The Italian files

The Italian files

The varied scenery of streets in and outside of Rome played in front of my eyes in 2015, when the selfie stick was booming with popularity. Visiting Italy in May just at the beginning of the tourist season, I’ve experienced Italy like a mix of gelati flavours – a bustling, often chaotic and fascinating city.

My aim was to try and capture the humour on streets around me – something extraordinarily funny was happening when a number of tourists would turn up with selfie sticks. It was a bizarre joy to photograph.

I went to Italy with my parents as they’ve always wanted to experience St. Peter’s Basilica and visit the Polish cemetery at Monte Cassino 3.5hrs by train towards Naples.

This series was photographed on 35mm Fujifilm XT1 digital camera.