There are approximately 80,000 landslides and erosions caused by the disastrous flood that in May 2023 hit a vast territory between the municipalities of the Imola district up to Cesena.
Silvia Camporesi, an internationally renowned photographer from Forlì, wanted to document with her images the progressive instability of the territory and the sudden changes in the agricultural and forest landscape. Her reportage, the result of a project promoted by the Associazione Nuova Civiltà delle Macchine APS of Forlì and supported by Strategia Fotografia 2023-General Directorate of Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture, was born from an idea developed by the photographer herself together with the architect landscape designer Sauro Turroni.
On the occasion of the numerous inspections in the Romagna municipalities, which lasted over six months, Silvia Camporesi produced a series of photographs and videos, with the aim of highlighting the profound changes that characterize the new landscape of Romagna. The results of this survey were compared with the documentation existing at the former Cultural Heritage Institute of the Emilia-Romagna Region (now the Cultural Heritage Sector), collected for the planning of protection interventions in Emilia-Romagna, and with other funds historical photographs, preserved in the Foreste Casentinesi National Park and in other collections. Also involved was a team of geologists from the Region who made maps of the affected areas available and created a video with the use of drones.
The work is completed by testimonies from the days following the flood: the incessant commitment of the “mud angels“, the damage suffered, the will to get up together in the face of devastation.
At Palazzo Monte di Pietà in Forlì thirty of those images are on display until June 30, 2024. Some of these photographs (about twenty) will later enrich the photographic collection of the Rimini Museums.
SILVIA CAMPORESI. Romagna disfigured
Forlì, Palazzo del Monte di Pietà (Corso Garibaldi 37)
Hours: Monday – Sunday, 10.00-12.00; 4.00pm-6.00pm; Closed on Tuesday. Free admission
