Portfolio > DNA: Italy 2019

Many times over the years I’ve been fortunate to have been able to travel to and photograph in Italy. At a fundamental level, the photographs I make there function for me as a mirror. I was born in the USA but all four of my grandparents were immigrants from Italy. My paternal grandparents entered the USA through Ellis Island and my maternal grandparents initially immigrated to Canada and then down to the USA. So whatever else my photographs show me, they are also revealing what it is to be Italian and perhaps offer a glimpse of part of myself.

These photographs were made during a recent five-week trip to Italy. Much of that time I was touring the country on a bus. We covered lots of miles. I photographed often and most often through a bus window. The photographs through those windows are often layered with reflections of the bus interior, the other side of the road mixed with the scenes that I am pointing my lens towards outside the windows. Many other photographs, though not made through a bus window, also are layered with reflections. (Please note that all layering is happening in camera with one exposure and I am only making basic adjustments in the post processing of the digital files.) The images I am seeing is these “mirrors” are anything but clear. They are often complicated and confusing as is my search for identity when I am in Italy.

DNA 4271
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2019
DNA 3585
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2019
DNA 4337
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2019
DNA 5119
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2019
DNA 3900
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2019
DNA 3557
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2019
DNA 3783
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2019
DNA 3943
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2019
DNA 5134
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2019
DNA 5854
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2019
DNA 7184
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2019
DNA 6749
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2019
DNA 4042
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2019
DNA 6242
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2019
DNA 4015
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2019
DNA 4396
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2019
DNA 4301
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2019
DNA 6258
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2019
DNA 7194
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2019
DNA 5673
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2019
DNA 3946
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2019
DNA 5970
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2019
DNA 4097
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2019
DNA 7240
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2019
DNA 5979
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2019
DNA 9097
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2019
DNA 9508
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2019
DNA 8553
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2019
DNA 8432
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2019
DNA 7342
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2019
DNA 7340
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2019
DNA 9645
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2019
DNA 7366
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2019
DNA 4110
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2019
DNA 6851
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2019
DNA 8081
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2019
DNA 7381
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2019
DNA 4023
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2019
DNA 5674
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2019
DNA 4884
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2019
DNA 4583
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2019
DNA 6956
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2019
DNA 4580
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2019
DNA 3963
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2019
DNA 8431
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2019
DNA 3774
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2019
DNA 4627
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2019
DNA 4022
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2019
DNA 3948
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2019
DNA 9657
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2019
DNA 9516
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2019
DNA 9338
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2019
DNA 9321
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2019

DNA: Italy 2019

Many times over the years I’ve been fortunate to have been able to travel to and photograph in Italy. At a fundamental level, the photographs I make there function for me as a mirror. I was born in the USA but all four of my grandparents were immigrants from Italy. My paternal grandparents entered the USA through Ellis Island and my maternal grandparents initially immigrated to Canada and then down to the USA. So whatever else my photographs show me, they are also revealing what it is to be Italian and perhaps offer a glimpse of part of myself.

These photographs were made during a recent five-week trip to Italy. Much of that time I was touring the country on a bus. We covered lots of miles. I photographed often and most often through a bus window. The photographs through those windows are often layered with reflections of the bus interior, the other side of the road mixed with the scenes that I am pointing my lens towards outside the windows. Many other photographs, though not made through a bus window, also are layered with reflections. (Please note that all layering is happening in camera with one exposure and I am only making basic adjustments in the post processing of the digital files.) The images I am seeing is these “mirrors” are anything but clear. They are often complicated and confusing as is my search for identity when I am in Italy.