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Photographer's Note

Rome – Via del Babuino – The “Baboon”

Babuino

From Wikipedia:

Il Babuino (Romanesco: Il Babbuino; Italian: Il Babuino, "The Baboon") is one of the talking statues of Rome, Italy. The fountain is situated beside the Chiesa di S. Atanasio dei Greci, in via del Babuino.

History
The statue is an ancient depiction of a reclining Silenus: a character in Roman mythology, half man, half goat. In 1581, Patrizio Grandi, a rich merchant, built a public fountain in the former via Paolina, which he had decorated with this statue. According to the custom established by Pope Pius IV he obtained free water for his house and fields in exchange for donating the fountain to the city. The people of Rome christened the figure "babuino" because they considered it ugly and deformed, like a monkey, and the street was nicknamed the "via del Babuino" as a result, the name eventually becoming the official one. After being moved to various other locations in Rome, the statue was returned to the street in 1957.

Political comment and graffiti
Pasquinades — irreverent satirical inscriptions poking fun at public figures — were posted beside the "talking statues" of Rome in the 16th century. The pasquinades (or, in Italian, pasquinate) of il Babuino are more properly called babuinate, but the principle of satirical criticism is the same.
The tradition of political comment continued as graffiti in modern times, to the extent that the fountain was considered an eyesore rather than an asset to this upmarket street. As seen in the 2002 photograph, the wall behind the statue was covered in graffiti, although not on il Babuino itself. Recently, the wall has been painted with an anti-vandal paint, to prevent the graffiti reappearing.

snunney, jean113, Cricri, omid266, timecapturer, jhm, tyro, danos, Royaldevon, ikeharel, PaulVDV, clic has marked this note useful

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Sergiom (117241) 2015-01-08 6:28

Ciao Romano,

Il ne manque qu'une cigarette et une paire de lunettes pour que ce soit des jumeaux.Tu as trиs bien saisi , juste au bon moment cette ressemblance.

Amicalement

Serge

holmertz (102604) 2015-01-08 6:35

Hello Romano,
You made a brilliant observation. This is the kind of street photo I love. Its very amusing and original. The sharpness is not up to your usual level, but maybe you were in a great hurry before you were discovered.
Kind regards,
Gert

snunney (130967) 2015-01-08 6:40

Hello Romano,
Lots to laugh at here! I am not sure which is the grumpiest, the statue or the man with the cigarette sat next him. Well spotted, this amusing situation. So sorry, I have exhausted all my smilies for today.

mesutilgim (0) 2015-01-08 8:01

Hello Romano,
Very well observed and captured ! Yes there is a certain similarity.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

jean113 (27819) 2015-01-08 8:27

Hello Romano, this one brought a smile to my face!
A very interesting note to accompany the shot.
Excellent observation!
I like spontaneous pictures of everyday life like this, well done.
Regards Jean.

Cricri (176) 2015-01-08 10:53

Ciao Romano
Oh amusant comme vous avez capturer la personne qui a une ressemblance avec la statue :-) bien vu et rйaliser, top dans le cadrage et la lumiиre comme le rendu des dйtails et des couleurs
Belle soirйe
cricri

Silvio1953 (221463) 2015-01-08 11:23

Ciao Romano, carina questa, statua e cristiano abbinati in maniera perfetta, gran bell'occhio nel beccarli cosм, bravissimo, ciao Silvio

carlo62 (81265) 2015-01-08 13:31

Ciao Romano
secondo me subito dopo la statua ha acceso la sigaretta all'uomo.
Bello scatto, ottimo occhio e buona l'inclusione del vaso rosso, trovo giusto averne messo solo la metа, probabilmente intero avrebbe attirato troppo l'attenzione.
Saluti
Carlo

lousat (139170) 2015-01-08 14:06

Ciao Romano,un post molto interessante,avro' sentito migliaia di volte il nome di questa via in TV,dev'esserci qualche sede della RAI o altro ente famoso,ma non mi ero mai spinto a chiedermi a chi fosse dedicata questa via dallo strano nome,la tua foto e le tue note svelano l'arcano,cattura di gran classe col signore che fa' un po' il verso alla statua..ehehe...complimenti e buon weekend,Luciano

omid266 (6816) 2015-01-08 20:41

Salam dear Romano,

Buon anno nuovo 2015, **

very beautiful shot from the man and the sculpture,

excellent work and Thanks!

Dio sia con te amico, *** Amen! **

emka (158030) 2015-01-08 22:24

Ciao caro Romano, Haha, another splendid observations. Very funny scene, they are very similar indeed. Brilliant shot.

