Ben Alper’s photographs approach Rome as a layered psychic landscape where past and present coexist. Framed by restoration, monuments, and the movements of residents and visitors, the city appears as a stage of ongoing performance. Fragmented and reflective images compress time and space, resisting full comprehension. Rather than documents, the works act as reconstructions—moments held like a memory palace, preserving fleeting encounters before they dissolve back into history.
