**EDIT** I had misplaced lost a card; that’s why I keep double back-ups! If you have seen this post before, there are now twice as many images.
A few years ago, I discovered that the jobs I work come in seasons. There are low seasons and high seasons. The photojournalism season for me starts in February or March every year and ends around Thanksgiving. And it usually hits hard and fast and doesn’t stop until it stops.
I’ve been doing a few small jobs and I’m always on the move, but the first big one of the season this year is a trip to Italy for the University. So… here we go:
Rome.
I’ve been to Rome at least half a dozen times now, but there’s truly something about walking with someone who intimately knows Rome – the little back streets and the tiny ancient chapels far off the tourist map – that makes the city look completely different.
It’s like walking with a really good street photographer. He shows you parts of a familiar city that might have passed you by.
It’s the human condition on a massive, historical scale.
He shows a church that is extremely historically significant, but nobody visits. Maybe one of the great Renaissance masters painted the ceiling, but because it is a little hard to get to and away from the McDonalds and metro stops, nobody visits it.
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Climb out on the roof of a cloister… and then you’re seeing a good view of Rome. All the high places in the world cannot show you the things shown by basic human interaction.
I really love Rome.
From here, we almost missed a train to the south. This is the purpose of my excursion to Italy… Southern Italy.
And, this is Italy. Not Greece. These are Greek temples, though… in Italy.
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Our students are sent on a scavenger hunt.
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Trying real mozzarella…
Not exactly what some expect. The American version of mozzarella is just no where close.
It’s really great to be back out traveling with the students again.
Much more to come…
Stay tuned…
-Noah D.
PS: I should mention. It was this day when I realized that one of my D700 bodies was mis-focusing. These things happen from 100,000 frames and 100,000 miles. Always carry a spare.
