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Through my many complex experiences trying to bring exposure to urban photography, I've dedicated a big part of my life trying to create the superimpositions of several pictures which are an abstract representation of cityscapes and contemporary life from modern metropolises like Rome, New York, Paris, Berlin, and many others.

By juxtaposing different images, my aim is to show how a usual image can be turned into a conceptual one where everything is duplicated, the lights and the structures multiply and build a new vision of urban life. Therefore, I try to feed my inspiration by taking a walk every single day as some sort of a modern flâneur. During these walks, I take street photos of my city or in cities that I am visiting when I’m travelling.

In my everyday life, I always try to look for something beautiful around me. That’s why my project is called “Urban Melodies.” I believe that you can always find something beautiful—whether it is a traffic jam or a building in ruin, I strictly believe that it’s possible to find beauty everywhere.

Once upon a time, I read one particular quote that said: “Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.”  

― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson's Essays.

Please find my previous work by clicking here.

More info: Instagram | alessiotrerotoli.com

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Monopoli Sea

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can see multiple time frames and areas and it makes this a really interesting piece of work

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Blue (Roma)

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Melissa Spencer
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is interesting how, by overlapping all the photos, the pieces all look like paintings. They are beautiful.

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Via Capitelli (Napoli)

Via Capitelli (Napoli)

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Metropolis (Chicago)

Metropolis (Chicago)

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Rue Petrelle (Paris)

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Pescheria (Catania)

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Valparaiso (Chile)

Valparaiso (Chile)

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Chinatown (New York)

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St. Martin (London)

St. Martin (London)

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Lights On (Chicago)

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Interesting juxtaposition of old buildings with new photo technique.

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Millennium Park (Chicago)

Millennium Park (Chicago)

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Allerton (Chicago)

Allerton (Chicago)

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Darlene Michuk
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one is scary, reason being, looks like, somebody is under the influence. Have before seen in a positive light meaning something to that individual. Knew of two brothers Both of A.A. and a another lady who became a abstainer. Totally unrelated different cities and decades apart. One had a beautiful mirror you have seen them layered type, his brother do not remember. The young lady had a picture of two men in a row boat on stormy ocean water. Really meant a lot and the struggle they endured.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Big, noisy, exciting. This work says it all.

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Herbst (Berlin)

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Colmar (France)

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Canal Saint Martin (Paris)

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can hear the horns and feel the atmosphere.

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Portavecchia (Monopoli)

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Martina Franca (Italy)

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Muddy Waters (Chicago)

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Dusable Bridge (Chicago)

Dusable Bridge (Chicago)

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A Dream Of You (Paris)

A Dream Of You (Paris)

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Champs Magnetiques (Paris)

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Rome Film Fest

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Chicago By Night

Chicago By Night

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Cloud Gate (Chicago)

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Congress Plaza Drive (Chicago)

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These would be even greater in farmland or forest or wild shore.

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Rue Sainte Marthe (Paris)

Rue Sainte Marthe (Paris)

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