La Mia Roma invites us to experience the streets and countryside of Italy through the eyes of Flavia Loreto, an Italian photographer whose lens reveals an intimate love for her culture. In collaboration with the Wilmington International Film Festival, Loreto finds inspiration in classic Italian film during her latest trip home to her motherland. Her work is cinematic and a beautiful homage to the classics. Every photograph radiates with her devotion to the quiet rhythms of Italian life, capturing its essential values—community, love, and beauty. Through her work, Loreto reconnects with her roots and offers us a deeply personal yet universally resonant portrait of Rome.

Loreto has an exceptional eye for composition and finding vignettes of connection and quiet contemplation. Each wall of the exhibition offers micro scenes embodying the day-to-day. On one wall, we see Passeggiando per Trastevere, 2025, and Santa Maria in Monserrato, Roma, 2025; Loreto follows the path of a nun in quiet contemplation before she turns into a darkened sanctuary in the middle of the city, the Santa Maria glowing beyond the doorway as the nun peeks in. On another wall are scenes of community and love, two integral tenets of Roman culture; in Festa di Laurea, 2025, a group sits by the ancient Roman aqueducts in celebration of their friend's graduation. The scene is flanked by Innamorarsi, Parco degli Acquedotti, 2025, and Dietro al Pantheon, 2025, two images of lovers finding intimate moments of solitude, to which they embrace the tenderness they share. Loreto did not fabricate these scenes but merely stumbled upon them and captured the beauty of these moments with her camera.

Through La Mia Roma, Loreto demonstrates not only her deep connection to her homeland but also her remarkable gift as a photographer. Her ability to recognize the fleeting gestures of daily life and render them timeless reveals both technical mastery and an empathetic eye. With sensitivity and precision, Loreto transforms ordinary encounters into visual poetry, affirming her talent as an artist who preserves the essence of Rome while inviting us to see its beauty anew.