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Lesson in advanced Chutzpah
This isn’t me yet, but as these ladies astutely point out, some day it will be. Gotta love their chutzpah: (Please click here; you won’t regret it: Advanced Style: Age and Beauty from Ari Cohen on Nowness.com.)
Transitions/Color Story #8: A baguette travels to Italy
This wasn’t initially written as a poem (I’m not a poet) but it really wanted to look like one, so I obliged. Every time we say we’re going to travel light. And every time it’s like moving a circus complete … Continue reading
Posted in AROUND US, COLOR, FRANCE, ITALY, TRANSITIONS
Tagged autoroute, autumn, baguette, color, France, going home, Italy, travel
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Lugano color story #1: Black and cream
Today, a story from the archives. Rewind to that March day-trip to Lugano. Under undecided skies, the lakeside city (or is it a town?) of Lugano revealed its true duo-toned heart to me. After having taken several photographs, I realized … Continue reading
Posted in AROUND US, COLOR, OUT & ABOUT
Tagged black and cream, color, lugano, man ray, quail eggs
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Milan color story #1
Ochres and terracottas. These colors seduce my heart in the first days of Autumn. Perhaps because of the bittersweet interplay between their inherent warmth and the weakening power of the sun. (We cling to warmth wherever we can find it, … Continue reading
Vendredi = market day = bliss
Last days of summer. Last open market in France for me, at least until my next stay. So I had to capture some small parts of it to immortalize in the digital realm. Markets, here and in Italy, have long … Continue reading
Posted in FRANCE, WHAT TO DO
Tagged Bourgogne, Burgundy, color, France, fresh, friday, marché, market, vegetables, vendredi
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The importance of blue
As summer draws to a close, I try hard to photograph with my mind’s eye all the textures and colors that I love so much here in Burgundy. It doesn’t take long to realize that the sheer uniformity of palette, … Continue reading
