projects

The project on the oversized plates from the Alinari Archives, which are distinguished by their exceptionally large format, high photographic quality and rarity, constitutes a heritage that is unique on a global scale.

The research project examined the photographic assignments commissioned to the Fratelli Alinari firm, part of the ‘Patronato’ collection, through the study of the inventories and their transcription using HTR technology, bibliographic analysis and archival research.

Two exhibitions in 2025 celebrated the artistic genius of Michelangelo, the undisputed icon of Renaissance art, in the year in which the Region of Tuscany celebrates the 550th anniversary of his birth.

We present the enhancement project of the founding nucleus of the Alinari Archives

5,000 negatives: the photographers Wanda and Marion Wulz.

10 short videos passionately presented by specialists to discover the wonders of Alinari, a surprising and extraordinary photographic archive, still partly unknown.

The works of Robert Mapplethorpe, Wilhelm von Gloeden, and the Alinari Brothers are presented in a unique visual journey that highlights Mapplethorpe's connection to classical art and his passion for the masters who preceded him.

Through the lens of photographers who lived in, portrayed, and loved Livorno, a journey spanning more than a century — from 1845 to the 1960s — tells the story of Livorno and its sea.

Discovering the Italian landscape through a journey into the public collections of the Alinari Foundation and the Museum of Contemporary Photography.

A hundred years of the history of the Arezzo region, from 1856 to 1954, through the images of the great photographer-publishers Alinari and Brogi, as well as Vittorio Alinari, Aurelio Monteverde, and Vincenzo Balocchi.

The Alinari Foundation for Photography and the Galileo Museum are working on the digitization project of the Giorgio Roster archive, which is part of the Alinari Archives.

The gaze of women throughout the history of photography, from its origins to today's young contemporary artists.

A project for the conservation, restoration and enjoyment of Italy's largest collection of unique photographic objects from the Alinari collections, with particular emphasis on daguerreotypes made between approximately 1840 and 1855.

"Both a blessing and a curse of the Gulf of Naples, the mighty Vesuvius — celebrated by Leopardi — is at the heart of Neapolitan popular imagery, with its plume being one of the most portrayed on Earth. Yet it is also a bringer of tragedy: its eruptions, from 79 AD onward, have spread terror and death across its slopes.

"An initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Exhibition produced by Fratelli Alinari Idea SpA; promoted by FAF Toscana – Alinari Foundation for Photography.