Another archival find. Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris. Shot in 1969 with a Canon FT and a Soligor 135mm F 2'8 lens. To paraphrase a great saying, I'll always have Paris when I have nothing new to post.

 Another vintage archival find.Dover, Englang way back in August, 1969. The white cliffs dominate the town. Children buying ice cream on the street. Shot originally on Agfachrome 50 but it has turned purple so I converted toblack and white. I used my Canon FT with the 28mm F3.5 FL lens.

One from long ago

 

Archival shots from way back then

Florence shot from Piazzale Michelangelo back in 1969. Can it be that long ago? As the line goes: I remember it well.. The camera was the Canon FT and the film was Agfachrome 50 that I scanned and converted to black and white because the colors had faded that not even Photoshop could restore.

Where has time gone?

This photo dates from 1969. It was shot om Kodachrome II with a Canon FT.  We lived just across the street. This street  in Castellammare del Golfo known as Vicolo Timpa is now a gentrified and super expensive place to live because, to the left, there's a spectacular view of the gulf. 

Florence, archival shot

This shot, originally shot  in 1969, on Agfachrome 50 that over the years faded into magenta, was saved by converting it to black and white by scanning it. Well it's an image of the Porte del paradiso or the Doors of Heaven or Porta sud, southern door of the famous battistero or baptistry which is a separate structure from the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. This image shows the door  before it was restored. This took about a quarter century and, unfortunately,  I failed to photograph them   duringt  my last visit to Florence because they were practically  overrun by Japanese tourists. Needless to say, the doors designed by Lorenzo Ghilberto were restored to their original golden state. The word in Italian is ripristinare. The baptistry itself was designed by Andrea Pisano and it's one of the many tourist attractions that make Florence what it is a super crowded museum. However, it's one of those places that one must see. crowds or no crowds.

Saturday in the park.

Of course the year was 1969 and I'm still wondering where the time  went.

Long ago and far away

This shot was taken in Genoa, Italy in the summer of 1969. Most of the subjects in the shot live only in the captured image. This is the  uncanny and awesome power of photography.

Archival travel shot

This small street is now very upscale but way back when it was rather run down. We lived across the street in a place that has a superb view of the sea.

Pisa, the leaning tower

Yes indeed the tower leans. I was one of the last visitors who was still allowed  to climb to the top.  Of course that was back in 1969; it was closed to tourists soon after. As it can be seen, there are no balustrades or other ways for one to hold on. It was a very scary photo session. Today, the tower is deem

ed to dangerous for tourists to climb. But it still leans.

The images I find

These images of Michelangelo's David in Florence date from the summer of 1969. They were shot on Agfachrome 59 that lost much of its color so I converted them to black and white.