Luigi Ciminaghi (1937-2009) served as the official photographer for the Piccolo from 1964 to the death of Giorgio Strehler in 1997, documenting all the shows from initial table reads to the creation of the symbolic photos of important productions.

Ciminaghi represented the activities of the institution through his visual narration of press conferences, debates, conventions and meetings, in other words, the constellation of events that characterised the wide range of cultural expression

The focus of the activity was Luigi Ciminaghi’s personal archive, consisting of shoots by the photographer on commission; from those regarding Giorgio Strehler and his activities beyond the Piccolo (Gruppo Teatro e Azione, Teatro alla Scala, Théâtre Odéon, …), to projects regarding other Italian theatres (Teatro Stabile di Genova, Teatro Filodrammatici) and international institutions (the Royal Shakespeare Company, Robert Wilson), as well as private companies (Dario Fo). In addition, the work also involved a significant selection of portraits taken of actors, directors and artists from the world of Italian theatre (Giorgio Strehler with Valentina Cortese, Eduardo De Filippo, Milva, and so on).
The analysis of this material, which has remained unexplored until now, opens up new areas of study and further examination of the history of Italian and international theatre in the second half of the Twentieth Century.