Yes, a strange melancholy comes over you as you stroll through the streets of Rome these days, even more fascinating on sunny and blue days. The city appears more beautiful to you, but empty. It appears brighter, but lifeless. It appears to you as it is. Of course, you distinctly hear the sounds and echoes… Read More ROME IS NOT ROME WITHOUT THE EYES OF THE WORLD THAT ADMIRE IT
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© Roberto Alborghetti Photos In this beautiful basilica in the very heart of Rome will be held next Friday, January 13, 2017 (6 pm) the official launch of my new book, published by Velar, entitled “Come Chicchi in Una Spiga di Grano” (it’s my fourth book about Pope Francis). The basilica is dedicated to Sant’Andrea… Read More ROME: THE OFFICIAL PRESENTATION OF MY NEW BOOK IN THIS WONDERFUL BAROQUE BASILICA
© Roberto Alborghetti Photos Okay, we agree. We live in the world of advertising and smartphones (which day by day are unnecessarily more powerful). But it is not the most aesthetically pleasing the large billboard (about a smartphone) that in Rome is obscuring the focal point of St. Peter’s Basilica from Umberto Primo Bridge, along Tevere… Read More ROME: WHEN ADVERTISING DESTROYS THE BEAUTY OF A PANORAMA…
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)
© Roberto Alborghetti During a recent visit to Rome I was captured by a sort of “open air art installation” which showed a stunning colors palette… Really incredible colors and abstract for my “Lacer/actions” research about torn posters and urban signs. As you may see now, that “thing” where I took my images from… Read More A MODERN ART INSTALLATION? NO, IT’S ONLY A DISFIGURED TRAFFIC SIGN IN ROME…
© Roberto Alborghetti Rome is a surprising city also for my Lacer/actions project concerning torn posters and urban signs… I’ve already posted about the colourful and random “UNDERGROUND POP ART” AT TIBURTINA SUBWAY STATION . During another recent rush-visit to the Italian Capital, I was captured by a sort of “open air art installation” which… Read More PURE ABSTRACT IN ROME FROM AN ASTONISHING OPEN AIR “ART INSTALLATION” (COMIN’SOON: WHERE I TOOK THE IMAGES FROM…)
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