Rome is a city of colours, rich and ruddy against an azure sky. So why produce pictures in black and white? What does a monochrome picture achieve that a colour one doesn’t?
Read MorePhotographing art in Italy
That Rome is a city full of art needs no explanation, to those who have visited and those who are yet to visit. It is not, however, all renaissance and baroque; churches and palaces; fountains and piazzas, wonderful though they are. Modern Rome is home to a thriving art industry, with art tours, workshops and art lessons bringing millions of people to the city each year.
Read MorePhotographing Opera in Italy
I recently had the opportunity to combine my two biggest passions; Baroque music and photography. A Rome-based baroque orchestra, Furiosi Affetti were performing the opera buffa, La Serva Padrona at the wonderful Teatro Rivellino in Tuscania, near Viterbo.
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