On display for the first time in Milan is the extensive retrospective of the photographic work of Mario Dondero (1928-2015), one of the protagonists of Italian photography in the second half of the 20th century and a prominent photojournalist on the international scene. Promoted by the Municipality of Milan - Culture, and produced by Palazzo Reale and Silvana Editoriale in collaboration with the Mario Dondero Archive, the exhibition is curated by Raffaella Perna and will be staged in the Appartamento dei Principi.

The exhibition aims to offer a comprehensive look at Dondero's oeuvre through a selection of images belonging to reportages and photo reports made throughout his long career, from the 1950s to the 1910s. Along with many of the most iconic photographs, the exhibition features several previously unseen shots provided by the author's archive, including portraits of Pier Paolo Pasolini and Laura Betti.

The exhibition at Palazzo Reale aims to restore Dondero's long journey through a narrative that follows a dual exhibition criterion, chronological and thematic together. The exhibition display in the ten rooms of the Appartamento dei Principi is conceived as a narrative that unfolds along as many stages, each conceived as a micro-exhibition: from the photographs of his first trips to Portugal in the 1950s to the shots taken in Kabul in the 2000s.