Rocco Galatioto, nice photos and good food

  Digital street photography in Paris

  A steamy bowl of cream of broccoli soup to fill body and soul.

  Early morning Kodachrome 25 shot of a farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

  Shells with cannellini beans, potatoes, carrots, celery and kale, a version of the staple meal, pasta e fagioli or pasta e fazul, as the Italian Americans like to call. It's a very healthy vegetarian dish.

  A fisherman and his friend sitting in the shade in Scopello, Castellammare del Golfo Sicily, I used my first Leica, an M-4 with the 50mm Summicron F2 lens. The film was Kodak Tri-X. I never use a sneaky telephoto to photograph people. It's a cowardly way. I like to engage the subjects and their reactions tell  much about themselves. Once someone asked Cartier Bresson why he never used a telephoto, he answered that if he needed a telephoto meant that he was too far away. I'm in no way comparing myself to that great master but I have always used this mode of photographing people.

  Getting creative with stuffed peppers.

New York in the sixties, what a time, before people were all playing with their smart phone and people actually spoke to each other. This photo taken on a Sunday afternoon at Bethesda fountain in Central Park. Shot on Kodak Tri-X and a Canon FT with the 59mm F 1.4 FL lens. 

Italian roasted triangoli ravioli with the famous Sicilian arriminata  sauce. Mage with cauliflowers, pinoli, toasted bread crumbs with a hint of anchovies. Absolutely delicious. 

  A digital shot of the marina in my beloved Castellammare del Golfo.

  A telephoto shot of the Empire State Building and the Manhattan Bridge, shot late in the day from the Brooklyn, Bridge

  Italian penne rigate with mushrooms and peas in a creamy sauce

 Paris, enough said.

  Before going to the caffe' for a cornetto and cappuccino, when in Sicily I take advantage of the great selection of foods or alimentari . I made what I call a pe breakfast of healthy antioxidant food. All this goodness atop delicious bread. Just delicious.

  Couple having a leisurely breakfast on the left bank of Paris. 

  I keep asking myself where timw goes. This iis a 57 yeras old Kodachrome II shot way ack in 1967.I keep wondering where the peop;e in the photo ended up. Photography can freeze a moment of time for eternity.

  These very pleasant and fragrant wild roses are in my backyard. They bloom in June and last no more than ten days but they are glorious. 

  This is a very hearty and filling autumnal dish. Center cut pork loin in a thick gravy and apples. 

                            Water tank atop roof on East 28 Street, Manhattan. Mid-seventies. 

  Italian spaghetti with zucchine and smoked salmon. Delightful

 Italian shells pasta with cannellini beans and escarole. Great meal on a cold day.

  Those wonderful sixties in New York. No smart phones nor being online. People interacted on a more human level. I miss those times very much.

  Nothing warms you up like a dish of beef stew. I served over couscous. Wonderful.

  The magic of Kodachrome II meets the magic of spring.

  A simple lunch: avocado salad on country Italian bread with sauteed kale and cauliflowers. Delicious and very healthy.

  The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is of the true treasures of New York City. This is a shot of the Japanese garden a relaxing place and pleasant place.

  The absolute queen of Italian sweets, the cassata siciliana or the Sicilian cassata. This is the original one decorated with candied fruit and it has a coating of marzipan under the exterior velata or sugar coating. It is superb but a shot of insulin is recommended before eating it!

  A macro digital shot of my backyard roses. I cannot wait for spring.

 Shot under the Manhattan Bridge in Manhattan's Chinatown. A shoemaker and his costumers. I was usig a Nikon S @ rangefinder with a Nikkor 35 mm F 3.5 and naturally, the film was Tri-X.

  I just love fresh fava beans. These were a gift from one of my neighbors in Sicily. He had just picked the. Just wonderful.

  Fooling around with a soft focus filter is very easy using a digicam,

 Relaxing at a Parisian cafe

As the sun sets the light becomes very special. It can turn a prosaic image into a memorable one. 

Pasta with fresh artichokes a wonderful and delicious lunch dish   

 A candid portrait shot with a digicam and converted to black and white with Photoshop. 

  Penne rigate ai quattro formaggi con zucchine. Penne with four cheeses sauces and zucchine. A variation on the standard dish.

  There were carriages in Manhattan until recently and this photo was shot at Central Park South in front of the old Plaza Hotel. The expression on the man is priceless. 

  A view of a main street Assisi, Umbria, Italy. A rather spiritual but very touristy destination.

  Eating in Sicily. Simplicity in itself. Pasta with super fresh zucchine fried in EVO and a few cloves of garlic and shaved pecorino and fresh basil complete this dish. Delicious 

  Skaters in Central Park on a Sunday afternoon in December of 1970. Tempus fugit,

  Thai food is not my area of expertise so when I crave it, I simply go to Trader Joe and get Goyozos along with bird nests and voila I have a quick and delicious meal. I know it's cheating but who cares.  

 It's beginning to look like winter in these parts. Coraggio, it will soon be spring .

  Orecchiette pasta with broccoletti and sausage, just delicious.

  Stonington Connecticut in late afternoon when the light is magical.

  Stir fried strip steak with sauteed broccoli and homemade mashed potatoes.

  A tourist couple looking for an address in Paris.

  There's nothing like a good minestrone to hit the spot on a cold evening.

  The gardens of Versailles at the outskirts of Paris; simply amazing.

  Spaghetti with canned tuna, great olive oil, some lemon rinds and a little lemon juice. Simplicity to the max. Delizioso

 This exquisite Greek Vase is in the permanent collection of the Whitaker  Museum in Motia (Mozia) a small island in Northwest Sicily. Here salt flats are used to make the most wonderful sea salt. Withaker was an English Marsala wine producer. 

  Orecchiette pasta with zucchine and shrimp in alight sauce with pomodorini.