A tragicomic exploration of Rome’s enduring waste crisis takes center stage in Roma Fashion Trash a photographic journey through the streets of Italy’s capital. From the suburbs to the historic center, the Eternal City is overwhelmed by garbage. Sofas, refrigerators, mattresses, and fans—discarded items litter the streets, forming open-air recreations of domestic spaces.

Rome generates approximately 4,600 tons of waste daily, including recyclable and non-recyclable materials. The city’s inability to process such volumes has left parts of it buried under piles of trash.
Setting aside outrage and frustration, this series highlights the surreal compositions born from years of neglect. Stripped of their original context, the photographs abandon the lenses of reportage and protest. Gone are the opulent palaces of the city center and the sprawling roads leading to the suburbs. Instead, the objects are isolated, abstract, and frozen in time.

Despite their absurd and surreal appearance, each composition reflects reality. The discarded items were photographed exactly as they were found—on the streets of Rome. Removed from their urban backdrop, the waste takes on a new identity. No longer abandoned debris destined for disposal, these objects emerge as worthy subjects, illuminated as if for the runway.
Roma Fashion Trash transforms trash into art, inviting viewers to see beauty in the chaos and question the systems that allowed such scenes to exist.