I lived in Civita di Bagnoregio for 32 days from mid-November into December of 2019. I received a fellowship from the Civita Institute to photograph the old Etruscan hilltop town with my pinhole cameras. I took my 120 film pinhole camera (the “Zero”), my 4 x 5 inch pinhole camera (the “Leonardo”), 35 long-exposure (30 days) metal tins–homemade pinhole cameras from various containers, round tins, an old Saltine tin, altoid tins, and several tins that were from different origins, all of which I exposed onto paper (Those long-exposure images are the subject of another post). With the two bigger cameras, I shot color negative film and those are the ones shown here. I worked everyday shooting the 120 film camera with medium format negatives. That camera is versatile. I set it to shoot a rectangle and advanced as if I had shot a square. Overlap occurred and in some instances, two or more negatives were butted against each other. I also double exposed several negatives. This technical information is important because it is what I hoped I was doing. In other words most of these images are made from two or more negatives side by side on the film. Negatives that were together on the film were scanned and printed digitally. Not every image was on purpose. Some are plain old happy accidents that I am, well, happy about. All of the negatives are fabrications, not actually how it “looked” because I exposed different places together that I thought would look good. I was lucky to be in Civita before the pandemic hit and lucky to leave right before it became widely known. Civita and Italy have withstood centuries of plague, earthquakes, war. The strength of Civita is in the buildings, the cobblestones, the people. I hope that that strength comes through. Everything here has been printed on 17 x 22 inch paper as artist’s proofs and most are available for $100.00/each. Please inquire. There is only one of each image available at that price, The featured print is a part of the portfolio. Titled: Road to Tunnel (with Cloud) UPDATE: I have sold 11 of these images that I call Artist Proof Prints at 100.00. There is a slight discoloration or exposure problem in each.,I have nine left. Inquire with your interest. The corrected edition prints start at 400.00 per print. They are made in an edition of 10 and the price goes up to 750.00 each as the edition sells out.
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Valley, Building and Road with Clouds
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Entrance to Civita: Lions Gate and St.Mary's Gate
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Patio on the Edge
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Street, Gate and Buildings
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Landscape with Street, Valley and Buildings
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From my Kitchen Door
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Disappearing Church
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Apartments
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Entrance to Alma's
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Stairs and Houses with Ghost
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Trail to Tunnel
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On the Way In
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From the Garbage Enclosure
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Felice's.House with Garden Wall
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St. Mary's Gate with Moonrise (Double Exposure)
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Etruscan Caves
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Arches and Fog
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Lone Cypress
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From St. Mary's Gate with Fog in Calvanchi
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Cats
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Places in the Town
