Photographs by
Andrew Mendelson
“You can learn everything about a culture from photography. Photos both reflect and refract who we are.”
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Lift at the Colosseum
An acrobat holds his partner aloft in front of the Colosseum while the crowd streams past, one man doing a double take.
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Arm in Arm
A couple walks arm in arm across a cobbled piazza as another man strides past, eyes on his phone.
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Number 105
Two young women take a break on the step of a shuttered bar gelateria, beside a parked cargo e-bike.
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The Bubble Man
A street performer lifts a chain of giant bubbles overhead as a small boy reaches up to meet them.
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Into the Light
A father and daughter walk hand in hand down a cobbled lane lined with parked scooters, the late sun spilling between the buildings.
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