Jubilee Church
Richard Meier’s Jubilee Church, just outside of Rome, sports some incredible lighting, challenging the conservative Catholic country to question its concepts of what a church is and should be.
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Roman Flora
The hotel which served as my apartment in Rome had a back balcony that opened onto a lovely little courtyard. I’d often take my laptop out there to work amongst the fresh breezes and idle chatter.
One day, I was feeling inspired – or, perhaps it’s better to say that I was inspired to do anything other than work. I grabbed my camera and shot some of the flowers in the planters.
For a full-resolution image, see my ZenPhoto gallery.
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Caprarolla
Small hillside towns, such as Caprarolla, sprang up all around Rome in Medieval times.
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Bernini Obelisk
Bernini’s obelisk at Santa Maria sopra Minerva.
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Genoa
One of my favorite cities in Italy was Genoa, where I spent a weekend. Built on a hillside against the water, the city has a particular quality of light that comes from the sun coming down from the sky and reflecting up from the sea. The entire town seems to glow, bathed in a golden light.
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Hadrian’s Villa
Emperor Hadrian built an enormous, sprawling villa near Tivoli. The complex sported its own baths, auditoria, and hidden corridors and tunnels so slaves could move about without disturbing guests.
These photos are from Hadrian’s private study, a round, colonnaded room surrounded by a reflecting pool.
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05-10-04 Nel Foro a Notte (In the Forum at Night)
Janelle Kelpe and I set out on the town with a tripod and a few cameras – my digital Fuji and her film Olympus. I took 58 shots over about three hours (from 10pm to 1am). These two are probably the best, at least of the horizontal shots.
With the aid of a tripod, I’m able to set my ISO sensitivity to a nice, low 160, which helps reduce the grain of an image (unfortunately, web images more than make up for it).
Nonetheless, we were able to visit a number of famous sites in order to get the standard “Postcard” shots – Spanish Steps (currently clad in a most un-picturesque scaffolding), Piazza Barberini, Trevi Fountain, the Vittoriano, the Pantheon, the Imperial Forum, and the Colosseum.