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26: salvatore and the statues, caltabellotta
28 Faces, day 26
Within every man and woman, a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it if I can.
– Yousuf Karsh
Caltabellotta, Sicily
photographed 9.5.2022
23: emanuele, caltabellotta
28 Faces: day 23
It is not the outside bone structure of the face you photograph; it is the invisible part of the subject you capture if he or she is willing to give it to you.
– Peter Lindberg
Caltabellotta, Sicily
photographed 9.5.2022
17: artist, caltabellotta
28 Faces, day 17
It is one thing to make a picture of what a person looks like; it’s another thing to make a portrait of who they are.
– Paul Caponigro
Caltabellotta, Sicily
photographed 9.5.2022
madonna of the piazzetta
It is impossible to find the right words to convey how magical it was to walk the streets of these ancient towns, not really knowing where we were; new discoveries were at every turn. The light shifted. The narrow street widened into a piazza. Someone was feeding the stray cats. You could smell someone else’s lunch. Maybe there was a hint of a breeze. A motorbike went by, just inches away from walls, pedestrians. And, once, as the street turned into a piazzetta, a madonna observed all the happenings.
Caltabellotta, Sicily
photographed 9.5.2022
laundry minimalism
Over at the Valley of the Temples, I tried some minimalist shots, with mostly sky in the frame.
And then, a few days later, as we walked through the ancient mountain-top town of Caltabellotta*, I tried again, this time with laundry.
Caltabellotta, Sicily
photographed 9.5.2022
*It’s one of the oldest occupied towns in Sicily, with origins dating back 2000 years before Common Era. There’s evidence of Sicani, Greek, Arab, Norman, and Jewish heritage here.
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