Within the framework of the 9 th edition of FOTOGRAFIA – International Photography Festival of Rome, sguardo contemporaneo presented via degli Ausoni, a project in collaboration with Another Studio.
Via degli Ausoni is one of the liveliest centers of the Roman neighborhood of San Lorenzo. The vast number of commercial activities, venues and sights concentrated on this street and in its immediate vicinities make via degli Ausoni a space that is vital and in continuous movement: it is the home not only of historic clubs, workshops, fruit vendors, grocery stores and auto mechanics, but also of artists’ studios, art galleries, photography schools, and graphic and design studios. Via degli Ausoni aimed to document that vitality, concentrating in particular on the work of small family-run businesses, which stand among the most significant realities of the street and its surrounding neighborhood. The project recounted the everyday backstage of these nuclei of workers, giving back a collective portrait of the men and women who continuously contribute to connoting the habits and the charms of this place; as if, on a hypothetical day of closure, the commercial activities of via degli Ausoni had opted for a one-off opening inside the Spazio Cerere.
