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fall harvest
Well, who doesn’t like some gorgeous grapes, a leaf showing a tinge of fall colors, and some dramatic backlighting?
Terra Costantino Winery
Viagrande, Sicily
photographed 9.9.2022
shrimp: the handoff
(First of all: do not be alarmed. So far all my Sicilian photos have been in black and white. But in fairness to the colorful locations and to practice more with color images, I’m going to post something different for the new few days.)
If you’d be wondering what it looked like at the docks when the shrimp boats returned, this is it.
Porto di Sciacca
Sciacca, Sicily
photographed 9.5.2022
last ones standing
It’s hard to find words to describe what I saw in the Valley of the Temples. And my photos don’t do it justice, either.
These are the remains of the Temple of Heracles; it is considered to be the most ancient of the temples, dating to the end of the 6th century BCE. It was destroyed by an earthquake and all that’s left are eight columns.
(To put this into perspective a little bit, the city I live in dates all the way back to 1884.)
Valley of the Temples
Agrigento, Sicily
photographed 9.2.2022
old + new
So, while I have broken through my own personal barrier and have begun to include people in my photos, I still didn’t want to include people who were tourists in my images from the Valley of the Temples. (Habits die hard and etc.) Because it’s the top tourist destinations in Sicily, I sort of set myself up for…failure? disappointment?
But this kid ran by and I broke my own rule.
Valley of the Temples
Agrigento, Sicily
photographed 9.32.2022
the sunglasses guy
This sunglasses vendor was happy to pose for a picture. I mean, I don’t speak Sicilian and he didn’t speak English, but I’m assuming that my request to photograph him, which included a gesture toward my camera, was answered in the affirmative, because he struck a pose.
Palermo, Sicily
photographed 9.1.2022
One Day | One Image 