Accordionist and Carriage. Florence/Firenze, Italy. August 29, 2016. © Copyright 2016 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
A horse carriage and an accordionist on his way to work on a Florence street
Places like Florence combine touristy stuff (lots of people, and folks selling souvenirs), amazing and often very old buildings and urban design, great museums, and occasionally little moments of “that could only happen here,” when we run into things that belong to that particular city.
This was perhaps one of those moments in Florence. By this point I had caught on to the maze of very narrow and often twisting streets in central Florence. But this was a bit of a “did that actually happen?” moment, full of experiences that are far from the everyday for this American. The background — the narrow street and the brown/tan buildings — is part of it. But the real surprise was that a) some fellow carrying an accordion happened to be walking by and b) at just that moment a fast-moving horse carriage came up the street.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
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