Canvas and Culture
A short photographic walk through Florence.
Florence is quieter in colour than in life. The stone is pale, the shutters faded, the river clear and slow under its bridges, and yet the streets are busy at every hour. Old workshops sit beside new galleries; the terracotta roofs run out towards the Tuscan hills under a hard, bright sky.
The title is simple. Canvas, for the painting and building that made the city what it is. Culture, for the habits that keep it alive: the morning coffee, the long lunch, the walk home across the river.
Among the places in these pictures are the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, the Ponte Vecchio, the Pitti Palace, Ditta Artigianale, Caffè Gilli, Trattoria Sabatino and Il Guscio.
PHOTOS A. SAKAE
