Leporelloalbum met 24 foto's van Campania, Italië 1860 - 1881

This is a leporello album containing 24 photographs of the Campania region in Italy, created by Giacomo Brogi. Brogi, who lived and worked in Florence and Naples, was part of a burgeoning commercial photography scene catering to the Grand Tourists of the 19th century. These images captured more than just landscapes; they captured a moment in the complex relationship between Italy and the rest of Europe. Tourism was, and remains, a deeply political act. The gaze of the tourist often exoticizes the local, framing the experience of the visited through a lens of power and privilege. Brogi’s photographs, while seemingly benign, participate in constructing an idea of Italy for foreign consumption. Consider how these images might have shaped perceptions of Italian identity abroad, and the emotional connections that tourists formed with the places they visited. What does it mean to possess a place through a photograph? What remains unseen or untold in these carefully curated views?