© Roberto Alborghetti – PHOTO OF RUST AND CRACKS ON A TRANSPALLET VEHICLE / FOTO DI RUGGINE E CREPE SU UN TRANSPALLET There is a free and spontaneous form of art that flows before our eyes every day, perhaps without us realizing it.It is the one that appears on the things that surround us and… Read More ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF RUST AND CRACKS ON A TRANSPALLET VEHICLE (IMAGE #24)
The heart of Locarno (Canton Ticino, Switzerland) is the extraordinary Piazza Grande. In this large asymmetrical space, the historic center of the beautiful Swiss lakeside resort takes the liberty of expanding from the mountains and creating a highly evocative place, a few meters from the shores of upper Lake Maggiore. Palaces and ancient homes run… Read More PLACES / LOCARNO (SWITZERLAND), WHERE EVERY YEAR THE CINEMA PEOPLE MEET IN THE “PIAZZA GRANDE” (PART #1)
© Roberto Alborghetti – Close-up photography; it is not a digitally manipulated image – Scatto fotografico a distanza ravvicinata; non è un’immagine manipolata digitalmente. Two years ago, along the coast of Taormina-Giardini Naxos (Sicily, Italy) I noticed two motorboats in bad conditions, as if they were waiting for a cure, a restoration. My eyes were immediately… Read More STORIES OF SEA WATER / PHOTOS OF CORROSIONS AND CRACKS ON A MOTORBOAT IN TAORMINA (SICILY, ITALY) #8
The Centovalli Express is truly spectacular, the train on the narrow gauge railway line that connects Locarno (Canton Ticino, Switzerland) to Domodossola in Italy. Last year it celebrated 100 years of service, confirming itself as a model of environmental and tourism sustainability, as well as an example of international cooperation and connection between territories and… Read More “CENTOVALLI EXPRESS”: 52 SPECTACULAR KILOMETERS BY TRAIN BETWEEN THE SWISS AND ITALIAN ALPS (VIDEO)
© Roberto Alborghetti -Close-up photography; it is not a digitally manipulated image – Scatto fotografico a distanza ravvicinata; non è un’immagine manipolata digitalmente. What you see in this photo series are not collages built and created deliberately with my hands, joining and sticking waste paper piece by piece, but photos of real and random torn publicity… Read More LIKE FROSTY TRUNKS IN WINTER / PHOTOS OF A BIG ADVERTISING BILLBOARD IN SANTO SPIRITO (BARI, PUGLIA) #9)
* * * Artworks by Roberto Alborghetti. In memory of 2.977 Victims&Martyrs. In the 23th Anniversary of WTC massacre. * Title of the work: Nine Eleven 2001, New York Macrophotography on Canvas + Mixed media, 2011, 46,5 x 70 cm Silk scarf created in collaboration with Bruno Boggia Studio, Como, Italy * NINE ELEVEN: REMEMBERING… Read More NEW YORK, NINE ELEVEN 2001-2024: REMEMBERING A TRAGEDY THROUGH ART
© Roberto Alborghetti – PHOTO OF WHITE PAPER SCRUB FROM A FLYER ON A BLACK WALL / FOTO DI RESIDUI DI CARTA BIANCA DA UN FLYER SU UNA PARETE NERA There is a free and spontaneous form of art that flows before our eyes every day, perhaps without us realizing it.It is the one that… Read More ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF WHITE PAPER SCRUB FROM A FLYER ON A BLACK WALL (IMAGE #23)
GUEST WRITER: PATRIZIA POGGI Photos: Courtesy of Palazzo Guiccioli, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio, Ravenna On October 26, the Byron Museum and the Museum of the Risorgimento will be inaugurated in Ravenna, in Palazzo Guiccioli, a noble palace in the central Via Cavour built in the late 17th century and purchased in the early 19th century… Read More RAVENNA (ITALY): TRIBUTE TO GEORGE BYRON AND THE RISORGIMENTO. THE INAUGURATION OF 2 MUSEUMS AT PALAZZO GUICCIOLI (OCTOBER 26)
© Roberto Alborghetti Two years ago, along the coast of Taormina-Giardini Naxos (Sicily, Italy) I noticed two motorboats in bad conditions, as if they were waiting for a cure, a restoration. My eyes were immediately drawn to the colors on the sides and hull. After thousands of hours of navigation, the paint had corroded and… Read More STORIES OF SEA WATER / PHOTOS OF CORROSIONS AND CRACKS ON A MOTORBOAT IN TAORMINA (SICILY, ITALY) #7
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