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Photographs: Europe, Photographs: Italy, Photographs: Travel, Photographs: Urban/Street

Morning Light, Venice

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Morning Light, Venice
Morning light on a canal and buildings in Venice, Italy.

Morning Light, Venice. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.

Morning light on a canal and buildings in Venice, Italy.

This week I began sharing landscape photographs from California once again, including recent work from a late-summer visit to areas just east of Yosemite. But I’m not done with the Europe photographs yet — not by a long shot! There will be more of the nature photography, but today I’m back in… Italy, Venice to be specific.

Venice is a complex place. It is city that is quite crowded with tourists, especially during the summer months when we visited. (It is possible to escape the worst of that by being selective about where you stay, where you go, and the times of day when you wander.) I was out in the morning on this day, and there were hardly any other people. There’s a lot going on in this little composition — a bridge and a boat, of course, but also a building showing the impact of rising water in this old city, and some surprising shapes on some of the walls. There is also some wonderful low-angle light that reminded me of what I find in the red rock canyon country of Utah.

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Photographs: New York City, Photographs: Urban/Street

Reflecting Sidewalk

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Brilliant winter sunshine on an urban Manhattan sidewalk.

Reflecting Sidewalk. © Copyright 2021 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Brilliant winter sunshine on an urban Manhattan sidewalk.

This photograph comes from an earlier winter visit to New York City back in 2019. Those were the days! Despite the cold (quite severe cold, actually) we bundled up and went out on foot every day to explore and photograph and eat and drink and mingle in the crowds. When we weren’t walking we took the subway almost everywhere. The streets back then — in the before times when “covid” was not part of our vocabulary — were packed with people in the familiar New York style.

Offhand, I do not recall exactly where I made this photograph, though I do recall a bright, sunny morning and being distracted by the bright reflection of light on the sidewalk and by the combinations of lines (from the sidewalk itself and from shadows) and curves as the walkway wound into the distance in a place that was momentarily uncrowded.

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, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.

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Photographs: Travel, Photographs: United Kingdom

London Legs

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A pair of legs, a low brick wall, and a sidewalk, London.

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A pair of legs, a low brick wall, and a sidewalk, London.

As I prepared this photograph for posting I got a tune stuck in my ear — the proverbial ear worm. Sorry for sharing it, but the (slightly modified) lyrics would be: “London legs are falling down, falling down, falling down…” Not sorry enough?

This is another photograph that belongs to the category called, “it might be hard to explain this.” Let’s just call it street photograph, since that’s what it is. I think it is more about geometry than anything else, perhaps.

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Photographs: Italy, Photographs: Night, Photographs: Travel, Photographs: Urban/Street

Night Cyclist, Florence

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A man on a bicycle rides a down a narrow street at night, Florence, Italy

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A man on a bicycle rides a down a narrow street at night, Florence, Italy.

The curve of this narrow street, with its backwards “HOTEL” sign, turned out to be a productive spot for photography during our 2016 visit to Florence. Florence is a popular and crowded place during the tourist season, but very early in the morning and late and night the crowds thin and it is possible to find empty and near-empty streets.

Imagine it is a very hot Italian evening. People are out walking in the narrow streets, stopping to get something to eat or drink, and sitting in the warm outdoor air. It is not deserted by any means, but things are slowing down and most streets, especially those away from the main points of tourist interest, are quiet. A cyclist emerges from around the curve and passes by, and it is quiet again.

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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