Gezicht op Rome vanaf de Pincio before 1907

This is Edizione Brogi’s ‘Gezicht op Rome vanaf de Pincio’, a photograph portraying a view of Rome from Pincio Hill. Imagine standing where the photographer stood, looking through those leafy trees towards the dome in the distance. I wonder what it felt like to frame this shot, to decide what to include and exclude. Maybe they were thinking about the layers of history in the city, about capturing a sense of timelessness. Or perhaps they were simply struck by the beauty of the light filtering through the trees. Think about the textures captured here – the rough bark of the trees, the smooth stone of the fountain, the distant buildings. It’s like a quiet conversation between the artist and the world, a moment of seeing and feeling made visible for us. What kind of conversation does the image strike in you?