Striking photographs taken by Italian
writer Roberto Cotroneo of people admiring artworks in museums
are on show at Rome's Modern Art Gallery (GNAM) until June 4.
The show, entitled 'Genius Loci, In the Theatre of Art',
represents Cotroneo's return to photography after 30 years as
one of Italy's top writers.
Speaking at the vernissage, Culture Minister Dario
Franceschini said the show was "very original with beautiful
photos, and a beautiful idea behind it", that of capturing the
various emotions felt by an observer of art.
Franceschini revealed that he, too, had sometimes done the
same thing, that is photograph people in front of works instead
of the works themselves.
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