Rome Graffiti Covered Metal Doors Colour Street Photography
Rust Brown Doors and Grey Panel in Faded Plaster
The first thing I notice in this Rome street detail is the range of warm colour across the wall. Faded pink, yellow and ochre plaster surround a pair of rust-brown doors, while a narrower grey panel stands to the right. Graffiti crosses all three surfaces, adding red, black and pale looping marks to an already varied façade. I found these doors while wandering through the city and photographed them as part of the surrounding wall.
The scene has a clear arrangement despite the many surface marks. The central doorway sits within a pale stone frame, with a small gridded opening above it. The grey panel repeats its vertical shape on a smaller scale. Conduits run across the upper wall and down the right side, while a strip of pavement gives the picture a firm lower edge. Against those straight lines, the writing is loose and overlapping. I like how the photograph holds both the building’s underlying order and the irregular layers that have accumulated on it.
Colour is essential to my view of this subject. The reddish doors stand apart from the cool grey panel, and darker patches near the pavement give the wall more depth. This print would suit someone drawn to Rome’s everyday street details, graffiti and weathered architectural surfaces. It offers a close view of a particular façade, where the doors, plaster and markings work together rather than competing for attention.
© Dan Kosmayer, 2010
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