The Broken Series

The Broken Series is Charlotte Fonne's tribute to the Cubist painters of the early 1900s, built from the monuments people travel to see, from Venice to Rio.

She photographs each one from many angles, close and far, then layers those views onto one surface. The architecture keeps its depth. Nothing is taken apart. No one sees a monument in a single look. The work holds the circling rather than the view.

Broken is a title, not a method. What looks broken is a landmark seen more than once at the same time.

The series asks the viewer to see a place they know from every angle at once.

  • Basilica di San Marco photography print by Charlotte Fonne, Saint Mark's Basilica in Venice, layered fine art from the Broken Series

    BASILICA DI SAN MARCO

  • Trinity Library photography print by Charlotte Fonne, the Long Room at Trinity College Dublin layered into one image, from the Broken Series

    TRINITY LIBRARY

  • EIFFEL TOWER

  • CRISTO REDENTOR

  • Old State House photography print by Charlotte Fonne, Boston's oldest public building layered with the towers around it, from the Broken Series

    OLD STATE HOUSE

  • Colosseo photography print by Charlotte Fonne, the Colosseum in Rome, layered fine art from the Broken Series

    COLOSSEO

  • SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM

  • TAJ MAHAL

  • RIALTO BRIDGE

  • JULIET AT THE BALCONY (ROMEO DECLARES HIMSELF)

  • Scrovegni Chapel photography print by Charlotte Fonne, Giotto's frescoes in Padua, layered fine art from the Broken Series

    SCROVEGNI CHAPEL

  • ROCK OF CASHEL

  • STATUE OF LIBERTY