by David | Oct 18, 2007 | photo, travel
Day one in Chicago: mid-day grey Day two in Chicago: golden blue and pink at dusk What a difference a day makes.
by David | Oct 13, 2007 | economics, photo
It’s that season again, my favorite Autumn time. And among other wonderful things comes the photography auction season. Last week was the annual benefit at the Center for Photography at Woodstock and just two weeks away is the parallel event at the Photographic...
by David | Aug 19, 2007 | culture, photo, travel
This dramatic statue in Ferrara depicts Girolamo Savonarola, a fiery reformist Dominican priest of the 15th century. Still somewhat controversial today, Savonarola organized the “Bonfires of the Vanities” in which Florentines burned their books, fancy...
by David | Aug 16, 2007 | culture, photo, reading & writing, travel
The Italian word of the moment is campanilismo. Translated by BabelFish as “parochialism,” campanilismo refers to local pride or patriotism, sometimes very local. If you ask somebody where she’s from and she says “Boston” or “New...
by David | Aug 16, 2007 | photo, travel
I was talking to a colleague about Italy and he described a sense of unreality visiting there, how every street looks like a movie set and every vista like a postcard, and how it takes a honking car or beeping cell phone to break the spell and re-locate your head in...
by David | Aug 15, 2007 | photo, technology
I got the film back from Italy and fell in love with the grain all over again. I think it happens every time I get back a batch of vacation film, see also here. Can your digital camera do this? Yes, I know the highlights are blown out and the shadows are gone....
