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Urban Melodies: Photographer layers multiple images to create stunning city artworks

In his series Urban Melodies, Italian photographer Alessio Trerotoli superimposes hundreds of different images to create beautiful city artworks.

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Offering an abstract representation of urban landscapes and contemporary life, he takes photographs of metropolises across the world, including his home city Rome, as well as New York, Paris and Berlin.

He explains: "By juxtaposing different images, my aim is to show an usual image in a different way, where everything is duplicated, the lights and the structures multiply and build a new vision of urban life."

After graduating from art and cinema school in 2009, Trerotoli travelled around the United States and Europe, taking pictures and capturing memories, as well as building an impressive portfolio. It was during this time that he captured these images, which you see layered on top of one another in this beautiful series.

Since his first exhibition in 2010, he has won numerous awards and even published a book, Fuori Dalla Caverna, which features stories and photographs about his travels. Make sure you check out his website at www.alessiotrerotoli.it and follow him on Instagram.

Multiple layered photographs of a busy urban street with tall buildings, pedestrians and vehicles blend together to create an abstract, translucent cityscape
Multiple blurred and overlaid photographs of a crowded city street with illuminated neon signs and historic buildings, creating a dreamlike urban composition
Multiple layered photographs of a Parisian street scene with the Sacré-Cœur basilica creating an ethereal, abstracted urban composition with overlapping architecture, lights and pedestrians
Multiple layered photographs of a Paris Métro station entrance create an abstract, translucent composition showing silhouetted figures and architectural details
Multiple layered photographs of a European city street create an abstract, luminous composition with overlapping architecture, street lights and pedestrians in vibrant colours
Multiple layered images of the Moulin Rouge cabaret in Paris create an abstract, glowing composition with overlapping neon lights and architectural details in warm and red tones
Multiple long-exposed photographs of a Roman street with architecture and pedestrians layered together in warm orange and red tones, creating an abstract blurred effect
Nighttime street scene layered with multiple exposures showing crowds of people and golden street lights creating an abstract, ethereal urban landscape
Multiple blurred and layered photographs of a dense residential building facade with rows of windows create an abstract, ethereal effect
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