Siamo in un quartiere della Roma storica, nato per ospitare operai e case popolari, una zona "in via di estinzione", di cui, troppo spesso, la televisione e il cinema ci rimandano un'immagine distorta, caricaturale. Garbatella è una piccola oasi dentro questa città caotica, un luogo costruito ispirandosi alle Garden Cities inglesi, pieno di luce, di verde, di scorci meravigliosi. Passeggiare per queste vie, osservare le basse case con l'intonaco scrostato, ammirare le vecchie insegne dei negozi, ti fa sentire in una Roma diversa, la Roma di altre generazioni, di altre vite. Ma nuove realtà sono nate dietro questi archi, vicino ai solidi portoni con le maniglie d'ottone; la nostra meta è, infatti, la galleria fotografica 10B uno spazio multifunzionale, interamente dedicato alla fotografia.
We're in one of the historic Rome's district, built for accomodate industrial workers and popular houses, an area to protect, very far from its distorted, caricatural portrait that we often see on television and movies. Garbatella is a tiny oasis inside a chaotic city: its architecture has been inspired by England's Garden Cities, and this is why it's a place full of light and green trees, with so many wonderful views. Walking around these streets, watching the small buildings, with ripped walls, staring at the old shops signs, all these things make you feel in a completely different Rome, in the city of other generations, a Rome owned by different lives. But behind the beautiful arches, next to the solid doors with brass handlers, new realities were born. We're, in fact, heading to gallery 10B, a multifunctional space, all dedicated to photography.
We're in one of the historic Rome's district, built for accomodate industrial workers and popular houses, an area to protect, very far from its distorted, caricatural portrait that we often see on television and movies. Garbatella is a tiny oasis inside a chaotic city: its architecture has been inspired by England's Garden Cities, and this is why it's a place full of light and green trees, with so many wonderful views. Walking around these streets, watching the small buildings, with ripped walls, staring at the old shops signs, all these things make you feel in a completely different Rome, in the city of other generations, a Rome owned by different lives. But behind the beautiful arches, next to the solid doors with brass handlers, new realities were born. We're, in fact, heading to gallery 10B, a multifunctional space, all dedicated to photography.
