Camilla’s photography by Bella Vecchi and Marco Gualdoni. Female and male figures at the Leòn Gallery in Bologna – Carlo Franza’s blog

In Bologna the double staff “Flemish Flair“Of the photographers Camilla Di Bella Vecchi And Marco Gualdonihosted by Gallery Leòn Of Bologna, direct from Leonardo Iuffridida. Following the great success achieved, the exhibition was accepted in the program of Art City Bologna 2025 and Art City White Night 2025 on the occasion of the architect.

Located in the center, the gallery stands out to offer wide variety in the genres and topics coveredpaying particular attention to photograph and the artistic expressions that use the body as the main communication tool.

The gallery is a commercial character and is characterized by Two souls: a section that includes a Stock Photo composed of an accurate selection of Vernacular shots (Trouvè photographs of anonymous authors) From the nineteenth century to today, together with Vintage photo of great American authors of male nude and queer cultureincluding Bob Mizer (1922-1992) e Bruce of Los Angeles (1909-1974); and a second section dedicated to temporary exhibitionswith exhibitions of emerging works and artists. Flemish Flair offers the public the opportunity to immerse yourself in once and a distant space, In which the Nordic atmospheres of the great Flemish painters of the four-five hundred painters echo, when a new light looked up to horizons of hope and progress. Between portions of human bodies that emerge from night wallpapers, sparkling objects and arcane and suspended visions, in the works of both photographers light slips on the surface of people, objects and fabricsoffering an almost tactile yield. It is a powerful light that opens the doors to a ideal world, utopian and imaginative, that only photography can make it credible. Thanks to Games of reflections, flashes and enigmatic combinationsthe observer – with the mind and gaze – has the power to shape a world made Bellezzae mystery.

Camilla Di Bella Vecchi focuses on female figure and on grace of the gestures of the hands. Realizes his shots almost always through the use of its own bodyrecalling fragments, moments and scenes that are inspired by Great masterpieces in the history of art.

Marco Gualdoni focuses on male figure and on construction of enigmatic size. The body of man, celebrated in compliance with the Classicist vision of beautymerges with floral and sculptural elementsbeing unstructured to become one with the architecture of objects.

The public also has the opportunity to admire a wide selection of vernacular photographs: portraits, shots of Travel and daily lifemade by ordinary people. Photographs originally intended for personal or family use, often forgotten in albums, archives and private collections. Images that were not born as works of art but which, thanks to their beauty, deserve to be celebrated as authentic masterpieces. These shots also have a high Historical-documental valuetransforming itself into real portals towards the past, through which it is possible to observe Mode, styles, uses and customs of distant and recent eras. The observer has the opportunity to restore their new life Through one’s imagination, giving new essence to moments that otherwise would have been submerged in the oblivion of time. And the collector becomes the new custodian of that staff imaginary whose photo takes window.

The photographs of the masters complete the exhibition context Bob Mizer And Bruce of Los Angelestwo of the most important representatives of the Physique Photographya genre that was established between the beginning of the twentieth century and the 1960s of the twentieth century, focusing onExaltation of the muscle of athletic male bodies.

Bob Mizer And considered one of the pioneers Of this form of art for having explicitly united nakedness, physical activity and eroticism, and for having proposed his shots to a mass audience made up of men alone, in times when homosexuality was opposed and censorship raged. It’s thanks to Physique Pictorial (1951-1990), considered One of the first gay magazinesthat the male nude came out of restricted academies and circles, to become an object not only to study and emulate, but also to be desired. His photographs with boys next door, equipped with a bursting sensualityhave earned international awards, passing through the prestigious rooms of the Orsay Museum and of the Los Angeles mocha“. Bruce of Los Angeles He gave a glossy touch to the Physique Photography genre genre, wisely combining technical skill with touches of Hollywood glamor. Under its lens, Cowboy and naked men photographed outdoors have become Divinity from eternal beauty. His works were exhibited at Wessel + O’Connor End Art in New Jersey in 2008 and the Stephen Cohen Gallery of Los Angeles in 2012. A corner of the gallery dedicated to the sale of Independent magazines And vintage publications collectible.

Carlo Franza