My latest Random Italy Photo goes back to when my love affair with Italy really got started – April, 2002. I’ll leave the story of that journey for another day. But this was the view from my sister-in-law and her boyfriend’s small apartment, overlooking the rooftops of Florence. Follow @mikerussellfoto …
The province of Emilia-Romagna — land of Prosciutto di Parma, Parmigiano-Reggiano, aged balsamico. And bicycles? The town of Reggio Emilia is situated right between Parma and Modena. You won’t find any hilltowns in this part of Italy. In fact, there aren’t any hills at all. Because it’s so flat, people …
On October 14th, only a few days after its opening, I visited the Museum of Contemporary Art in my hometown of Cleveland, OH. Designed by architect Farshid Moussavi, the building is quite stunning. The polished steel and glass, with oddly angled walls, make it a piece of art on its …
This week’s Random Italy Photo is from a trip to the Veneto in 2005. More specifically, at Castello Scaligero in Sirmione on Lake Garda. I was definitely into “framing” my shots back then (like in my Palazzo Pubblico shot from Siena). It would be interesting to shoot this again today. …
Last Friday I was on my way to Vancouver, BC to shoot the Sounders and Whitecaps Cascadia Cup match so I wasn’t able to post my weekly Random Italy Photo. But I’m back to it this week. And we return once again to Volterra, where I had previously shared a …
Man riding his bicycle in the outskirts of Bassano del Grappa, in June, 2005. The town of Bassano del Grappa is home to the Italian spirit that many Americans, if they’ve tried it, equate to drinking rubbing alcohol – grappa. And in some of its cruder forms, they probably aren’t …
This week’s Random Italy Photo is from a random visit to Volterra back in 2007. I don’t recall the circumstances that brought us to the small Tuscan town, but I know it was not a planned stop. We did zero research before heading there. I think we were just driving …
In September 2003, I visited Siena, Italy for the first time. This week’s Random Italy Photo is from inside Palazzo Pubblico which sits at the center of town in the Piazza del Campo, or more commonly referred to as just Il Campo. Outside these walls is where Siena’s famous horse …
Just a quick writeup for this week’s Random Italy Photo. I took this during an October trip in 2007 in the Marchese town of Urbino. It was a cold and rainy day, but that didn’t lessen the brilliant views from the steep streets of this hilltown. Follow @mikerussellfoto (Click on …
Click on image to view a larger version. In this week’s Random Italy Photo, we head to Rome in April, 2005. I had just arrived in Italy a couple days earlier to spend Spring Quarter abroad with the Italian Studies Program at the University of Washington’s Rome Center. Shortly after …