhibition, which runs until 6 October 2026, documents the intellectual and creative partnership that emerged from the collaboration between Luigi Ghirri – a photographer who was one of the leading figures on the international contemporary scene – and Gianni Celati, a critic, translator, writer and filmmaker.
At the heart of the exhibition are the photographs taken by Luigi Ghirri between 1989 and 1991, during location scouting and the production of *Strada Provinciale delle Anime*, the first feature film directed by Gianni Celati. An exploration of the Po Valley landscape that began with the literary success of *Verso la foce* (1989), in which Ghirri’s camera accompanies and documents the filmmaker’s work.
