Tag: Rome

Rome 2002 Gallery

From a trip I made with my father and his wife in autumn, 2002. I think all tourists should be required to carry red umbrellas in the rain – makes for great pictures against the gray stone of the Colosseum. You might also like: Rain at Yulara

Photo Gallery: OpenCamp, Rome, March 2008

I attended OpenCamp in Rome, which was held in a mostly recovered public space, the former slaughterhouses of Rome, parts of which are interestingly decorated with graffiti. You might also like: No related posts.

Roman Street Signs

During the Imaging in Italy course I attended in Rome in October, 2003, I was much taken with the ancient signage I found all over – both the lettering and the language were charmingly antique. Several were on the theme of “do not litter”, in this case “on pain of ten scudi (coins) each time”,… Continue reading Roman Street Signs

Imaging in Italy: A Photographic Walking Tour of Rome – Day 5

Friday morning we met to review everyone’s photographs; Tony had selected 50 each, and put them together in a presentation (he had spent a lot of time scanning from prints for those who had been using non-digital cameras). We gasped in delight at each other’s pictures, and, as always, learned from Tony’s comments on them.… Continue reading Imaging in Italy: A Photographic Walking Tour of Rome – Day 5