Domenico Albamonte’s, Melancholy of the Ancient World, explores photography’s relationship with timeless and enduring aspects of human existence. Using images of ancient Greek and Roman sculptures, the series reflects on time, beauty, and values while examining symbols and meanings beyond appearances. The sculptures, marked by fractures, abrasions, and amputations, serve as traces of time and human experience. Albamonte presents these works as an existential reflection on permanence, change, and the defining conditions of human existence.