STORIES OF SEA WATER / PHOTOS OF CORROSIONS AND CRACKS ON A MOTORBOAT IN TAORMINA (SICILY, ITALY) #8

© 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

“CENTOVALLI EXPRESS”: 52 SPECTACULAR KILOMETERS BY TRAIN BETWEEN THE SWISS AND ITALIAN ALPS (VIDEO)

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)

LIKE FROSTY TRUNKS IN WINTER / PHOTOS OF A BIG ADVERTISING BILLBOARD IN SANTO SPIRITO (BARI, PUGLIA) #9)

© 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)

NEW YORK, NINE ELEVEN 2001-2024: REMEMBERING A TRAGEDY THROUGH ART

* * * 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

ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF WHITE PAPER SCRUB FROM A FLYER ON A BLACK WALL (IMAGE #23)

© 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)

RAVENNA (ITALY): TRIBUTE TO GEORGE BYRON AND THE RISORGIMENTO. THE INAUGURATION OF 2 MUSEUMS AT PALAZZO GUICCIOLI (OCTOBER 26)

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)

STORIES OF SEA WATER / PHOTOS OF CORROSIONS AND CRACKS ON A MOTORBOAT IN TAORMINA (SICILY, ITALY) #7

© 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

LANDSCAPE BROKEN BY WIND / PHOTOS OF A BIG ADVERTISING BILLBOARD IN SANTO SPIRITO (BARI, PUGLIA) #8

© Roberto Alborghetti 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 posters I saw on an outdoor billboard in Santo Spirito, Bari (Apulia, Italy). They are the result of various and… Read More LANDSCAPE BROKEN BY WIND / PHOTOS OF A BIG ADVERTISING BILLBOARD IN SANTO SPIRITO (BARI, PUGLIA) #8

ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF A PIECE OF CONCRETE ON A LONDON SIDEWALK (IMAGE #22)

© Roberto Alborghetti – PHOTO OF A PIECE OF CONCRETE ON A LONDON SIDEWALK / FOTO DI UN PEZZO DI CEMENTO SU UN MARCIAPIEDE DI LONDRA 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… Read More ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF A PIECE OF CONCRETE ON A LONDON SIDEWALK (IMAGE #22)

THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE STORY: MY FATHER’S POSTCARD SENT FROM THE HELL OF KEFALONIA (GREECE) FOUND AFTER 80 YEARS!

This is an incredible story. It begins with a postcard that arrives from the hell of Kefalonia, eighty years later. A small rectangle of paper which, suddenly, after eight decades, comes to pierce the veil on the dramas, horrors and residual hopes of a young Italian soldier, my father, who – as an artilleryman of… Read More THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE STORY: MY FATHER’S POSTCARD SENT FROM THE HELL OF KEFALONIA (GREECE) FOUND AFTER 80 YEARS!

STORIES OF SEA WATER / PHOTOS OF CORROSIONS AND CRACKS ON A MOTORBOAT IN TAORMINA (SICILY, ITALY) #6

© 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) #6

GÉOMÉTRIES DE PARIS / DES LIGNES POUR CAPTURER LE CHARME DE LA VILLE LUMIÈRE (PARTIE #3 )

© Roberto Alborghetti  GEOMETRIES OF PARIS / LINES TO CAPTURE THE CHARM OF THE VILLE LUMIÈRE The 2024 Olympic Games are spreading images of one of the most beautiful and enchanting cities on our planet throughout the world. Paris has always fascinated me. I have visited it several times and its magic always captures me.… Read More GÉOMÉTRIES DE PARIS / DES LIGNES POUR CAPTURER LE CHARME DE LA VILLE LUMIÈRE (PARTIE #3 )

GÉOMÉTRIES DE PARIS / DES LIGNES POUR CAPTURER LE CHARME DE LA VILLE LUMIÈRE (PARTIE #2 )

© Roberto Alborghetti  GEOMETRIES OF PARIS / LINES TO CAPTURE THE CHARM OF THE VILLE LUMIÈRE The 2024 Olympic Games are spreading images of one of the most beautiful and enchanting cities on our planet throughout the world. Paris has always fascinated me. I have visited it several times and its magic always captures me.… Read More GÉOMÉTRIES DE PARIS / DES LIGNES POUR CAPTURER LE CHARME DE LA VILLE LUMIÈRE (PARTIE #2 )