NEW YORK NEW YORK – I finally got out of bed today, although it turns out that celebration is premature. I met Francesca for coffee at her office and shot Grand Central Terminal with my medium format tech camera on the way. Hardly and innovative image, but I’m pleased to be off of my back.
On this day one year ago: Lexington Avenue Subway.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Fair warning here, we’re going to hit a rough stretch. I arrived back from italy with a severe case of the flu characterized by a high temperature and an overwhelming feeling of lassitude. So what happens to “one photograph every day” when I get sick? The answer (I hope) is “Keep on shooting – no excuses.” Anyway, I used my few waking moments today to take a focus stack image of some porcelain that we brought back from China. It’s not perfect. It may not be the best idea to try a technical project like this when I’m delirious. Six focus stacked images with my Leica M9 and a 90mm lens.
On this day one year ago: one of many Hello Kitty images.
NEW YORK NEW YORK – Another sick day – something that I’m not very good at. This is our bedroom window on a really hot July day. I did have to get out of bed to put my Leica on a tripod.
On this day one year ago: East River in the 60s.
CAPRI ITALY – A doubly grim morning: a rare few hours of overcast, and we’re returning form Italy today. We did a walk around before getting on the aliscafo back to Naples. All taken with my Leica M9.
On this day one year ago: Lillis Funeral Home in New Milford Connecticut.
CAPRI ITALY – Here we are on the Fourth of July. There used to be fireworks and a big party in the Piazetta on the Fourth of July – the fireworks are alas gone – they were sponsored by a local Jeweler, Alberto y Lina, and the word on the street is they stopped doing it after Lina died.
We spent the day at a different place where large rocks meet the water, Bagna di Tiberio. Don’t let the picture in the link fool you – that isn’t sand that you’re seeing. Anyway this with my Leica M9 and a 50 mm Summicron lens.
Here we are on the funicular that connects marina grande to the piazzetta.
On this day last year: a dull Fourth of July.
CAPRI ITALY – We spent another day at da Luigi at the Faraglioni. This is from later in the day shopping.
We spent some time Saturday and Sunday at Le Conversazioni, Antonio Monda’s literary festival in Capri. We had run into Dona Tart on the aliscafo to the island, so we caught Antonio’s interview of Dona this evening. Leica M9 with a 90mm lens.
On this day last year: Clamps.
CAPRI ITALY – We spent the day at the da Luigi at the Faraglioni, one of those rocky places where people congregate to bathe in the sea in Capri. The link above says that you get there via a “pretty little path through the coastal pine trees that leads down to the sea”. That may be a fair description of the descent but the return is a very long uphill slog in the heat of the day with hundreds of steps. We’ve always gone to da Luigi and going there maximizes our opportunity for chance encounters with family and old friends. But I maintain that the real reason we go there is that walking back up the mountain burns any calories that might have been added by a truly superb plate of spaghetti alla vongole.
Anyway, lunch at da Luigi:
Da Luigi and the Faraglione from well less than half way up the path (three frames stitched).
On this day one year ago: Our new sign in Connecticut.
