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Culture Landscape

Wednesday July 10, 2013

VENICE – I got up early, packed a toothbrush and clean underwear into a backpack and took a train to Venice and checked into the Gritti Palace – an overnight side trip based on tips from Italian friends that the Venice Biennale is a must see this year. Indeed it is. There’s a theme this year: art and obsessive compulsive disorder (my paraphrase). Very cool. I spent the day touring the national exhibits in the Gardini. All images with my Monochrom and 50mm Asph. lens, except the last one which was taken with my iPhone.

Venice!
Venice!
Biannale I
Biannale I
Biannale 3
Biannale 3
Biannale 2
Biannale 2
Biannale 4
Biannale 4
Biannale 5
Biannale 5
Biannale 6
Biannale 6

On this day last year: Dinner party. The vintage Venini object in the foreground was subsequently broken when Basil the Norwich Terrier jumped up on the table to scrounge food. The perils of pet ownership.

Dinner Party
Dinner Party
Categories
Landscape Urban

Tuesday July 9, 2013

MILAN – A day walking around here in intense heat. I complain about Milan – it really is not the world’s most interesting place visually – but the images from today turned out to be interesting. All with my Leica Monochrom and 50mm Asph. lens.

Stone woman
Stone woman
Duetsche Bank
Duetsche Bank
Statue
Statue
Graffiti
Graffiti

On this day one year ago: Back home.

Living room
Living room
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Street

Monday July 8, 2013

MILAN – This isn’t much of a tourist city. There’s the wedding cake Duomo and the Galleria and the shoppers along the Via Montenapoleone, but these are all fairly well documented, even by me last year. Not much interest in repeating the process. Particularly today because the light is rather harsh. Here’s one from my iPhone.

Milan
Milan

On this day last year: Alexander. A nice image.

Alexander Campbell
Alexander Campbell
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Food and wine Garden Landscape

Sunday July 7, 2013

TODI – Another good day for photography here. The only sunflower in Umbria (they are late blooming this year); road signs; a cemetery; Malaysian junk food; and our host in Todi. All taken with my Leica Monochrom and 50mm lens.

The only sunflower
The only sunflower
Izzalini
Izzalini
Memorial
Memorial
Squid snacks
Squid snacks
Kimball
Kimball

On this day last year: Sunset out my window.

Out my window
Out my window
Categories
Still Life

Saturday July 6, 2013

TODI – A great day for photography here. A still life with an erotic eggplant; Maria; a flower pot; the pool. All with my Leica Monochrom and 50mm lens.

Aubergine
Aubergine
Maria
Maria
Pot
Pot
Maria's natural habitat
Maria’s natural habitat

On this day last year: Villa Necchi.

Villa Necchi
Villa Necchi
Categories
Family and friends

Friday July 5, 2013

TODI – A really long day of travel. First by van from Cortina to Venice; then hang out in the car rental agency while the find our car; then drive to Todi with a stop on the way at the Brunello Cucineli factory and outlet. We made it in time for a dazzling dinner, photographed with my Leica Monochrom and the usual lens.

John
John

On this day last year: Porta Nuova.

Porta Nuova I
Porta Nuova I
Categories
Landscape

Thursday July 4, 2013

WEST OF CORTINA – We hiked today through a company of Alpini training on the rock faces above us. They wished not to be photographed. We ran into some fairly threatening weather but didn’t get all that wet. Black and white images taken with my Leica Monochrom; the one color images from the trip is from my Leica M.

Storm on the trail
Storm on the trail
Dolomites
Dolomites
Lunch
Lunch
My only color
My only color

On this day last year: Milan.

Graffiti
Graffiti
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