Tag: Street Photography

FOUR DE-STRUCTURED PHOTOS OF CRACKS (AND RE-COMPOSED IN A GRAPHIC LAYOUT)

“Ring the bell / That still can ring/ Forget your perfect offering/ There is a crack, a crack in everything/That’s how the light gets in”, Leonard Cohen We live in a planet of cracks. And cracks may be considered as a life’s metaphor and “an active aesthetical appreciation” of what we call the disturbing elements of imperfection. In cracks magnifications… Read More FOUR DE-STRUCTURED PHOTOS OF CRACKS (AND RE-COMPOSED IN A GRAPHIC LAYOUT)

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THE TORN (PUBLI)CITY: THE PAPER BABEL AROUND US (NEW VIDEO)

The torn advertising posters that we see on the outdoor billboards – which are one of the main subjects of my “Lacer/actions” project – lend themselves to being cataloged and sorted according to various types. One is related to the broken words, that is the composition of random letters due to the overlapping of the… Read More THE TORN (PUBLI)CITY: THE PAPER BABEL AROUND US (NEW VIDEO)

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THE YELLOW YEAR / CRACKS LIKE MIMOSAS TO CELEBRATE MARCH 8

© ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI Pantone has chosen the yellow color – also in combination with gray – as the color of the year 2021. During my chromatic research of the “Lacer / actions” project I encountered several situations in which yellow was predominant in the color palette. Both as regards the decomposed advertising posters and for… Read More THE YELLOW YEAR / CRACKS LIKE MIMOSAS TO CELEBRATE MARCH 8

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CONTEMPORARY ART ON CITIES WALLS / STREET MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO#2

“Lacerations of London”:  it’s a video I created for my Lacer/actions project and research about torn and decomposed publicity posters, natural cracks and scratches, industrial and urban decompositions. Yes, free contemporary artworks are on the cities walls (and we usually do not see them). All the pics presented in the video are not paintings, but…simple… Read More CONTEMPORARY ART ON CITIES WALLS / STREET MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO#2

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CONTEMPORARY ART ON CITIES WALLS / STREET MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO#1

“Waves of Colors”:  it’s a video I created for my Lacer/actions project and research about torn and decomposed publicity posters, natural cracks and scratches, industrial and urban decompositions. Yes, free contemporary artworks are on the cities walls (and we usually do not see them). All the pics presented in the video are not paintings, but…simple… Read More CONTEMPORARY ART ON CITIES WALLS / STREET MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO#1

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THE STREET IS A FREE ART GALLERY: TORN PUBLICITY POSTERS, SLIDESHOW #1

Are these modern art paintings? Are these pop art works? Are these acrylic pictorial paintings? No, they are just photos of details of big torn publicity posters on an outdoor advertisings billboard. For me, the street is a real free art gallery, where we can perceive wonderful pieces of art. The pictures above are part… Read More THE STREET IS A FREE ART GALLERY: TORN PUBLICITY POSTERS, SLIDESHOW #1

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WHAT WE CAN DISCOVER ON A WASTE CONTAINER (THE HIDDEN WORLD VIDEO)

Abstract and macro images of a waste container in Bitonto (Apulia, Italy). I took them  for my “LaceR/Actions” project-research about torn and decomposed publicity posters, natural cracks and scratches, urban and industrial matters. Yes, a waste container as an art installation! In the link below, you can read the beautiful article wrote by Fernirosso about… Read More WHAT WE CAN DISCOVER ON A WASTE CONTAINER (THE HIDDEN WORLD VIDEO)

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ROME, THE UNIVERSE OF MACRO: CRACKS AND DECOMPOSED MATTERS #2

Cracks is part of my Lacer/actions Project, a multidisciplinary project and research about the apparent chaos of ripped and decomposed publicity posters, natural cracks, crevices, scratches and urban and industrial signs and tokens (I’ve collected so far more than 100.000 photos…). Transferred on canvases, reproduced on lithographic prints or textiles, re-built on collages or scanned in videoclips, the images… Read More ROME, THE UNIVERSE OF MACRO: CRACKS AND DECOMPOSED MATTERS #2

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