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« In The Bubble/Simone Morelli »

talk & presentation

13 novembre 2O26 ore 18,00

presso

INTERZONE GALLERIA

Via Macerata, 46 – Pigneto

“In the Bubble” explores the density of humanity in Rome’s public spaces. In this case, it is the public buses that (literally) contain and isolate the subjects photographed by Simone.

For photographers, public transportation in urban settings is a concentrated mix of voices and sounds—confined and amplified—which is why, over time, photographing buses and subways has become a standard practice, much like in jazz; the subject has been tackled by the most well-known names as well as by emerging photographers.

While in Tokyo Compression Michael Wolf captured from the outside the subjects pressed against the windows of the Tokyo subway, Helen Levitt gathered—almost in a familiar way, from the inside—the fragments of the lives that appeared before her.

So, if we imagine this type of project as a jazz theme, I’d say that Simone interpreted it by respecting the classics, but adding some interesting notes, linked above all to the Roman context and the psychological boundaries that arise when many people occupy a confined space at the same time.

The Bubble is a container into which we can peek without, however, being able to trace the outlines inside. What remains are private fragments whose origin we know but not their exact form, much less their original location.

Simone Morelli, fotografo romano. Dal primo scatto in analogico nel 2016 allo studio dei grandi maestri, la strada è diventata il mio luogo di ricerca quotidiana. Racconto il tessuto sociale di Roma attraverso serie fotografiche e progetti a lungo termine. Per me la fotografia è terapia, movimento e continua scoperta.

« In The Bubble / Simone Morelli »
118 pages BW
31x22 cm Hard Cover
First Edition, April 2026
Art Direction and Book Design: Cloro

Trade Edition: 100 copies – € 40
Limited / Deluxe Edition: 10 copies, including an original signed BW print – € 70