As part of my Covid-19 driven activities, I’ve been culling my photography archives. This is a long overdue task, one that never proceeds when there are more interesting things to do. I’m making progress and hope to cut the number of photographs I have in storage in half. One of the positive aspects of this…
Category: Italy
Selection from the Archives
With a little time on my hands, I’ve been looking back through my photo archives. I’m doing some clean-up of the files and looking for the better ones to include in an “Archive of Favourites” I’m creating. I have almost 28,000 photographs on file, dating back to 2004. My expectations have changed and it’s evident,…
The Vatican
One of the stops on our June cruise was Rome, which included a visit to the Vatican. The Vatican is a city-state, one of the world’s smallest countries. It is also known as the Holy See, the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome. The primacy of Rome makes its bishop the worldwide leader of the church,…
Sorrento Morning
Today’s featured photograph is one of my favourites from our recent vacation. I saw this scene as we waited for our guide on the pier in Sorrento, Italy. The colour tones are a little surprising, leading you to believe that the shot may have been taken much earlier in the morning. It was actually shot…
Fountains of Rome
Rome is renowned for its fountains. Although I doubt anyone knows for certain the total number of fountains in the city, the number of major fountains is estimated at 65. Not surprisingly, I didn’t see all of them but I did see a few and today’s post will feature photographs of four of Rome’s more…