Italy may seem timeless, but the fountain needs repair and the bella figura in turquoise shawl on the cover does not always appear when you need her. The first rule for a photographer is to BE there.
SENSO DI POSTO or a SENSE OF PLACE, was the name of a series of month-long photography workshops I taught at the Studio Art Centers International in Florence between 1984 and 1989. I was as much a student as the young artists in my class, although I did know a lot about the techniques and properties of what is now an old-fashioned way of taking photographs. I used film and chemicals, and even sometimes an antique 4x5 view camera, and, for special effects, a Widelux panorama camera, as well as my usual two Nikon 35mm single lens reflex cameras.
