All roads lead to Rome

because, distances in the Roman Empire were measured from the center of Rome, precisely from a monument in the Roman Forum called MILIARIUM AUREUM erected by the emperor Augustus in 20 BC. The center of the empire was the symbolic Kilometer Zero, from where all the main consular roads started. This is why all roads lead to Rome, including mine.

These pictures were taken following the old masters of photography. At the very beginning the aim was to depict the world, with the new revolutionary media. The world, since then for many centuries, was only painted therefore subject to the interpretation of the artist.  Here for the very first time we have the real view, like the first picture taken by Nicephore Niepce a view from his window in 1826. Photography does not lies.

Considering the size of the media used, these pictures are only taken with a huge old wooden camera, 10by8 Mahogany Gandolfi ; therefore the discipline needed is great and the concentration is greater, in order to obtain the results at best. Often I carry all these massive equipment for long distances, and don’t even take a picture. It is all part of an exercise for the mind, which is the final mean for the good picture.

Work in progress\ Only large format B&W film photography \ Limited amounts of prints are available \ by contact Cynotype \ Van Dike or hand made on silver gelatin fibre based paper.

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