Monthly Archives: June 2008

Off Season

There is a reason why June is considered off season in the Alps. I remember looking up a hotel on the web a couple of years ago, near the Mont Blanc. Their fancy booking system indicated that rooms were available. When we arrived, it turned out that the hotel was closed for the entire month [...]
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Mercato Centrale A Firenze, By Mara L.

This past week I met up with Jens in Florence, at the Mercato Centrale – as it turned out, not Jens’ favorite location. Or rather, he is quite generally through with Italian cities, especially those that can be likened to large tourist traps. Jens was in a remarkably grumpy mood, while I was in heaven: [...]
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While We’re At It

I think I’ve been to more exhibitions of Stephen Shore’s work over the past ten years than of any other photographer. But that was purely accidental – I am not all that interested in the staged approach of his more recent work. And I do not find an image interesting simply because it was made [...]
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