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Photo: Campo San Barnaba – Venice

Notes: The golden hour is meant for a quiet canal leading to one of Venice’s many leaning towers through a lovely Campo. I wanted this image to feel as if I took it in the past. Purchase Information

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Photo: Uffizi Basement – Florence

Notes: The endless rooms of the Medicis’ “Offices” seem to lead the viewer back in time so far one might expect to see Lorenzo or Cosimo waiting at the end. Purchase Information

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Photo: The Butcher of Dubrovnik – Croatia

Notes: Myriad creepy details drew me to this scene: the unclear pedigree (sorry) of the scant selection of hanging meat, the butcher bent over hacking something apart, the the computer, printer and...

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Photo: San Zanipolo – Venice

Notes: After days of opulent Venetian interiors, my eyes came to rest in the carved wood beams and warm tones of the Basilica di San Giovanni e Paolo, locally known as San Zanipolo. Perhaps the...

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Photo: Redentore – Venice

Notes: Looking across the Grand Canal to Giudecca, I saw the Church of the Redeemer (Redentore) glowing in the first light of day a hundred years ago. Purchase Information

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Photo: Byzantine Dome – Basilica di San Marco – Venice

Notes: Shot from the north side of the Basilica, St. Mark’s reveals its shabbier side. The magnificent Byzantine Dome (one of five) perched atop this crumbling facade is somehow a perfect metaphor for...

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Photo: San Giorgio Maggiore – Venice

Notes: Work began on the church of San Giorgio Maggiore on the Venetian island of the same name in 1566. In a sense, however, the church “existed” centuries before in the form of a 10th century...

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Photo: Medieval Bridge – Dolceacqua, Italy

Notes: I had no choice but to photograph the 15th century castle towering over an ancient bridge in a town whose name translates as sweet water. The bridge was enough to compel Monet to paint it in...

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Photo: Palazzo Orengo – Capo Mortola, Italy

Notes: The 11th century palazzo was purchased by Thomas Hanbury in 1867, and became the center piece of the 45 acre Hanbury Botanical Gardens. It sits some 300 feet above the Ligurian Sea and somewhat...

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Photo: Torre dell Arsenale – Venice

Notes: My eye followed the Rio de l’ Arsenal to one of the two towers of the Venetian Arsenal. I envisioned the scene as if it were part of an old three-dimensional map. Purchase Information

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