A HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE IN FLORENCE
Exciting historical images and photos of Florence
Placed under the tutelage of the Ministry of Culture, a treasure trove of memories that preserves a century of history and timeless beauty: Foto Locchi is a photographic archive in Florence where you can find the most evocative photographs of 20th-century Florence, in captivating and fascinating black and white, the work of the master photographers who have worked at Bottega Foto Locchi over a century.
Founded in 1924 by Cavalier Tullio Locchi, the Bottega was much more than a studio, a place of training where art and technique were passed down from generation to generation. It immediately became the city's official photographer, a point of reference for all Florentines: families, institutions, and the most prestigious companies, who entrusted its lens with the memory of a living and changing Florence.
The famous large windows at the entrance narrated the life of the city, offering, in an era far removed from the advent of television or the internet, a timely visual chronicle of its time, immortalized through the artist's poetic gaze.
This is how this immense iconographic heritage was created, internationally recognized for its historical and artistic value. It encompasses millions of original negatives, capable of narrating the uniqueness of Florence in its most authentic form, from the 1930s to the present day. Fragments of life, major social events, snapshots of the customs and fashions of the era, scenes of sport and entertainment, windows opening onto a distant everyday life of absolute fascination, a thrilling and refined visual journey.
