Palazzo Esposizioni in Rome will host A Rome Codex, the most comprehensive photographic exhibition in Italy to date, dedicated to the work of Albert Watson, one of the most renowned photographers of our time.
Scottish photographer Albert Watson, who has been living in New York for a long time, challenges conventional representations of the Eternal City to provide a contemporary anthropological narrative of its most authentic quintessence.
In a career spanning over five decades, from 1970 to the present day, Watson has made a name for himself as one of the most influential and prolific photographers on the international scene. Combining fine art, fashion and commercial photography with unrivalled depth and versatility, he has created icons that have earned a place in our collective imagination.
200 photographs, a city to decipher.
The exhibition features 200 black and white and colour photographs, often in large format, displayed in the three main rooms of Palazzo Esposizioni Roma. The images are arranged instinctively rather than thematically to allow the visitor a freer and more contemporary approach to their understanding and enjoyment.
In the expansive exhibition space, intimate and spontaneous moments of humanity sit alongside the imposing architecture and history of the city, in a play of echoes between Rome and the people who live in and define it.
Albert Watson dispense with any hierarchy: a portrait, a landscape, an interior, an anonymous face and a celebrity coexist with the same narrative intensity.
In its entirety, Roma Codex offers a visual compass, at once instinctive and meticulous, to decipher a city full of contrasts.
