Tag: Visual journalism

ON “WIDENEWS” A STORY ABOUT MY “LACER/ACTIONS” PROJECT: “THE HIDDEN ART OF THE DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS”

I would like to highlight the beautiful and interesting article on the online newspaper WideNews dedicated to my research project “Lacer/actions”. The author is the Editor-in-chief Elvira Silvana Zammarano who, intrigued and fascinated by the posts I publish on social media and on this site, contacted me to find out and learn more about this… Read More ON “WIDENEWS” A STORY ABOUT MY “LACER/ACTIONS” PROJECT: “THE HIDDEN ART OF THE DECOMPOSED PUBLICITY POSTERS”

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THE CASE OF THE SCRAPED DOOR IN NOTTINGHAM (UK): WHEN DECAY BECOMES ART

© Roberto Alborghetti – The scraped door and four close-up photos, Nottingham (UK). Photos by Marysia Zipser On my most recent trip to Nottingham to participate in the 10 year anniversary events of The Ghost Bus Project, I had the opportunity to visit the Contemporary Museum, accompanied by Marysia Zipser (founder of ACT Art Culture… Read More THE CASE OF THE SCRAPED DOOR IN NOTTINGHAM (UK): WHEN DECAY BECOMES ART

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CRACKS, WHEN THE MATTER IS SHATTERED BY TIME (AND WEATHER): THE RAILWAY WARNING SIGN NEAR ROME #1

This image may look like a painting depicting a sky that has shattered under the blows of the global warming. Or it could also be the reproduction of a map seen from above during a flight around the globe. More simply, it is a close-up photo of the cracks on a warning sign at the… Read More CRACKS, WHEN THE MATTER IS SHATTERED BY TIME (AND WEATHER): THE RAILWAY WARNING SIGN NEAR ROME #1

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ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF A WORN STICKER ON THE FLOOR OF A RAILWAY STATION (IMAGE #31)

© 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. 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… Read More ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF A WORN STICKER ON THE FLOOR OF A RAILWAY STATION (IMAGE #31)

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ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF CRACKS ON AN EXCAVATOR (IMAGE #30)

© Roberto Alborghetti – – Close-up photography; it is not a digitally manipulated or enhanced 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… Read More ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF CRACKS ON AN EXCAVATOR (IMAGE #30)

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12 PICTURES TO REPRESENT 12 MONTHS: RETROSPECTIVE ON 2024

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

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THE RUST AND THE TIME: THE FASCINATING POWER TO CHANGE THINGS AND MATTER

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

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ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF MOLD AND MOISTURE ON THE SURFACE OF A SMALL DOOR (IMAGE #29)

© 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)

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LIKE SNOW ON A RED CARPET: MAGNIFICATIONS OF CRACKS AND CORROSIONS ALONG VICTORIA EMBANKMENT IN LONDON

© 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

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“A VISUAL ART PROJECT”: ON “THE BEESTONIAN”MAGAZINE A FULL PAGE ABOUT THE 10 YEARS OF “THE GHOST BUS”

The English magazine The Beestonian, in its special Christmas issue, with a beautiful article by Marysia Zipser, dedicates an entire page to the 10 years of my project “The Ghost Bus”, carried out with ACT (Art Culture Tourism) and with Simon Barton. The article talks in detail about this singular initiative that unites Italy and… Read More “A VISUAL ART PROJECT”: ON “THE BEESTONIAN”MAGAZINE A FULL PAGE ABOUT THE 10 YEARS OF “THE GHOST BUS”

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NEW VIDEO: 20 PHOTOS OF TORN AND DETERIORATED POSTERS IN THE STREETS OF LUXEMBOURG

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

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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 CRACKS, CORROSIONS AND PAPER ON A WASTE BOX ON A PUBLIC STREET (IMAGE #28)

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ART ON THINGS / PHOTO OF PAPER AND RUST ON AN ADVERTISING INSTALLATION (IMAGE #27)

© 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)

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