THE OTHER MARSEILLE (L’AUTRE MARSEILLE): AN OPEN-AIR CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY – IMAGE #6

© 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. All cities, even the smallest, always hold many surprises for my research into the art of decay and deterioration. I have no difficulty identifying marks, scratches, corrosion, cracks, and various disfigurements. After all, all… Read More THE OTHER MARSEILLE (L’AUTRE MARSEILLE): AN OPEN-AIR CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY – IMAGE #6

SOMEONE IS WATCHING US FROM THE WALLS / PHOTOS OF EYES IN TORN AND DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS (#13)

© Roberto Alborghetti – Close-up photography; this is not a digitally created, manipulated or AI enhanced image. – Scatto fotografico a distanza ravvicinata; non è un’immagine manipolata o creata digitalmente con IA There are eyes that always “look” at us. They are those of the faces on the advertising posters on the walls or on… Read More SOMEONE IS WATCHING US FROM THE WALLS / PHOTOS OF EYES IN TORN AND DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS (#13)

ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF SCRATCHES, CRACKS AND RUST ON A BLUE PAINT OF A TRUCK (IMAGE #51)

© Roberto Alborghetti – Close-up photography; this is not a digitally created, manipulated or AI enhanced image. – Scatto fotografico a distanza ravvicinata; non è un’immagine manipolata o creata digitalmente con IA. There is a free and spontaneous form of art that flows before our eyes every day, perhaps without us realizing it. It is the… Read More ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF SCRATCHES, CRACKS AND RUST ON A BLUE PAINT OF A TRUCK (IMAGE #51)

FEATHERS OF RUST / PHOTOS OF THE SURPRISING PROCESS OF DETERIORATION (IMAGE #3)

© Roberto Alborghetti – Close-up photography; this is not a digitally created, manipulated or enhanced AI image. – Scatto fotografico a distanza ravvicinata; non è un’immagine manipolata o creata digitalmente con IA. It’s incredible how rust is part of time. Day after day, it forms and takes root on surfaces, allowing them to be invaded, corroded,… Read More FEATHERS OF RUST / PHOTOS OF THE SURPRISING PROCESS OF DETERIORATION (IMAGE #3)

THE TORN (PUBLI)CITY /“FADED WORDS” ON ADVERTISING POSTERS ON BILLBOARDS (VIDEO)

Advertisements and posters have always provided material and inspiration for modern art. Some artists removed sections of posters from billboards and then glued them onto canvas, with very interesting effects. I believe the deterioration of outdoor paper advertising can emerge and transform into another language through photography and close-up photography. This is the purpose of… Read More THE TORN (PUBLI)CITY /“FADED WORDS” ON ADVERTISING POSTERS ON BILLBOARDS (VIDEO)

PHOTO SUMMER FESTIVAL ’26 / STAINS, CORROSION AND UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS (#2)

© 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. Welcome to the Photo Summer Festival! Over the next few months, I’d like to explore a series of images I’ve recently taken in various cities. It’s like a summer shower of color that washes… Read More PHOTO SUMMER FESTIVAL ’26 / STAINS, CORROSION AND UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS (#2)

PHOTO SUMMER FESTIVAL ’26: IMAGES TO RETURN TO OBSERVING THE WORLD OF OUR CITIES (#1)

Welcome to the Photo Summer Festival! Over the next few months, I’d like to explore a series of images I’ve recently taken in various cities. It’s like a summer shower of color that washes and drenches the walls along the streets of Rome, Barcelona, ​​Bari and London. They are close-up photographs of what passes before… Read More PHOTO SUMMER FESTIVAL ’26: IMAGES TO RETURN TO OBSERVING THE WORLD OF OUR CITIES (#1)

THE OTHER MARSEILLE (L’AUTRE MARSEILLE): AN OPEN-AIR CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY – IMAGE #5

All cities, even the smallest, always hold many surprises for my research into the art of decay and deterioration. I have no difficulty identifying marks, scratches, corrosion, cracks, and various disfigurements. After all, all of this speaks to the vitality of a city, an urban center. The passage of time, and of people, deposits practical… Read More THE OTHER MARSEILLE (L’AUTRE MARSEILLE): AN OPEN-AIR CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY – IMAGE #5

THE INVISIBLE WALL / CLOSE-UP PHOTOS OF URBAN DECAY IN LOCARNO, SWITZERLAND – IMAGE #9

© 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. 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… Read More THE INVISIBLE WALL / CLOSE-UP PHOTOS OF URBAN DECAY IN LOCARNO, SWITZERLAND – IMAGE #9

FROM STREET WALLS TO INTERIOR DESIGN: ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPH AS ARTISTIC FURNISHING COMPLEMENT #14

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 #14

COLORS PALETTE IN AMSTERDAM: PHOTO OF RUST, DUST AND DETERIORATED PAPER ON THE WALLS #6

© 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 #6

ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF WHITE SCRATCHES ON A BLACK WASTE BIN (IMAGE #49)

© Roberto Alborghetti – Close-up photography; this is not a digitally created, manipulated or AI enhanced image. – Scatto fotografico a distanza ravvicinata; non è un’immagine manipolata o creata digitalmente con IA. 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… Read More ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF WHITE SCRATCHES ON A BLACK WASTE BIN (IMAGE #49)

FEATHERS OF RUST / PHOTOS OF THE SURPRISING PROCESS OF DETERIORATION (IMAGE #1)

© Roberto Alborghetti – Close-up photography; this is not a digitally created, manipulated or enhanced AI image. – Scatto fotografico a distanza ravvicinata; non è un’immagine manipolata o creata digitalmente con IA. It’s incredible how rust is part of time. Day after day, it forms and takes root on surfaces, allowing them to be invaded, corroded,… Read More FEATHERS OF RUST / PHOTOS OF THE SURPRISING PROCESS OF DETERIORATION (IMAGE #1)