A new exhibition marks INPGI’s centenary in Rome
On 25 March 2026, Rome will host the opening of “A schiena dritta. Tutelare il mestiere della libertà” the exhibition through which INPGI – Italy’s National Institute for Journalists’ Social Security – celebrates the centenary of its foundation.
We curated the concept, exhibition design, installation and promotional campaign for a project built around a striking reversal of perspective: if journalists are usually those who remain out of sight while telling other people’s stories, here they step into the foreground.
Drawing on the photographic archive of photojournalist Franco Lannino and contributions from local press associations, the exhibition retraces a century of Italian journalism: from reporters killed by organised crime or on war fronts, to those who documented earthquakes, landmark trials, civil rights battles and the country’s institutional tensions.
The visitor journey enters the very engine room of newsmaking, where images and objects — from typewriters once used by historic members of the Institute to 1990s press-card holders — tell the story of a visceral profession shaped by presence, urgency and direct contact with reality.
The promotional campaign
Starting on 10 March, the exhibition also takes over Rome through an OOH campaign across ATAC spaces. At its centre is a photograph by Giuseppe Quatriglio among the ruins of the Belìce earthquake: a solitary reporter standing in a devastated landscape, captured in a visual that restores journalism to its most essential dimension. A bold red typography cuts through the frame, turning the image into a symbolic manifesto of memory, responsibility and presence.
More than an exhibition for journalists, it is an invitation to citizens themselves: to look in the eyes of those who, for decades, have lent us theirs to help us understand the world.
A schiena dritta. Tutelare il mestiere della liberà
Fondazione sul Giornalismo italiano Paolo Murialdi, via Nizza 35 – Roma
25 March to 29 May 2026
Opening hours: Mon–Fri 9am–5pm