Tag: Rome Italy
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Empty Chairs and Empty Tables
First doors and windows, now tables and chairs. I’ve started to find these latter items as interesting as the former. Outdoor seating at restaurants is very common in Rome, whether streetside, alleyside, or piazzaside, so there are plenty of tables and chairs about. It rained a number of times during my visit, chasing the patrons…
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Blue Hour Messenger
Rome, Italy. March 2026.
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Grunge of Rome
As beautiful as Rome is, it has plenty of rough edges. We’ll start this set with an old latch on a well-graffitied door, above. This is a simple scene, below, but the colors of the pallet and the wall pair together well. As with most of this week’s images, there are a lot of textures…
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Vertical Arcade
Rome, Italy. March 2026.
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Vines Like Smoke Rising
Rome, Italy. March 2026.
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Windows on Rome
Being a sucker for windows wherever I go, Rome was definitely getting a post on the subject. Windows, of course, are found in walls, and the walls in Rome are just oozing with character. And occasionally with other things, like the dark streaks above. Vines climbing up walls are not particularly common in the middle…
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Doortraits of Rome
You didn’t think that I wouldn’t get around to doors, did you? I enjoy photographing interesting doors anywhere, and Rome is no exception. The image above is typical of the warm, weathered look of streets in Rome. I love the colors and textures. The flower shop door, next, lacks the warm colors of the previous…
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Topper
Rome, Italy. March 2026.
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Spotted
Rome, Italy. March 2026.
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Climbing the Basilica
Making images of architecture is always, at some level, trying to transform someone else’s art into your own, but this seems particularly true when the subject is the interior of St. Peter’s Basilica. On top of that, untold millions of people have been there with a camera before you. With landscape photography, you can always…