Selected Work — 40 photographs

Italy

Home ground. Rome and the Vatican, Milan's marble forest, Venice in winter, Pompeii's patient streets, Florence's gold, and a ridge walk in the Apennines.

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Aerobatic formation trailing tricolour smoke over Rome — Rome, Italy Tricolour over Rome

Gulls silhouetted against a fiery sunset sky above St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City — Vatican City A sky on fire over St Peter's

Stone street in Pompeii with Vesuvius in the background — Pompeii, Italy The road that outlived its city

Old wooden shutter and window lit by warm afternoon light, Florence — Florence, Italy The hour the light turns honey

Cloister arches framing a bright, cloud-streaked sky, Florence — Florence, Italy A square of borrowed sky

Detail of a gold-ground Madonna and Child panel painting, Florence — Florence, Italy What the centuries couldn't dull

Ruins of the forum at Pompeii with visitors walking through — Pompeii, Italy Where the city gathered

Detail of a ceiling fresco depicting the Holy Family among angels — Florence, Italy Still airborne after 500 years

Ponte Vecchio and its reflection in the calm Arno at golden hour, Florence — Florence, Italy The old bridge, doubled in the Arno

Large street mural of San Gennaro towering over a narrow Naples street hung with laundry — Naples, Italy San Gennaro keeping watch over Forcella

Blurred passersby on a sunlit Florence street with one seated person in sharp focus — Florence, Italy Everyone moving but the girl with the phone

Panorama of Viterbo with a domed church, umbrella pines and a green park under a blue sky — Viterbo, Italy Viterbo keeps its dome to the sky

Two marble statues on carved brackets against the wall of Milan Cathedral, one inverted, with hard shadows — Milan, Italy The Duomo's cast

The Gothic spires and pinnacles of Milan Cathedral rising against a blue sky with light clouds — Milan, Italy A forest in marble

A hiker with a backpack descending a narrow mountain ridge path in the Apennines under low cloud — Monti Simbruini, Italy The ridge line

Fra Angelico's Crucifixion with Saints fresco under a vaulted ceiling, San Marco, Florence — Florence, Italy The chapter house

Fra Angelico's Annunciation fresco with the angel Gabriel and Mary under painted arches, San Marco, Florence — Florence, Italy At the top of the stairs

Detail of Fra Angelico's Last Judgment showing angels and the blessed dancing in a garden, San Marco, Florence — Florence, Italy The dance of the saved

Detail of Fra Angelico's Last Judgment showing the tiered punishments of hell, San Marco, Florence — Florence, Italy The other verdict

A gondolier pushing off a canal wall with his foot while steering passengers down a narrow Venetian canal — Venice, Italy Narrow water

A young boy lighting a taper candle at a votive candle rack inside a dark Venetian church — Venice, Italy A small flame

A carved wooden sculpture of an old bearded face emerging from driftwood in a Venetian shop window — Venice, Italy The driftwood elder

People in winter coats walking along the Giudecca waterfront promenade with San Giorgio Maggiore behind, Venice — Venice, Italy Giudecca in winter

Three wooden water taxis crossing paths on green canal water seen from above, Venice — Venice, Italy Rush hour

A gondola with passengers crossing the Grand Canal among water taxis and work boats, Venice — Venice, Italy The canal's errands

The Grand Canal waterfront by Venice's railway station with ornate lampposts, the Scalzi bridge and a green church dome — Venice, Italy Arrivals

A weathered Venetian palazzo facade with arched windows and peeling plaster rising from canal water — Venice, Italy To the waterline

View down the Grand Canal from the Accademia bridge toward the domes of Santa Maria della Salute in winter haze, Venice — Venice, Italy Toward the Salute

A Ryanair jet on approach passing behind a ruined Roman brick arch against blue sky, Rome — Rome, Italy Both on approach

A rider in a blue jacket and striped helmet crossing a cobbled square on a pale blue Vespa, Anagni — Anagni, Italy At walking pace

An elderly couple holding hands walking away down a cobbled street in Anagni, Italy — Anagni, Italy In step

A stone portal silhouetted from below with a sunstar breaking over its carved pediment, Atri — Atri, Italy Crowned at noon

A man photographing giant carved marble theatre masks on pillars among umbrella pines at Ostia Antica — Ostia Antica, Italy The audience of masks

Looking up at the curved upper arches and corbels of the Colosseum against deep blue sky, Rome — Rome, Italy Still standing guard

A Monti street in Rome with trattoria sign, ivy wall, cafe terraces and the dome of Santa Maria Maggiore beyond — Rome, Italy Downhill to the basilica

An open lectionary on a lectern facing the gilded apse and twin clocks inside St Peter's Basilica — Vatican City Before the first word

The dome of St Peter's Basilica seen through a gap in dark garden foliage in the Vatican Gardens — Vatican City Through the leaves

Weathered wooden door panels with an iron lion-head knocker and ring, Palermo — Palermo, Italy Lion on duty

Sunlit apartment facade with rows of balconies, shutters and air conditioners, Palermo — Palermo, Italy Applied evenly

White surf churning over dark flat rocks seen from above on the Palermo coast — Palermo, Italy The sea insists