Photographer and observer of EUR in Rome

Photographer Steve Wheel, originally from Espungabera, Mozambique, has lived, photographed and written in Rome since 2009.
He has loved architecture ever since he studied engineering at Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) in Maputo, and he now documents this passion with his camera, though he is primarily interested in the world of migration. Steve Wheel still loves analogue photography, though for these photos taken in Rome’s EUR district he used a digital camera.
His photographs of the EUR district reveal his preference for analogue work, with clear, sharp images and only minimal post-production. Wheel sees photography as a way of revealing reality. In this case it is not only a matter of imposing constructions, but of the human life, the traffic, and the people themselves, who bring back the human scale. In Wheel’s opinion it is the photographer’s attentive eye that captures the instant, choosing a fragment of reality to document. It is up to the viewer to interpret the image, according to Ansel Adams’s famous adage: “There are always two people in a photograph: the photographer and the viewer”.
In this way, the monumental power of the urban planning and architectural complex of Rome’s EUR district strikes the viewer directly, without the alienating mediation of filters. As a photographer who is also a writer, Steve Wheel prefers to rely on words for the poetry.

Christiane Bürklein (@chrisbuerklein)

Transglobal Association
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