Showing posts with label Liguria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Liguria. Show all posts

Friday, November 29, 2024


 This is the beautiful golf course in Rapallo, Liguria, Italy. A very peaceful place to play.

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Genova

I love this city for many reasons, some very personal. Here are a few views of this wonderful city.

The old harbor


Alley in the Lagaccio section


Piazza Deferrari, thankfully turned into a pedestrian area free of motor vehicles

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Rapallo




This lovely town on the Ligurian coast is naturally famous for it's beautiful tourist port. These photos show a different side of this enchanted place, the campagna or countryside. The first one is  of course of a lovely golf course. We usually go there to have lunch at Il Nostromo famous for it's excellent cuisine and it's all you can eat policy.

Monday, February 8, 2016

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.

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Portofino

This is perhaps the most famous tourist attraction in Italy and it is truly a wonderful place.  This time we visited off season without the crowds and the place revealed it's  true beauty.





 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 ...