Roma Endless
- Date: c. 1995
- Medium: 35mm b/w film, digitally refined
- Format: Proofs only
[catalog entry]
In their worn surfaces and fractured geometries, the photographs of Roma Endless gesture toward permanence and decay in equal measure—suggesting a cyclical continuum between ruin and reverence. The images isolate towering Roman ruins and classical architectural fragments, rendered in grain-heavy black and white with stark contrasts that heighten their sculptural presence. Shot from below, the structures loom above the viewer, at once monumental and hollowed by time.
Originally captured on 35mm black and white film during a visit to Rome, the images were later scanned and digitally refined. The series was never formally completed, and it survives only as a set of working proofs. Like the subjects it depicts, Roma Endless remains a preserved fragment—unfinished but enduring, suspended between what was envisioned and what remains.
Digitally refined proofs from the unfinished project Roma Endless. These test images represent a work in progress and were never part of a finalized edition.
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