Four Days In The Streets Of Rome

2017

November 22, 2017March 5, 2018
by Renato Corpaci

…up and down the underground trains, passing through the main monuments of the City-On-The-Seven-Hills, trying to catch the spirit of the place.

Early visitors on the stairs to Trinità dei Monti. Nikon D810, 35 mm (35.0 mm ƒ/2) 1/160 ƒ/4 ISO 64

Quite frankly, we did not find the situation so dramatic in Rome. Fairly clean streets, trains running in time, a lot of refurbishing in progress and lots of visitors around the landmarks of the city.

Rome Transit

Self-portrait in the Underground Line B. Nikon D810, 24 mm (24-120.0 mm ƒ/4) 1/250 ƒ/5.6 ISO 8000

A crowd taking the escalator out of the subway station. Nikon D810, 35 mm (35.0 mm ƒ/2) 1/200 ƒ/4 ISO 12800

A young adult travelling toward Rome. Nikon D810, 35 mm (35.0 mm ƒ/2) 1/200 ƒ/4 ISO 12800

On the train from Ostia to Rome. Nikon D810, 35 mm (35.0 mm ƒ/2) 1/200 ƒ/4 ISO 12800

On the train to Ostia. Nikon D810, 35 mm (35.0 mm ƒ/2) 1/200 ƒ/8 ISO 2800

People waiting for the next train on Line B. Nikon D810, 35 mm (35.0 mm ƒ/2) 1/160 ƒ/8 ISO 140

The escalator out of Line A. Nikon D810, 35 mm (35.0 mm ƒ/2) 1/200 ƒ/8 ISO 10000

A nun on the subway Line A. Nikon D810, 35 mm (35.0 mm ƒ/2) 1/160 ƒ/8 ISO 12800

A person taking detailed notes on the train from Bracciano to Rome. Nikon D810, 27 mm (24-120.0 mm ƒ/4) 1/160 ƒ/4 ISO 250

The Diversified Community Of The Capital

A city with a population of residents and transients.

A cyclist showing us the way through the Tenuta di Tor Marancia, in the outskirt of Rome. Nikon D810, 35 mm (35.0 mm ƒ/2) 1/250 ƒ/8 ISO 110

For almost 50 years Eugenio has been attending his loom in the Tenuta di Tor Marancia. Nikon D810, 35 mm (35.0 mm ƒ/2) 1/250 ƒ/8 ISO 72

Marking their presence on the Vittoriano. Nikon D810, 24 mm (24-120.0 mm ƒ/4) 1/200 ƒ/13 ISO 8000

People roaming on the Vittoriano like mannequins in a De Chirico painting. Nikon D810, 24 mm (24-120.0 mm ƒ/4) 1/200 ƒ/13 ISO 2500

Equestrian monument to Vittorio Emanuele II at the Vittoriano. Nikon D810, 24 mm (24-120.0 mm ƒ/4) 1/200 ƒ/13 ISO 1250

A multi-cultural party on the Vittoriano in Piazza Venezia. Nikon D810, 24 mm (24-120.0 mm ƒ/4) 1/160 ƒ/13 ISO 450

Two freshly wed foreigners on the steps of the Vittoriano. Nikon D810, 78 mm (24-120.0 mm ƒ/4) 1/200 ƒ/13 ISO 2800

Our guide inside the Quirinale Presidential Palace. Nikon D810, 52 mm (24-120.0 mm ƒ/4) 1/160 ƒ/4 ISO 90

A street artist taking a break near Fontana di Trevi. Nikon D810 35 mm (35 mm ƒ/2) 1/500 ƒ/8 ISO 6400

A Muslim shopper on the roof-top terrace of the new LaRinascente store in Via del Tritone. Nikon D810, 35 mm (35.0 mm ƒ/2) 1/500 ƒ/8 ISO 200

Five turists marking their moment in Piazza Fontana di Trevi. Nikon D810, 35 mm (35.0 mm ƒ/2) 1/160 ƒ/4 ISO 180

Two Russian turists in Via Quattro Fontane. Nikon D810, 35 mm (35.0 mm ƒ/2) 1/160 ƒ/4 ISO 180

Young tourists on the steps to Trinità dei Monti. Nikon D810, 35 mm (35.0 mm ƒ/2) 1/160 ƒ/4 ISO 90

A woman on the sidewalk in Via del Corso. Nikon D810, 35 mm (35.0 mm ƒ/2) 1/160 ƒ/4 ISO 12800

On the steps carrying to the upper level of the roman amphitheatre in Ostia Antica. Nikon D810, 35 mm (35.0 mm ƒ/2) 1/200 ƒ/8 ISO 2800

Roast chestnut vendor in Piazza di Spagna. Nikon D810, 35 mm (35.0 mm ƒ/2) 1/160 ƒ/8 ISO 64

Turists crossing Via del Babuino near Piazza di Spagna. Nikon D810, 35 mm (35.0 mm ƒ/2) 1/160 ƒ/8 ISO 140

Two young females selfie themselves on the base of the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana. Nikon D810, 32 mm (24-120.0 mm ƒ/4) 1/125 ƒ/8 ISO 2000

Two young adults crossing the Cristoforo Colombo near the Pala EUR. Nikon D810, 27 mm (24-120.0 mm ƒ/4) 1/160 ƒ/8 ISO 500

Shadows of the visitors attending the rite of sunset on the Vittoriano facing Piazza del Campidoglio. Nikon D810, 24 mm (24-120.0 mm ƒ/4) 1/200 ƒ/13 ISO 720

Three Different Approaches to Life

A beggar out of the Chiesa dei Capuccini at Santa Maria Immacolata in via Veneto. Nikon D810, 35 mm (35.0 mm ƒ/2) 1/160 ƒ/3.5 ISO 250

A janitor vacouming the floor in the Chiesa dei Capuccini at Santa Maria Immacolata in via Veneto. Nikon D810, 35 mm (35.0 mm ƒ/2) 1/160 ƒ/4 ISO 12800

Roast chestnut vendor in Piazza di Spagna. Nikon D810, 35 mm (35.0 mm ƒ/2) 1/160 ƒ/8 ISO 64

The Madman

He was standing at the 716 bus stop in Garbatella. He could not stop talking and talking. He faced me but he didn’t need my attention. He seamed to talk to an invisible somebody. He sounded extremely knowledgable, trying to connect economic, financial, military and criminal facts of the ‘900 having some kind of link to the present century. This exhausting activity must have had a disruptive impact on his mind sanity.