© 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 * Visiting the beautiful rooms in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City, you find yourself climbing up the the incredible Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s Scala Regia ( Royal Staircase) which is a flight of steps and part of the formal entrance to the Vatican. It was built by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger… Read More VISITING ROME IN JUBILEE 2025 / THE VATICAN PALACES: THE BEAUTIFUL BERNINI’S ROYAL STAIRCASE
© Roberto Alborghetti I had a very special gift: the possibility to visit some of the beautiful rooms in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City. I been also in the enchanting Cappella Paolina (the Pauline Chapel) to admire the incredible fresco paintings by the Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti : The Crucifixion of St. Peter (c.… Read More VISITING ROME IN JUBILEE 2025 / THE FRESCOES BY MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI IN CAPPELLA PAOLINA
Last February, Bruno Boggia, internationally renowned textile designer, passed away in Como, Italy, at the age of 97. I had the opportunity to collaborate with him on the creation of three special limited-edition silk scarves based on my abstract photographs taken along the streets of the world (see photos below). He worked for Capucci, Lacroix,… Read More IN MEMORY OF BRUNO BOGGIA, TEXTILE DESIGNER WHO WORKED WITH THE BIG NAMES OF INTERNATIONAL FASHION
The other side of decomposition. In the gallery: four macro photos of torn posters and deteriorated urban materials. These are not manipulated or digitally enhanced pics. They simply are macrophotos. I captured them on the cities walls around the world. Related articles: The New Contemporary Art Museum of Marche (italy) Will Keep a Roberto Alborghetti… Read More THE OTHER SIDE OF DETERIORATION AROUND US : FOUR PHOTOS FROM CITIES WALLS
An article written 10 years ago, in the summer of 2011. My macro photography artworks in the review signed by an authoritative art critician: Lino Lazzari, professional journalist, writer, priest in love with art and life, dean in Italy of communication on art, a long editorial militancy for the newspaper “L’Eco di Bergamo”, author of… Read More “THIS MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY IS REAL POP ART AVANT-GARDE”: IN MEMORY OF LINO LAZZARI, ART CRITICIAN
Someone wrote that my “Lacer/actions” artworks – macro photos of torn posters and urban materials – are a sort of evolutional forms by which some unidentified and indefinite entities try to communicate with us… At first I smiled hearing this comment. Now – after having “captured” strange and unusual images in thousands – I’m not… Read More CITIES,WALLS AND SIGNS: STREET MACRO PHOTOS #4
Someone wrote that my “Lacer/actions” artworks – macro photos of torn posters and urban materials – are a sort of evolutional forms by which some unidentified and indefinite entities try to communicate with us… At first I smiled hearing this comment. Now – after having “captured” strange and unusual images in thousands – I’m not… Read More CITIES,WALLS AND SIGNS: STREET MACRO PHOTOS #3
Someone wrote that my “Lacer/actions” artworks – macro photos of torn posters and urban materials – are a sort of evolutional forms by which some unidentified and indefinite entities try to communicate with us… At first I smiled hearing this comment. Now – after having “captured” strange and unusual images in thousands – I’m not… Read More CITIES,WALLS AND SIGNS: STREET MACRO PHOTOS #2
Someone wrote that my “Lacer/actions” artworks – macro photos of torn posters and urban materials – are a sort of evolutional forms by which some unidentified and indefinite entities try to communicate with us… At first I smiled hearing this comment. Now – after having “captured” strange and unusual images in thousands – I’m not… Read More CITIES,WALLS AND SIGNS: STREET MACRO PHOTOS #1
© Roberto Alborghetti They have restored pages of important documents such as manuscripts by Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Garibaldi and other characters of history and culture. They have unearthed ancient and significant pages, thanks to which they gave back value to events and moments in history and art. Their own work is art. I’m talking about Restauro… Read More ROME, WHERE THE ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS BY MICHELANGELO AND CARAVAGGIO ARE BACK TO LIFE
In Cesenatico ( Adriatic Sea, Italy) the old sailing vessels of the Marine Museum are moored side by side with modern fishing boats which still punctuate with their time out of the Harbour, designed by Leonardo, on the docks where there is the city life. The old fish market, still active, just steps… Read More THE SPECTACULAR FLOATING EXHIBITION OF HISTORICAL BOATS SAILING IN THE LEONARDESCO PORT CHANNEL IN CESENATICO (THE ONLY ONE IN ITALY)
I recently had the honour to meet Pope Francis for the presention of the biography I wrote about him. The private encounter took place in Casa Santa Marta, an unpretencious house where he usually lives. Before the encounter I had a very special gift: the possibility to visit some of the beautiful rooms in the Apostolic… Read More INSIDE THE VATICAN PALACES #2 / EXCLUSIVE: THE FRESCOES BY MICHELANGELO IN CAPPELLA PAOLINA (LIMITED ACCESSIBILITY AREA)
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