Enrico Pasquali's photographs of the Canale Emiliano Romagnolo on show in Medicina

A new exhibition in Medicina, curated by Lorella Grossi at Nuove Officine della Cultura, showcases Enrico Pasquali's documentary photographs of the construction of the Canale Emiliano Romagnolo from the late 1950s to the 1980s. The canal draws water from the Palantone plant on the Po River at Salvatonica di Bondeno (Ferrara) and carries it 135 kilometers to the province of Rimini, supplying surface water to over 3,000 square kilometers of agricultural land. Pasquali (1923–2004), born in Castel Guelfo di Bologna and raised in Medicina, began working as a child and after WWII became a photographer covering weddings, portraits, news, and political events. His archive includes 2,000 canal-related images, of which 1,000 have been catalogued. The black-and-white photos document workers, landscapes, and the interplay of water and land, reflecting the region's enduring agricultural needs.