HIDDEN TREASURES BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
The photographic project on the Roman entrance halls was born, like others (Alla scoperta di Roma Moderna, Palazzine in cerca d’autore, Inseguendo Lafuente…), from the broader photographic investigation about twentieth-century Roman architecture, in particular residential, always less known and more interesting to discover. The beautiful and surprising photographic work on Milan entryways stimulated my passion for the Roman entrance halls and pushed me to go in and photograph them, when they didn’t stop me, to show this fascinating universe.
The beauty of the Roman entrance halls of the twentieth century, in particular 1920-70, is one of the hidden treasures of this city, in balance between public and private. Often formed by a succession of spaces, rich in various stones, covered in wood and sometimes embellished with artworks. Now I no longer enter them without observing and, if I like, to take photos. In everyday life we cross the entrance halls, which are places of past, present and future life, with our heads occupied elsewhere and I want to show the spaces that people see every day but fail to appreciate.
The aesthetic quality is high and the variety of the approach in every place prevent repetitions that could demystify the concept and make the series predictable.
In conclusion, your project is exciting with artistic, scientific, and social levels of meaning.
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