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new york, new mexico
I had been to Alamogordo before, but never with a camera in my hand. And that meant I had also never strayed even one inch off the highway through town.
This time, though…
Alamogordo, New Mexico
photographed 7.1.2023
pedestrian
In case you were wondering (and I am pretty sure that you were not), this is just a random side street heading off from Via Vittorio Emanuele. That group of pedestrians headed my way looked a little intimidating but in fact were not.
Palermo, Sicily
photographed 8.29.2022
church/flowers
Delivery people were hard at work bringing large flower arrangements into the church. I don’t know if it was in preparation for anything in particular or just a regular Thursday flower delivery.
And here’s one of my greatest missed-opportunity shots, on the outside of the same church. I didn’t have time to really frame the shot, which is why that poor man has only one foot. And it’s also what I call a “fatal error” – a thing I can’t get past. But still: I’m posting it anyway. Caution to the wind and all that.
Chiesa de San Domenico
Palermo, Sicily
photographed 9.1.2023
building security
Another randomly-spotted street scene somewhere in Palermo. Between the metal bars across the windows and the tenacious stand of ivy, the place seems pretty secure.
Palermo, Sicily
photographed 8.29.2022
squid-man emerges from the shadows
We’d seen (and enjoyed)(and photographed) this market during the day. And then we got sage advice from Allison Scola*, who told us we needed to see it at night, too.
She was right: the daytime vendors of produce, fish, housewares, clothes, and everything you’d need gave way to outdoor cafes, lots of Aperol, interesting lighting, and of course, this graffiti person
Mercato della Vuccciria
Palermo, Sicily
photographed 8.31.2023
*If you are thinking about going to Sicily – and you really DO need to think about it – get in touch with Allison at Experience Sicily. Tell her I sent you**
**This is one of very, very few times dropping my name might work to your benefit. You should take advantage of it.
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