© Roberto Alborghetti In this gallery: 12 photos randomly selected from those I posted along the year. They are all part of my “Lacer/actions” project concerning images of torn and decomposed publicity posters, deteriorated surfaces, natural cracks, scratches and corrosions that we find everywhere in our cities. They are all close-up and macro photographs and… Read More 12 PICTURES FOR 12 MONTHS: RETROSPECTIVE ON 2025
© Roberto Alborghetti In Locarno, a beautiful city in Italian-speaking Switzerland, I happened upon a wall that immediately caught my attention. It’s located near the cycle/pedestrian path that leads from Locarno to Ascona. The structure is close to a sports center and perhaps even forms part of it, being at the rear of the building.… Read More THE INVISIBLE WALL / CLOSE-UP PHOTOS OF URBAN DECAY IN LOCARNO, SWITZERLAND – IMAGE #4
The picture in the card is a photograph of a torn and decomposed publicity poster. #christmas #laceractions #robertoalborghetti #photography #abstractphotography #alborg #merrychristmas
PRESS RELEASE BY FUNTASY EDITRICE ABOUT “FARSI STRADA” (TO MAKE HEADWAY)Roberto Alborghetti’s new book on how to guide young people in safe mobility. Stories, debates, and current issues teach them how to move safely and prevent accidents. Because active citizenship begins (also) on the road. The annual toll of road accidents in Italy presents impressive… Read More MY NEW BOOK IS OUT: “FARSI STRADA” (TO MAKE HEADWAY). WHY THAT ABSURD DAILY MASSACRE OF ROAD ACCIDENTS?
© Roberto Alborghetti Photos This beautiful basilica in the very heart of Rome is dedicated to Sant’Andrea della Valle and it is officiated by the Teatini Fathers founded by San Gaetano Thiene. When visitors step into this soaring Baroque church, many of them are struck by the light; the whole interior seems to glow a… Read More VISITING ROME IN JUBILEE 2025: LIGHT AND ART IN THE BASILICA OF PUCCINI’S OPERA “TOSCA”
© Roberto Alborghetti There are eyes that always “look” at us. They are those of the faces on the advertising posters on the walls or on the billboards, along the streets of our cities. The torn paper of the advertisements, consumed by time and bad weather, can reveal interesting glimpses and elements, such as those… Read More SOMEONE IS WATCHING US FROM THE WALLS / PHOTOS OF EYES IN TORN AND DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS (#8)
© Roberto Alborghetti In Amsterdam city I have always taken lot of photos along streets, as all the others I collected so far. Along a street behind Magna Plaza – a big shopping center in the very heart of Amsterdam – I was attracted by an incredible “palette” located on a door hiding a sort… Read More COLORS PALETTE IN AMSTERDAM: PHOTO OF RUST, DUST AND DETERIORATED PAPER ON THE WALLS #1
© Roberto Alborghetti In Rome, not far from the famous Piazza Navona, we can admire the Church of St. Louis of the French (San Luigi dei Francesi) dedicated to the Virgin Mary, to St. Denis the Areopagite and St. Louis IX, king of France. The church was designed by Giacomo della Porta and built by Domenico… Read More VISITING ROME IN JUBILEE 2025 / THREE MASTERPIECES BY CARAVAGGIO IN ONE PLACE (ST. LOUIS OF THE FRENCH)
© Roberto Alborghetti – – Close-up photography; this is not a digitally created, manipulated or enhanced image. – Scatto fotografico a distanza ravvicinata; non è un’immagine manipolata o creata digitalmente. 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… Read More ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF CRACKS AND SCRATCHES ON A KAYAK ON THE BANK OF A RIVER (IMAGE #43)
© Roberto Alborghetti In Locarno, a beautiful city in Italian-speaking Switzerland, I happened upon a wall that immediately caught my attention. It’s located near the cycle/pedestrian path that leads from Locarno to Ascona. The structure is close to a sports center and perhaps even forms part of it, being at the rear of the building.… Read More THE INVISIBLE WALL / CLOSE-UP PHOTOS OF URBAN DECAY IN LOCARNO, SWITZERLAND – IMAGE #3
The artwork in the photo is made by © Roberto Alborghetti How might the photographic images I took for my project “Lacer/azioni” appear inside a house or a studio? Technology can help us imagine an answer to the question. In this series of images, here are some solutions. I think it is curious to think… Read More FROM STREET WALLS TO INTERIOR DESIGN: ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPH AS ARTISTIC FURNISHING COMPLEMENT #10
Celebrations in honor of the centenary of the death of Antoni Gaudí (1926-2026) have officially begun in Barcelona. The city, which has always borne witness to the uniqueness of the great architect, becomes the stage for a universal commemoration of the Catalan artist who disappeared under incredible circumstances: he was hit by a tram on… Read More BARCELONA AND GAUDÌ: A DEEP RELATIONSHIP OF SHAPES, COLORS AND DREAMS ( SHORT VIDEO)
© Roberto Alborghetti – – Close-up photography; this is not a digitally created, manipulated or enhanced image. – Scatto fotografico a distanza ravvicinata; non è un’immagine manipolata o creata digitalmente. 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… Read More ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF CRACKS AND SCRATCHES ON A KAYAK ON THE BANK OF A RIVER (IMAGE #42)
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