Pietro Coppa

Nato e vissuto a Roma, fotografo per antica passione.
Undue juxtapositions
Surrealism

Undue juxtapositions

These days, and at my age, as well as being justifiably worried and uncertain about the future, indeed precisely because…
Real and metaphorical sunsets
Intimacy

Real and metaphorical sunsets

Sunset even before being a particular moment of the day is a metaphor.In literature as in the figurative arts, it…
Surreal squares
Surrealism

Surreal squares

Slightly surreal atmospheres are the theme of this short collection of images of places or people, collected mainly in Rome,…
Something inappropriate behind the back
Surrealism

Something inappropriate behind the back

Often there are things behind our backs that we are not aware of: the gaze of a stranger, rather than…
Tribute to the breaks
Ethical question

Tribute to the breaks

Stopping for a moment, taking a break, the images I present here share this theme in different keys; whether one…
The city in suspense
Ethical question

The city in suspense

In these worrying twenties, events are happening one after the other that leave us disturbed and bewildered.It is not worth…
On the Titanic’s deck: puzzled conviviality
Ethical question

On the Titanic’s deck: puzzled conviviality

Most human beings like to eat and drink, especially in company, and conviviality is one of the joys of life…
Fragment of “weltanschauung”: statuesque and incongruent
Other stories

Fragment of “weltanschauung”: statuesque and incongruent

RomaItalyThe city where I live is full of sculptures of all kinds, in museums, buildings and squares: pompous representations of…
Making the much out of the little: a programme
Other stories

Making the much out of the little: a programme

Extracting the maximum from the minimum could be an oxymoron, an operational agenda in the field of photography, or more…
The feeling of being slightly out of place
Other stories

The feeling of being slightly out of place

What binds the characters animating this series of images is the common feeling that there is something slightly out of…
Slightly misplaced still lives
Other stories

Slightly misplaced still lives

Still life, often considered boring, immobile, in reality, if you have the eyes to see, hides within itself endless stories…
Backs turned, ‘Les Adieux’
Intimacy

Backs turned, ‘Les Adieux’

With backs turned, as we grow older, we begin to think of the goodbyes, our own and of others we…
Crooked figures in the City
Other stories

Crooked figures in the City

RomaItalyHooded characters, faces covered or barely distinguishable, often shot from behind, are the crooked figures that give this collection its…
What remains of the trip
Other stories

What remains of the trip

Roma, Napoli, SiciliaItalyFor some time now, we have been living in a strange era in which many of the parameters…
Facing the window
Intimacy

Facing the window

RomaItalyWhen I walk through the city, I sometimes look up at some illuminated or half-open window that reveals and at…
The sleep of reason
Surrealism

The sleep of reason

Strolling through the city, it is not unusual to find shop windows where the need to catch the eye by…
Shadows, as ‘Woland’ would have said
Surrealism

Shadows, as ‘Woland’ would have said

The shadows of objects or people can be distorted, and then perhaps with their monstrous shapes they whisper thoughts or…
Non-place, not to proceed
Other stories

Non-place, not to proceed

A non-place is the image of something so anonymous, without any salient or interesting characteristics in itself

Fall seascapes
Other stories

Fall seascapes

Raise your hand if you've never found yourself on an autumn beach taking photos of the sea, the beached remains,…
Colors, once in a while
Other stories

Colors, once in a while

RomaItalyMy preference in taking pictures is black and white.When I am in front of a photogram and I have to…
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