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Rome, Ischia and back

Oct 2026 · 78 photographs

The Colosseum's outer wall at dusk under a lilac sky, a street lamp in front and crowds below.The Colosseum at duskThe Colosseum's arches in black and white, crowds and street lamps at its base.Last light on the archesThe Vittoriano and church domes in silhouette against a pink sky, framed by out-of-focus leaves.The Vittoriano against the sunsetA narrow street in Monti with a tall yellow Hotel Grifo sign.Hotel Grifo, MontiTrajan's Forum and the domes of Santa Maria di Loreto framed between two umbrella-pine trunks.Trajan's Forum through the pinesA tuff headland with houses on top, seen across dark water from the hydrofoil.Headlands west of NaplesA car ferry crossing in front of the long silhouette of Capri.A ferry, and CapriAn Italian flag over the hydrofoil's white rail, a pale headland beyond.The flag on the stern railA pale cliffed headland catching late sun across the water.Late sun on the cliffsMonte Epomeo's rocky peak above white balconies and purple flowers.Epomeo from the terraceA padlock on a rusted seawall railing, the sea and a pale rock behind.Padlock on the railingLarge white tuff boulders at the water's edge under streaky clouds.White tuff bouldersThe white church of the Soccorso on its walled point above the rocks.Chiesa del SoccorsoThe islet of Sant'Angelo tied to the shore by a thin strip of land, deep blue sea, vines in front.Sant'Angelo's rockA single sailboat on calm sea, framed by a rock wall.A sailboat below the cliffsA flag blowing on the boat in front of a steep wooded cliff.The flag over the cliffsA gull floating on the water, framed by a life ring.A gull through the life ringThe bow of a small boat with an orange life ring, heading for Sant'Angelo's white houses and rock.Coming into Sant'AngeloWhite and pastel houses stacked up a green hillside.Sant'Angelo's housesA big pot of mussels being cooked on the boat.Mussels on boardThe Castello Aragonese on its island rock, a sailboat at its base.The Castello from the seaA tour boat on the horizon, seen past ropes and a life ring.Another boat, through the riggingThe sun breaking over the top of the Castello's cliff.Sun over the wallsThe skipper at the wheel, Ischia Ponte behind him.The skipperThe domed cathedral and buildings along the top of the Castello.The cathedral domeThe full run of the Castello's buildings along the cliff.The Castello from belowThe Castello framed by the curve of the boat's rail.Through the railA gull lifting off the water below a cliff.A gull taking offThe Castello's outline behind a blurred chrome fitting on the boat.Past the chromeA small fishing boat at anchor, mountains faint on the horizon.A fishing boat at anchorForio's houses along the seawall, a dark headland beyond.Forio's waterfrontPanorama of Forio's houses with Monte Epomeo behind and the harbor wall in front.Forio and EpomeoForio's seafront in soft evening light, rocks in the water below a dark headland.Evening on the rocksThe town of Forio below Monte Epomeo, the mountain lit orange at sunset.Epomeo going goldPanorama of Forio and Monte Epomeo in pink evening light.Forio at duskThe sun setting into the sea, a boat crossing its reflection.Sunset from the seawallA figure walking along the curved stone seawall at dusk, a headland behind.Walking the seawallGulls lined up along the top of a big rock against a sunset sky.Gulls on the rockDusk from Epomeo: villages below, Capri on the horizon, a dry fennel stalk in front.Capri from the summitHazy dusk over the villages and the sea, Capri in the distance.Lights coming onA work boat with a crane moored in Ischia's harbor.Ischia PortoA beach club with a neon Bagno Lucia sign on a pier over the water.Bagno LuciaA busy street in Ischia Ponte with the Castello's domed church above its end.Toward the CastelloHills and the bay seen through a gap in the Castello's walls.Through the wallsThe causeway, Ischia Ponte and Monte Epomeo seen from the top of the Castello.The causeway and EpomeoAn arched window in a dark room, sunlight on the floor, sea and headland outside.Arched windowThe sea and a distant mountain range framed by leaves.Across the bayA dark whitewashed wall, a window above a doorway onto a sunny courtyard.Doorway to the courtyardA gull on the Castello wall, a green islet and Vesuvius across the water.Gull on the wallA gull in flight and another on the wall, the coast behind.Two gullsA gull landing on the wall with its wings spread.LandingA gull on a small stone arch far above the sea.The little belfryThe stone arch with its gull, open sea and Capri on the horizon.Capri from the CastelloA pigeon on the rough stone wall, blue sea and a green islet behind.A pigeon's viewA pale pink hibiscus flower in dappled shade.HibiscusA ruined stone wall under a tree, Ischia's hills and houses beyond.The ruined churchA shadowed arched tunnel leading to a sunlit gate.Out through the gateBroken columns of a Pompeii house with Vesuvius between them.Vesuvius between the columnsTall columns against the mountains, grasses in front.Columns in the ForumA street of ruined walls with Vesuvius at the end and a sign reading REG VI INS XII.Reg VI, Ins XIIA long ruined street with stepping stones and visitors, mountains beyond.The long streetBrick and stone ruins with Vesuvius rising behind.Vesuvius above the wallsA large brick arch in the Forum, crowds walking through, mountains beyond.The Forum archThe Forum's colonnade and arch, visitors on the paving, blue mountains behind.The ForumA column and a carved inscription in the Forum, a doorway beyond.Column and inscriptionA brick pillar numbered 16 among roofless walls, mountains in the distance.Number 16The same brick pillar numbered 16, in black and white.Number 16, againVesuvius beyond a stone wall and a green field, oleander in front.Through the oleanderThe Tiber and Ponte Mazzini, a small boat, a church dome above the trees.The Tiber at Ponte MazziniA Trastevere street rising toward the green Janiculum hill.Up toward the JaniculumA wooden motorboat on the Tiber under the arch of Ponte Mazzini.A boat under the bridgeA river tour boat passing Ponte Mazzini.The river boatA long street with St Peter's dome at the end, someone walking a white dog across.The dome at the end of the streetSt Peter's Basilica over a crowd at the end of Via della Conciliazione.St Peter'sThe Spanish Steps crowded with people, Trinità dei Monti at the top.The Spanish StepsLooking up the Spanish Steps to Trinità dei Monti.Trinità dei MontiCrowds at the foot of Via Condotti.Via CondottiThe Tiber in evening light, St Peter's dome above the trees, a bridge downstream.St Peter's from Ponte Sisto

