Archive for the 'italy' Category

door knobs and knockers of rome et al.

Posted by rocksea on 08 May 2010 | Category: italy, photography

We are back in India, but still in the settling down process,  in terms of life/work. After 4 years in Japan and 2 years in Italy, we are enjoying it being home, despite the challenges/adjustments we need to face. Yet to do anything on the photography/venturing part. Until then, here are some photographs from our archives. Venice carnival and the euro trip accounts are also pending 8-)

Knockers and Knobs of Italy

Door Knob, Rome, Italy
Mythological dragons infused on the door knobs of Rome
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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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