Monthly Archives: April 2025
roman candle
A detail of Roman mosaic floors inside the Villa Romana del Casale. The structure dates from the 4th century Common Era and was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
The tiled floors cover approximately 3,500 square meters (nearly 38,000 square feet) and are remarkably well preserved because the site was flooded and then covered with landslides.
Villa Romana del Casale
near Piazza Armerina, Sicily
photographed 2.3.2025
PS – I love it that Wikipedia gives the Sicilian translation of the place name – Villa Rumana dû Casali. Linguistically, Sicilian is considered an independent language; it evolved directly from Latin rather than from Italian.
the strongest remain
You know your guide and driver are reading the room when they make non-routine stops (without even being asked) – for important things like roadside ruins or newly blossoming almond trees or the light hitting a hillside town in just the right way – so the photographers could pile out and do our things.
near Enna, Sicily
photographed 2.3.2025
palatino
Nights in Cuba were a little disconcerting. The blackouts could (and did) happen all over the place, for random amounts of time. And then there’d be the one place (like you can see here) that was literally the only bright spot on the entire block. It’s just the way of things.
Cienfuegos, Cuba
photographed 11.8.2022
baseball/basketball/laundry
This is a typical scene in Cuba – some ad hoc sports going on in a vacant lot, laundry drying on a balcony rail, and a random guy hanging out.
Havana, Cuba
photographed 11.6.2022
italy (only actually havana)
Havana. I saw the Italy-hat guy in Havana. You’ll just have to trust me on this.
Havana, Cuba
photographed 11.7.2022
One Day | One Image 