FLORENCE.- On Tuesday, May 6 at 7 p.m., Florence’s celebrated Trattoria 4 Leoni will host the opening of the second installment in “Fotografia – Tracce Fiorentine,” a year-long series of solo shows exploring how the city’s light, architecture and landscapes imprint themselves on the photographic eye. Curated by art and photography historian Anna Maria Amonaci and commissioned by restaurateur Stefano Di Puccio, the series brings six generations of Florentine practitioners into conversation—beginning in March with Franco Cammarata and continuing through March 2026.
This week features Lorenzo Bojola, whose evocative images of the Chianti countryside first drew Amonaci’s attention in 2016. Bojola’s project, Architettura della memoria, published by Nencini Editore, assembled more than a thousand photographs of rural farmhouses, rolling vineyards and poetic play of light and shadow among cypress-lined lanes. It is precisely this search for the “zenith” of geometric harmony—the moment when natural forms align into a visual equilibrium—that Amonaci identifies as a defining trait of a Florentine photographic sensibility.
In the intimate dining room of 4 Leoni, Bojola’s large-format prints hover between painting and photography: reflections of vine leaves fluidly mirrored in pond water; the weathered stones of abandoned podere; and sweeping panoramas that seem to hold a painter’s brushstrokes in their delicate gradations of dawn and dusk. A short film anthology will also screen daily, offering glimpses of Bojola’s recent documentaries on Tuscan sites—from the choir school of the Santissima Annunziata to the lives of local residents—each work underscoring his commitment to landscape as both subject and collaborator.
Born in Florence in 1963, Bojola studied architecture before dedicating himself to photography in the 1980s. A stint in Argentina in 1995 expanded his vision beyond Tuscany, but his return to Italy solidified his focus on the gentle power of rural environments. His books, Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, una finestra sul Chianti (2005) and Architettura della memoria (2015), cemented his reputation, and his teaching and collective projects have nurtured a new generation of image-makers across the region.
“Fotografia – Tracce Fiorentine” continues next with Massimo D’Amato on July 8, Lapo Pecchioli on September 10, Gianluca Sgherri on November 5, and concludes with Mario Strippini from January 14 to March 15, 2026. All exhibitions are free to view during trattoria hours, offering locals and visitors alike a chance to experience Florence’s visual heritage through the eyes of those who know it best.
