Roman Posing

Was in Campo dei Fiori where there are all kinds of people doing their thing including this guy who was just being Italian with his shades and his acqua con limone.  I took the shot because he epitomized “the Italian” just sitting there.

Roman Fish Vendor 1989

I have an archive of photos from over 20 years of traveling and I’ve always tended to shoot daily life to see the normal things as more than ordinary.  This is one of my favorites and the shots from Italy in black and white are always cool.

How Italian Cops Roll

When the Italian cops really need to catch up to you rolling down the autostrada, they just whip out the Lamborghini.  This car was on display in the Piazza del Popolo in Rome and it was  the star attraction of the day.

Breakfast in Rome

Milan Street Art

There’s graffiti, there’s street art, and then there’s your random framed fresco on some random street in Milan.  There are surprises like this through Italy.

The Model and the Drunk

Trying something new here today.  Had this old photo I shot in Rome in the mid nineties that I thought I’d run through Instagram before posting it here to see how’d it fit in.  This was a funny scene that just sort of happened in split second.  This was shot in Piazza Navona in Rome in early evening where the was a photo shoot of the model on the left.  Out of the blue comes in this drunk guy with bottle in hand and he decides to get in the act with the model.  Loved his expression and italian gesture with his arm.  He was having a great time crashing the photo shoot.

Alberobello 1993

I’m reaching into the archives for this one but it’s a shot of one of the oddest places I think I’ve ever been.  This place is called Alberobello and it in the heel of Italy (Puglia).  You’re looking at the typical houses of the region called Trulli.  You half expect Smurfs to walk out any minute when you’re there.  The food in the Puglia region is some of the best in Italy – very different than what you generally think of when it comes to food.  Here it’s much more Greek-like and even touches of Middle Eastern food.  Most Americans never visit this part of Italy but Puglia is a gem of a region in which to spend travel and culinary time.  Click the link in the text for a map of where this is and click the image for more detail.

Milan Duomo from the Galleria Arches

Motorino Ride Across Rome

I hopped on the back of my good Roman friend’s Scooter and we took off from his office across town for a late afternoon apertivo at Bar Rosati.  This trip takes you from Via delle Quattro Fontane over to Piazza del Popolo with a bit of Largo Chigi and the Tiber in between.  I thought it’d be cool to shoot a photo every so many minutes along the short ride.

Chic Nuns in Rome

Doing a little shopping at MaxMara near Via Nazionale in Rome.