Italy

observing lands and people through photos

There is no such thing. Doesn’t exist. But Bologna is real. And Bologna is ... special. The northern cities tend to fly under the radar a bit even though they possess all the ingredients of the Great Italian City: cuisine, architecture, history. Bologna is among them. So is Milan. Then again,

Do you smile at the pretty girls, compliment the older ladies, or wink at the moon? How about the birds, when they sing, do you whistle back in tune? Or what about when driving, do you have a smooth touch & no fear of pushing your car to its limits? In

In the beautiful country, there is a special place. And in that special place, there is a landscape that defies description. It’s not of this world. This week I learned about the Atlas moth; it looks like this: No words, right? When I was thinking about how I feel about

In the south of Tuscany, the rolling hills and vineyards of the north give way to a more diverse landscape characterized by, among other things, thick, lush wilderness that is punctuated by outcrops of porous volcanic rock known as ‘tufa’. And we all know that when the ancient Italians (Etruscans/

One of the many reasons it’s good to be social is that others will at times clarify casually in a conversation something that the mind has been wrestling with to no end. It happened to me recently when a German photographer noticed my wandering eyes as we made small talk,

observing lands and people through photos

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So we all agree that Italy is the greatest, right? Right? Bene. The world’s most beautiful countryside (by far). The most beautiful mountains. The most beautiful coastline. The most beautiful lakes. But what God gave the people is one thing. What the people did with it, is another. And the

A Tribute to Naples

(Revised -- fixed typos)

Street Photography

Weekend Bonus Shot

Greatest Hits - Part II

Greatest Hits - Part I

(While you’re here: my last two posts got published on Petapixel as a single article. You can check it out here)

And how it changed me (Part II)

And how it changed me (Part I)

No place is perfect but this Alps-adjacent countryside comes close …