Here in the 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 or macro photographs and they aren’t… Read More 12 PICTURES TO REPRESENT 12 MONTHS: RETROSPECTIVE ON 2024
Time and rust have the fascinating power to change things without the contribution and conditioning of the human being’s hand. The work and the creative action that rust can do are truly surprising. They can compose and model endless scenes in which our eyes can see and perceive horizons without limits. Like in this series… Read More THE RUST AND THE TIME: THE FASCINATING POWER TO CHANGE THINGS AND MATTER
© Roberto Alborghetti – Close-up photography; it is not a digitally manipulated image – Scatto fotografico a distanza ravvicinata; non è un’immagine manipolata 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 the things that surround us… Read More ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF MOLD AND MOISTURE ON THE SURFACE OF A SMALL DOOR (IMAGE #29)
© Roberto Alborghetti This photo gallery – in festive colours: the images look like snow deposited on a red carpet – features 9 enlargements of random images of red cracks and scratches that I took in London, in October 2014, for my project “Lacer/Actions” and research on decomposed and dismantled advertising posters, natural cracks, industrial… Read More LIKE SNOW ON A RED CARPET: MAGNIFICATIONS OF CRACKS AND CORROSIONS ALONG VICTORIA EMBANKMENT IN LONDON
As you can see in this video, even in the capital city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg I found very interesting material for my project “Lacer/actions”. During the walks I obviously saw torn and decomposed advertising posters and other urban signs that I like to capture and document. Deteriorated posters are mainly placed on… Read More NEW VIDEO: 20 PHOTOS OF TORN AND DETERIORATED POSTERS IN THE STREETS OF LUXEMBOURG
With Art Basel Miami 2024 the city of Florida – the metropolitan area has around 5 million inhabitants – was animated by a succession of events and initiatives that put the streets of the central area (Downtown) to the test, which was already critical on the mobility plan.Many visitors stopped at the Design District, also… Read More ART BASEL MIAMI 2024 / THE “JCIDEL COLLECTION”: BAGS THAT TELL THE COLORS OF THE REALITY AROUND US
PHOTOS BY ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI Born and “captured” on the streets, the macro photographs of the JCIDEL Collection have returned to the streets thanks to a surprising performance that took place as part of the Art Basel Miami events. Some pieces from the collection (such as Heart and Wonderland) were at the center of the unusual… Read More ART BASEL MIAMI 2024 / THE “JCIDEL COLLECTION”: FASHION SHOW ALONG THE STREETS OF THE DESIGN DISTRICT
“Awesome!”, “Gorgeous!”, “Wow!”: these were the recurring adjectives in the comments of the general public at Art Basel Miami, the global artistic event which previewed the “pieces” of the JCIDEL Collection , created on the basis of my macro photographs or close-up photos, on the urban decay of cities around the globe. Many people did… Read More “WOW!”: THE ARTISTIC BAGS OF THE “JCIDEL COLLECTION” ENCHANTS ART BASEL MIAMI ’24
© Roberto Alborghetti – Close-up photography; it is not a digitally manipulated image – Scatto fotografico a distanza ravvicinata; non è un’immagine manipolata 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 the things that surround us… Read More ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF CRACKS, CORROSIONS AND PAPER ON A WASTE BOX ON A PUBLIC STREET (IMAGE #28)
© Roberto Alborghetti – Close-up photography; it is not a digitally manipulated image – Scatto fotografico a distanza ravvicinata; non è un’immagine manipolata 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 the things that surround us… Read More ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF PAPER AND RUST ON AN ADVERTISING INSTALLATION (IMAGE #27)
His Majesty King Charles III also gets on board the “Ghost Bus”, the surprising artistic project that has united the United Kingdom and Italy for ten years through events and activities. In a letter sent from Buckingham Palace on November 14, the English sovereign – through his spokesperson – thanks for the invitation extended to… Read More KING CHARLES III AND “THE GHOST BUS” PROJECT: A LETTER FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE
Two years ago, along the coast of Taormina (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 decomposed. It was as… Read More VIDEO / STORIES OF SEA WATER: PHOTOS OF CORROSIONS ON A MOTORBOAT IN TAORMINA (SICILY, ITALY)
© 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 ROOTS IN A DRIED LAND… / PHOTOS OF A DETERIORATED ADVERTISING BILLBOARD IN SANTO SPIRITO (BARI, PUGLIA) #12
ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI 