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living statues of padova

Posted by rocksea on 30 Nov 2009 | Category: italy, photography

living statue at padova, italy
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door knobs of italy

Posted by rocksea on 26 Oct 2009 | Category: italy, photography

One of our favorite themes for photography in Italy are these fabulous door knobs. There are a lot of old buildings in Italy, from the ancient to the medieval. Completely new buildings are lesser than you expect and what they usually do here is to repair and modernize old buildings, especially the interiors, while keeping the aesthetically pleasing “ruined” and “old” exteriors.
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caricatures from venice

Posted by rocksea and sarah on 05 Oct 2009 | Category: italy, life

You might have seen some photographs of Florentine caricaturists at work, among our earlier photo journals. It was our turn to be seated this time, before Lorenzo, the Venezian caricaturist :)
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street artists of italy

Posted by rocksea on 06 Sep 2009 | Category: italy, photography

We love theme photography, and one of our themes are the street artists of Italy.
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the violin boy

Posted by rocksea on 22 Jul 2009 | Category: italy, photography

This is one of the favorites in our collection of the street musicians in italy. The emotion and the feeling of motion, and the lighting in this image “promptly” moves my heart every time I see it.

A boy playing El Choclo on Violin, before the museum Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence, Italy

A boy playing El Choclo on Violin, before the museum Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy, where the statue of Michelangelo’s David is kept. El Choclo is a popular song/tango written by Angel G. Villoldo, an Argentine musician.

Playing Guitars at the bridge on River Arno in Florence, Italy

Playing guitar at the bridge on River Arno in Florence, Italy.

Music on Bottle at Bologna, Italy

We had published a different image of “Music on Bottles” earlier. This time, it is the kids that capture the magic :) @ Bologna, Italy.

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