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01Enduring Generations Vii 498 Bc 07 December 2019 Forum Romanum Rome
02Enduring Generations I 109 Ad 05 December 2019 Forum Traiano Stone Antiquities Safe Storage Beneath Via Dei Fori Imperiali Rome
03Enduring Generations Vi 50 Ad 06 December 2019 The Colosseum Rome
04Enduring Generations Iii 109 Ad 05 December 2019 Forum Traiano Stone Antiquities Safe Storage Beneath Via Dei Fori Imperiali Rome
05Enduring Generations Xi 30 Bc 08 December 2019 Painted Garden From Villa Of Livia Rome
06Enduring Generations X 50 Ad 06 December 2019 The Colosseum Rome
07Enduring Generations Viii 109 Ad 05 December 2019 Forum Traiano Rome
08Enduring Generations Ii 498 Bc 6 December 2019 Forum Romanum Rome
09Enduring Generations Xiii 113 Ad 05 December 2019 The Pantheon Rome
10Enduring Generations Xiv 113 Ad 05 December 2019 The Pantheon Rome
11Enduring Generations Iv 498 Bc 6 December 2019 Forum Romanum Rome
12Enduring Generations V 109 Ad 05 December 2019 Forum Traiano Rome
13Enduring Generations Ix 50 Ad 06 December 2019 The Colosseum Rome
14Enduring Generations Xii 50 Ad 06 December 2019 The Colosseum Rome
Enduring Generations
01Enduring Generations Vii 498 Bc 07 December 2019 Forum Romanum Rome
02Enduring Generations I 109 Ad 05 December 2019 Forum Traiano Stone Antiquities Safe Storage Beneath Via Dei Fori Imperiali Rome
03Enduring Generations Vi 50 Ad 06 December 2019 The Colosseum Rome
04Enduring Generations Iii 109 Ad 05 December 2019 Forum Traiano Stone Antiquities Safe Storage Beneath Via Dei Fori Imperiali Rome
05Enduring Generations Xi 30 Bc 08 December 2019 Painted Garden From Villa Of Livia Rome
06Enduring Generations X 50 Ad 06 December 2019 The Colosseum Rome
07Enduring Generations Viii 109 Ad 05 December 2019 Forum Traiano Rome
08Enduring Generations Ii 498 Bc 6 December 2019 Forum Romanum Rome
09Enduring Generations Xiii 113 Ad 05 December 2019 The Pantheon Rome
10Enduring Generations Xiv 113 Ad 05 December 2019 The Pantheon Rome
11Enduring Generations Iv 498 Bc 6 December 2019 Forum Romanum Rome
12Enduring Generations V 109 Ad 05 December 2019 Forum Traiano Rome
13Enduring Generations Ix 50 Ad 06 December 2019 The Colosseum Rome
14Enduring Generations Xii 50 Ad 06 December 2019 The Colosseum Rome
Enduring Generations

November 2019

Our planet has orbited the sun 2500 times, seen 30000 full moons and revolved on its own axis 920000 times since these stones (brought by land and sea from Tunisia, Turkey and Greece) were carved and erected as the columns and ornaments that stand today in ruin amongst the living organism that is the city of Rome.

These temporal rhythms conjure in me an existential connection to the many generations that fill the space before my birth. I feel the poignancy like a distant awareness of those people that endeavoured to create what I now find, touch and frame. These monuments we build to express ourselves are the emblems of man’s history, marking and witnessing myriad events through their enduring placidity.

Craving solitude and silence to make this work, I distanced myself from my escorts to stand alone on the Forum, beneath the stadium of the Colosseum, or in the dimly fluorescent-lit cellars beneath the city streets that serve to store this man honoured stone. The rhythm of birth - life - death feels present to me. I found myself feeling as I did when photographing the Thames Estuary: faced by slow moving dark water with an unparalleled human history of endeavour and toil, of losses and love.

These threads that link our bodies into our world fascinate me and leave me safe and secure that I am, we are, part of something - then, now and in the future - just like tides in the oceans, moon phases, or the changing seasons.

Locations: The Colosseum, Forum Traiano, Forum Romanum, The Pantheon, Villa of Livia.

Related Project Work
FOTOGRAFIA. NUOVE PRODUZIONI 2020 PER LA COLLEZIONE ROMA
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