Portraiture
June 2013-A referee for Calcio Fiorentino or Calcio Storico (Historic Footbal) marches with the celebratory parade before the game. Calcio Fiorentino was established by the Medici as a game to keep the masses pleased and pit neighborhoods against one another. The game is known for its violence as men in Renaissance pants play a game of football meets rugby meets MMA fighting. My history teacher in Italy played when he was 19 and walked away with a broken ankle, a broken wrist, two broken collar bones, both eyes blackened, and several cracked ribs.
June 2013-A woman, representing a crossbow-man marches through Piazza di S. Maria Novella in a parade celebrating St. John the Baptist’s Feast Day and Calcio Fiorentino.
June 2013- A woman enjoys a gelato by the Arno river in Florence, Italy.
July 2013- My gondolier politely posed for a photo while we drifted through the streets of Venice, Italy. He had been a gondolier for over 20 years and claimed he enjoyed every moment. With working vacations taking place in other parts of Europe such as Holland and Germany.
July 2013- A group of street musicians, known as Romdraculus play by the Duomo in Florence, Italy. Their music is all instrumental and carries on a tradition of mid-century jazz, with an Italian twist.
June 2013-The Virgin Mary, captured in stained glass, watches over Fiesole Cathderal. Fiesole was originally home to the Etruscans an ancient civilization that lived in the mountains hills above Florence before the Roman conquest. The area that is now Florence was used for farming and full of lilies, which is where the symbol of Florence comes from. Florence was established by the Romans as a retirement community for Roman soldiers.
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June 2013- A jouster representing the early Italian renaissance faces off in a classic jousting match. Unlike the kind seen at American Renaissance Festivals these matches are done traditionally, where serious injuries are common and a risk of death ever present.
Journalism
June 2013- A guard stands in front of the Palazzo Vecchio in a renaissance guard costume. The costuming is part of the celebrations that lead up to St. John the Baptist’s Feast day and the Calcio Fiorentino.
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