This charming photographic ancient cityscape was taken with the Nikon D90 during my photo holiday trip to the Italian capital, Rome.
The Roman Forum (Roman Marketplace) in Rome is the oldest Roman forum and was the centre of political, economic, cultural and religious life. It lies in a depression between the three city hills of Capitoline, Palatine and Esquiline and was the site of many public buildings and monuments. Originally a marshy valley crossed by a stream, according to ancient tradition, which does not agree with archaeological evidence dating back to probably the 8th century BC, it was not incorporated into the city until the legendary Etruscan king Lucius Tarquinius Priscus at the beginning of the 6th century BC. It experienced the peak of its splendid expansion in the Roman Imperial period.
Today it is one of the most important excavation sites of ancient Rome.
The black and white character of the urban photographic motif lends a timeless, elegant and magical image statement. The mystical atmosphere of the ancient Roman city walls lends a very special charm to the living and working space.
"For me, photography feels like really capturing the moment - like a kind of alchemy where time is physically captured."
Silva Wischeropp was born in the Hanseatic city of Wismar in the former GDR. Today she lives and works in Berlin. As a passionate travel..
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