The Florentine caretaker

Red shoes in the afternoon...

this is one of my favourite shots I took in Venice, and I simply love those red shoes!

Where I come from...

My Mum Giulia.

At the flower show, Genoa

I have a new project: I have decided to scan and publish on my blog most of the b/w and colour photographs from my personal photo albums. I am not a vain person, far from that, and I try not to ask myself too many questions why I want to share these images online, I guess that I want to make my presence known to the world.

Aunt Livia and Uncle Antonio

My beautiful and full of character ancestors, on my Mum's side. Aunt Livia is so elegant and Uncle Antonio is so serious. I was told that when he used to go to the cinema, (still with no sound in those days), during the fights scenes dear Uncle Antonio used to say out loud "Toc!", a kind of spontaneous sound effect to punctuate and underline the exchange of blows. What is remembered and told about the past generations within one's family is often bizarre and beautifully funny!

The pink Vespa

The woman in the shopwindow

Window display-the turquoise gown

Decadent, elegant,... this is a slightly bizarre shot, due to the reflection of the scaffoldings