Dottore di Lettere e Cartoline // Doctor of Letters and Postcards

Francesco Arena

1952-2024

Francesco Arena was a passionate photographer, writer, videographer, mailman, and activist from Monte Sant'Angelo, Italy. He dedicated his life to documenting and protecting his region through his lens, words, and community building.

Francesco in a hat in St. Paul, Minnesota

Francesco carrying Sarah in the Foresta Umbra in 1994

Francesco posing in front of his post office in the Foresta Umbra

Francesco taking a photo while at Chiancamasid in 2008

Francesco and two friends in Conigliano in 1982

Francesco blowing bubbles with Sarah

Francesco in an Italia t-shirt

Francesco holding Sarah at her baptism in 1994

Francesco taking a photo at Machu Picchu in Peru in 2010

Francesco and Sarah on Father's Day in 2011

Francesco and Sarah working at Festambiente in Monte Sant'Angelo in 2011

Francesco posing in front of a mural with a mustache in Chicago

Francesco with a group of youths in Monte Sant'Angelo

Francesco looking through a snowy tree smiling at the camera

Francesco and his parents posing with newborn Sarah in 1994

Francesco and his father playing with Sarah in 1994

Francesco chasing Sarah outside their house in Monte

Francesco taking a photo on a mountain

Francesco at Yosemite National Park

Francesco posing in front of the Arena, Wisconsin town sign

Francesco and Anne on their wedding day in 2013