Kansas

Aug 2026 · 5 photographs

Black and white: a towering thunderhead rising behind a lone tree in a flat field.A storm buildingBlack and white: the storm's anvil cloud spreading over a tree line and a grain silo.The anvilA tall white storm cloud against a blue-gray sky above a green field and a single distant tree.The same storm, in colorRows of white business jets parked nose to tail in a grassy field, many without engines.Retired jetsBlack and white: a small airliner mounted on a tall pole above a lawn and a white fence.A plane on a post

California

Sep 2025 · 16 photographs

A line of dark cormorants standing on a pale sandstone ledge above churning green water.Cormorants on the ledgeFlat sandstone shelves stepping out into blue water, a headland and the horizon beyond.Sandstone shelvesGranite boulders in the foreground and Yosemite Valley beyond, El Capitan on the left and Half Dome faint in the morning haze.The valley at first lightA sunlit granite ridge with pines, a tall conifer dark against the pale morning sky.Morning on the ridgeMorning sun breaking over a cliff on the right of Yosemite Valley, El Capitan in shadow on the left, haze filling the valley.The sun over the valley wallA grouse standing on a fallen log in a sunlit forest of tall pines.A grouse on a logA jutting granite overhang on the left, the sheer face of El Capitan across the valley.An overhang above the valleyA small gray frog on speckled granite, the rest of the frame soft and out of focus.A frog on graniteTall pines and a dead snag framing distant granite peaks under a hazy sky.Pines above the valleyHalf Dome and the high country under summer clouds, seen across granite slabs and scattered pines.Half Dome from Glacier PointA shaded trail through tall redwoods, sunlight catching ferns and the canopy.Into the redwoodsA person walking a path between towering redwood trunks.Among the redwoodsThe Golden Gate Bridge across the bay, yellow wildflowers blurred in the foreground and the Marin hills behind.The Golden GateA red Golden Gate tower and the bridge deck up close, cars and a bus crossing above the water.On the bridgeThe ornate rotunda of the Palace of Fine Arts framed by cypress trees.The Palace of Fine ArtsThe Palace of Fine Arts rotunda rising above orange lilies and greenery by the lagoon.The rotunda across the lagoon

