Sideways Through the Tunnel

This photograph was taken in the last leg of a trip to Rome,  from inside my car while standing still because one of the many and usual traffic jam on the Tangenziale.

I tried to have the road not to dominate the frame, fragmenting it, instead. A dark curve cuts through the image, separating two visual registers: the solid, static wall on the left and the receding tunnel of lights on the right. The image is less about travel than about perception while travelling.

The motion blur and softness at the edges weren’t deliberate; they happened by chance. However, I like the result nonetheless. The photo would have felt dishonest if it had been sharp, as the goal was to reflect how cities are often experienced from inside vehicles: partially and obliquely, never fully present or in focus.