Streets of Roma

Maybe because it's where I was born and where I spent most of my life, but I never found it too exciting having to do with my own city and its people, in all respects, shooting included.

This project is for me to learn what it is that really catches my eyes when I wander around the city I live in. I imposed myself to start this study, and to keep it open and ongoing, in the hope, one day, my city and I will start getting along together better.

PS: I deliberately kept out of my framing those visual elements that make my city immediately recognisable, because they could interfere with my pictures, thus conveying a message I didn't mean.

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Recommended listening:
Rome
(Yeasayer - Odd Blood)

Street Party
Shot in Via dei Fori Imperiali in occasion of the Roman Gay Pride.
Mostly I loved the galls' hairstyle.

Creeping Monster
I shot this one while visiting the Museum of Else and Elsewhere, in the suburbs of Rome. I didn't find anything that impressed me much in there. Until I saw this.
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PS: the two guys are not part of the exhibition, and neither is the sofa.

A Black Comedy
The street artist represents the Ego. His shadow is the ES. The bystander's shadow is the Super-Ego. And the magic box is the artist's right brain creativity container.

Urban Jesus
I came across this urban Jesus. Don't know why he's carrying his umbrella on a blue sky day. Why is he clenching his fist? Or is he holding something?

Breakfast Club
Chilling out in a bar.

Garbatella Style
This is Garbatella, a peculiar neighborhood in central Rome, originally conceived for workers housing, in the '30s, Now it's a hidden treasure, where time seems to stand still.

The Loner
Loner girl behind transparent plastic shield with a glass of red wine and a phone, looking at a stranger snatching a shot.

Focus on Glass
Scratches and layers.

Trains & Shadows
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Underground Station
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Trump for Tramps
An overseas American dream.

Noodles Lesson
"Sorry Sir, no shooting at this time. And no time to have fun. I'm teaching her how to make fresh pasta for tagliatelle. Our way, I mean. And this is a very serious matter." That's what she told me.

Disclosure

I came across PPP*, who was carrying a dead himself in his arms.
This is, actually, a (vandalized) work of the great French street art pioneer Ernest Pignon.
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*Pier Paolo Pasolini
For those of you that don't know about Pasolini, I strongly suggest to look up.
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A Room with a View
"Welcome to the Grand Hotel, Sir. Enjoy your staying in our room with a view."
Taken in a reception center for refugees.

The Altar
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The Planetary Window
Taken in Via dei Condotti, the most fashionable street in Rome.

Roman Alleyways
Did you know Rome is full of ups and downs?
Literally and figuratively.

The Wheel
Wheel acrobatics in piazza Navona.

Skateboarder
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The Old Lady. And Me.
Behind and in front of a bar window.

The Shooting Gallery Man
Slow business at the local funfair.

Crowdspotting
Mind your tuft, dude...

Disclosure
Today I came across PPP*, who was carrying a dead himself in his arms.
This is, actually, a (vandalized) work of the great French street art pioneer Ernest Pignon.
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*Pier Paolo Pasolini