Aegina, Athens and Sifnos

Apr 2025 · 21 photographs

A tall agave in the foreground on a sandy path above a turquoise bay, a person standing at the water's edge and mountains across the sea.Agave above the beachA twisted pine trunk framing a low wooded headland across clear blue-green water under broken cloud.Pine over the bayPine branches framing a green headland and a curving bay, with mountains on the far shore.The headland through the pinesSun breaking through heavy cloud above a calm sea, a sailboat and distant mountains, shrubs in silhouette in front.Late light over the gulfAn orange sunset glowing under dark clouds above a mountain ridge and a dark sea.Sunset across the gulfBlack and white: a covered quay in Aegina harbor looking out at a cruise boat signed Island, a man sitting by the gangway.The boat for MoniBlack and white: a cyclist riding along Aegina's harbor road past lampposts, moored sailboats and white houses behind.The harbor frontA narrow overgrown alley between weathered stone buildings, disused rail tracks running down its middle.A lane with old railsBlack and white: crowds in Monastiraki Square in front of the domed Tzistarakis Mosque.Monastiraki SquareThree arched windows in the brick and stone wall of the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, the city spread out beyond them.Athens through the Odeon's archesBlack and white: the steep marble tiers of the ancient theater below a ruined stone wall.The Odeon of Herodes AtticusVisitors climbing the rocky path to the columned Propylaea gateway under a deep blue sky.Up to the PropylaeaLooking up at the Parthenon's columns and entablature, scaffolding inside, the sun just out of frame.The ParthenonA corner of the Parthenon's marble cornice against a deep blue sky, a small half moon above.A corner of the Parthenon, and the moonThe Porch of the Caryatids on the Erechtheion, six stone maidens holding up the roof, an olive tree and hills behind.The CaryatidsA black cat resting in the shade beneath a marble block, temple ruins in the sunlit background.An Acropolis catA crowd walking down through the tall marble doorway of the Propylaea, the city and mountains framed beyond.Leaving through the PropylaeaA small white monastery on a rocky islet below, a deep blue sea stretching to the horizon.Chrysopigi from aboveBlack and white: an olive tree on a hillside above the white monastery of Chrysopigi on its rocky point.Chrysopigi and the olive treeAn olive tree on a dry hillside above the white monastery of Chrysopigi, the sea deep blue behind.Chrysopigi and the olive tree, in colorRed and ochre sea cliffs rising from dark blue water under a pale sky.Cliffs from the water

New York

Jun 2024 · 12 photographs

Black and white: shoppers browsing tables in a big bookstore under an Information sign.The Strand, insideBlack and white: the corner of a stone office building at East 12th Street, people crossing and a cyclist passing.Broadway and 12thBlack and white: a Strand book cart by a column, a sign reading Special $3–7.Books from $3Black and white: a delivery truck parked on a tree-lined street, a man unloading cases of drinks.DeliveriesBlack and white: a shop sign reading Sullivan Street Tea and Spice Company under fire escapes, people sitting out front.Sullivan StreetBlack and white: looking up at a glass tower reflecting the buildings around it.Glass and reflectionsBlack and white: cars and pedestrians at the base of a modern glass building on a leafy street.At the cornerBlack and white: a steep upward view of an ornate brick and stone building with arched windows.Looking upBlack and white: two people sitting in a shop doorway under a speech-bubble sign reading I am Beau-Tea-Ful.I am Beau-Tea-FulBlack and white: a dark subway platform, a tiled column signed Canal Street.Canal StreetBlack and white: a subway car blurring past the platform, a rider visible through the window.The train inBlack and white: the main concourse of Grand Central Terminal, its tall arched windows above the crowd and the clock.Grand Central

Portugal

Nov 2023 · 14 photographs

Looking down over tiled rooftops to the Douro and the colorful houses of Porto climbing the far bank.Porto from above the riverBlack and white: a long stone stairway descending between old walls and rooftops.Steps down to the riverThe Douro winding between steep banks at dusk, a bridge spanning it and the moon in a pink sky.The Douro at duskTerracotta roofs in the foreground below an orange grove and a crenellated stone wall.Under the old city wallA Porto street at dusk, cars and people below old townhouses and the moon over a construction crane.Dusk, and the moonA woman in a camel coat leaning on a stone parapet, looking out over the city and river.At the viewpointA red British-style telephone box outside a café with white umbrellas and a tiled facade.A red phone boxOlive trees on a lawn in front of ornate old buildings under an overcast sky.Olive trees and old facadesA traditional red and white fishing boat painted Nazaré, propped on the sand, the headland behind.A Nazaré boatA wide empty beach under heavy cloud, a dark band of rain moving in over the headland.Weather coming inA woman sitting on a stone bench beside the carved gothic tower at Quinta da Regaleira.At Quinta da RegaleiraLooking straight up the dark spiral of the Initiation Well to a circle of trees and daylight.Up the Initiation WellA narrow cobbled stairway between whitewashed walls trimmed in blue, flowerpots hanging above.A lane in ÓbidosAn iron street lamp on a white wall above red roofs and green hills.A lamp over the rooftops