WArm regrads MAlgo

Nicou (193806) 2015-01-09 1:08

Hello

quelle vue et image superbe quelle compo cette statue verte sur son socle quelle couleur et l'homme avec la cigarette superbe captage et vue.
Bravo et amitiй
Nicou

timecapturer (49288) 2015-01-09 2:38

Ciao Romano
this is wonderful! What a superb opportunist shot and captured both originally and perfectly.

Compelling piece of imagery, well done!

Have a great weekend - B.

jhm (211736) 2015-01-09 3:30

Ciao Romano,

You took an excellent combination with the statue and the man with cigarette.
Sharpness and clarity are very well.
A wonderful composition, an excellent presentation too.
Very well done, TFS.

Kind regards,
John

tyro (30513) 2015-01-09 4:02

Ciao Romano,

You have written a very interesrting and informative note and also given us a photograph and title which are very amusing. I just hope that the man on the right is not a TE member and does not see this!

Very well seen and captured with good light and olours and excellent details and clarity.

Brilliant!

Kind Regards,

John.

danos (110407) 2015-01-09 5:12

Ciao Romano,
nice the snapshot with the man on the right to looks to the same direction with the head of the statue smoking a cigarette.I think that he looks a bit awkward when you shot him.

Regards,Danos

Royaldevon (85862) 2015-01-09 6:17

Ciao Caro Romano,

You have attached very interesting notes with your photograph. I suppose it was best to have the fountain returned to its original place.

This, I feel, was a quick, spontaneous shot, to catch the man in situ, before he lit his cigarette and moved on. For that reason, the sharpness is not quite as sharp as usual but it is a really amusing shot, well worth your attention, as you noted the similarity in the faces.
I am surprised that he is unaware of you and your camera but that's all to your advantage.

Kind regards,
Bev :-)

rychem (72187) 2015-01-09 8:28

:)))
It makes me laugh! thats right, it is an enorm similarity, very well obseved and captured.
regards Ryszard

ikeharel (113241) 2015-01-09 9:07

Ha ha Romano, you made me lough when saw this picture.
If only this man knew...
Superbly caught the moment, seem you had plenty of time to aim and take the photo.
Buona serata,
Ike

SherryDrinker (460) 2015-01-10 10:06

Hello Romano

Interesting history of this fountain as well as your picture with this man who seems wait for his wife with the bags on the floor and smoking a cigarette. A daily scene but not therefore less interesting.

Best wishes

Jose Luis

Graal (103040) 2015-01-10 23:35

Ciao Romano,
unusual sculpture and model. Yes, they are similarity. Good shot and reportage from Roma. Well done photo.
Have a nice Sunday.
Aleksander

Matyas (0) 2015-01-14 2:03

Ciao Romano! Amazing sculpture. Wonderful man with cigarette. Good composition. Superb natural light and colours. Excellent effect. Well done!

abmdsudi (95869) 2015-01-14 2:36

Hi Romano
Can't beat a happy face can you? Well seen mirrored almost similar subject of interests so well juxtapositioned caught off guard! He was well aware of you lens, did he smile thereafter? This certainly gives the image an extra tale. Great candid timely shot, Lovely. Congrats
Best regards

PaulVDV (62846) 2015-01-16 23:52

Hello Romano,
Very well observed and pretty humorous.
The man and the statue both look the same direction and fortunately not to the camera.
Best regards, Paul

mjw364 (1466) 2015-01-21 22:59

Ciao Romano

I like the note you wrote explaining the image. I also like the humour in the image because one could ask who is the baboon?! Man or statue! Composition is very good in this image too.

Thanks and have a great day!

Mike

clic (76) 2015-01-24 12:47

Ciao Romano
You show the perfect incentive to quit smoking that should be printed on cigarette packages with the mention: " See how cigarette can dry your arteries, to the point of making you looking like a petrified goat"!!
You could make a lot of money selling this picture to the tobacco industries.
Ciao.
Robert

Photo Information

Copyright: Romano Lattanzi (Romano46) (18472)
Genre: МЕСТА
Medium: ЦВЕТНОЙ
Date Taken: 2014-12-19
Categories: ЕЖЕДНЕВНОЕ
Camera: Canon EOS 700D, Canon EF 28-135mm IS USM, HOYA 67mm HD Circular Polarize
Exposure: f/5.0, 1/100 секунд
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Версия: Оригинальная версия
Date Submitted: 2015-01-08 5:51