Milan at the edges

The exhibition Milano ai bordi, conceived for Cortona On The Move, is a dialogue between the images taken between the 1970s and 1980s by Gabriele Basilico and those by Angelo Leonardo, taken from the project Le Monde Ou Rien (2019-2023). The exhibition weaves a unique connection between a great photographer and an original voice on the contemporary scene, providing a new visual interpretation of the evolution of Milan’s most marginal areas.
Through Basilico’s and Leonardo’s black-and-white images, the exhibition recounts the great urban and social transformation that Milan’s outskirts have undergone, as well as the role of places in this process: veritable active presences, as well as meaningful backdrops, of these very changes.

Via Barletta, 1978

Photograph by Gabriele Basilico

Gallaratese, 1971

Photograph by Gabriele Basilico

Via Nervesa - via Longanesi, 1979

Photograph by Gabriele Basilico

On the roof of San Paolo Hospital. View of the Barona district in Milan

Photograph by Angelo Leonardo (@cobarrino), taken from the Le Monde Ou Rien project.

Corvetto, Milan. A shadow cast on a building.

Photograph by Angelo Leonardo (@cobarrino), taken from the Le Monde Ou Rien project.

Bio

Gabriele Basilico (1944 – 2013, Italy) is considered one of the masters of photography. Central to his work are the transition from the industrial to the post-industrial era and the city as a product of economics and history.
Angelo Leonardo (1994, Italy) is an Italian photographer whose work explores social and identity issues, with a particular focus on marginalization. He is active in large-scale documentary research projects and editorial projects.