2 Peaceable

Jan 2023 · 9 photographs

A stone statue of a woman beside bare trees, soft winter light behind it.The statue in the gardenTree shadows falling across a pale stucco gatepost.Shadows on the gatepostA white colonial house with dark shutters and a columned porch, tall evergreens beside it under a blue sky.The houseBlack and white: bare trees over a wide lawn in front of a wooded edge.The lawn in winterAn old wooden utility pole up close, its grain cracked and stained.A weathered postBlack and white: a metal house number 2 on a white stucco wall, tree shadows to the left.Number 2Red herringbone brick paving with snow caught in the joints.Snow in the brickA small statue on a stone fountain, snow on the ground and pine branches around it.The fountain in snowA red cardinal half hidden among the branches of a snowy pine.A cardinal in the pines

Nevada, Utah and Arizona

Apr 2022 · 23 photographs

A small lizard on smooth pink sandstone, pebbles scattered around it.A lizard on the sandstoneSwirling bands of pink and white sandstone in the foreground, red rock formations beyond.Banded rockA grasshopper on a red sandstone ledge, the background soft and out of focus.A grasshopperA red rock outcrop above desert scrub under a clear blue sky, mountains on the horizon.Red rock and desertA night sky full of stars above pale and red cliffs.Stars over the cliffsA sunlit rocky slope with yucca and scrub against deep shadow.Light on the slopeBare twisted branches in front of a pink canyon wall.Branches and canyon wallA person in silhouette at the mouth of a glowing orange sandstone tunnel, daylight beyond.In the Belly of the DragonA bright green cottonwood tree against dark red canyon walls.CottonwoodA red sandstone peak against blue sky, dark leaves framing the top.Through the leavesA person standing in a dark slot canyon, light glowing on the curved orange walls and pooled water.Down in the slotLooking up between curving red slot canyon walls to a bright strip of sky.Slot canyonRed sandstone walls reflected in still water, a kayaker in the distance and the bow of a green boat on the right.Still water on Lake PowellA vast curved sandstone alcove opening to a blue sky, tiny figures on the sand below.Under the alcovePeople on a rocky point overlooking the layered red and gray depths of the Grand Canyon.The Grand CanyonThe Colorado River curving around Horseshoe Bend under a sunset sky.Horseshoe Bend at sunsetHundreds of orange hoodoos filling Bryce Canyon's amphitheater, forest and plateau beyond.The amphitheaterA dense field of orange and white hoodoo spires.HoodoosA red rock arch spanning a gully, pines seen through the opening and snow on the slope.Natural BridgePale and orange hoodoos at the rim, a lone fir and a wide valley beyond.The rimA row of small wooden cabins below a hillside of red and white rock.Cabins below the cliffsLooking down a green valley with a winding road toward Zion's towering red and white cliffs under cloud.Above the switchbacksA wide panorama of red cliffs and peaks along a road curving into Zion under a cloudy sky.The road into Zion

Nature

3 photographs

Two cottontail rabbits sitting in long grass and clover, a green hedge behind.CottontailsSparks from a fire curling upward in fine orange threads against black.SparksBacklit orange and yellow oak leaves on a branch, the forest dark and blurred behind.Oak leaves in October

Portraits

16 photographs

Black and white: a young man with curly hair, glasses and a patterned tie looking to the side, his reflection in a mirrored panel.Glasses, tie and a mirrorA smiling woman with long auburn hair in a black top, a softly lit salon behind her.In the salonA smiling woman with short blond hair in a white shirt, a softly lit salon behind her.In the salonA woman with long auburn hair and drop earrings smiling, orange flowers and orchids behind her.In the salonA woman with auburn hair laughing, turned slightly toward the camera, flowers on the counter behind her.In the salonA smiling woman with long dark wavy hair in a black dress, orchids and flowers behind her.In the salonA smiling man in a cream sweater and glasses standing in a sunlit meadow, hills on the horizon.In the fieldA man in glasses and a cream sweater smiling in a green field at golden hour, trees behind.Golden hourA man in glasses and a cream sweater smiling in front of a pond reflecting yellow-green trees.By the pondA smiling man in glasses and a cream sweater up close, a pond and trees softly blurred behind.By the pondA man in a cream sweater standing by a still pond with trees reflected in it.By the pondA man in glasses and a cream sweater sitting on a large rock in a field, smiling.On the rockA laughing man in a cream sweater in a field at dusk, a pink sky over the tree line.DuskA man in glasses and a cream sweater smiling with his hands in his pockets in a field at dusk.DuskA young man in glasses, a dark suit and a blue patterned tie standing in tall golden grass, autumn trees behind.AutumnA young man in glasses, a dark suit and a blue tie smiling under a tree with deep red leaves.Under the red leaves