As some of you may know, I've had a photography exhibition in Trapani, Sicily for about a year. Last month I went to Trapani to play for my own closing party. While I was in Italy, I also went to Bologna because due to random circumstance, I know a lot of musicians there (and now after visiting again and doing a lot of playing, I know many more 😂). I went to both places armed with a Minox 35EL which I purchased in Berlin last year, loaded up with Fuji 64T II which I cross processed in C41.
A Roman-built bridge in Rimini, which is the hometown of one of my favorite film directors, Federico Fellini. There's a Fellini museum there that was very enlightening, and featured a ton of his sketches of his own dreams!
A church in Bologna
Religious festival/parade in Trapani
Beach outside of Trapani (the "real people" beach, not the tourist beaches in Trapani proper 😊)
A view from a medieval town in Sicily, Salemi. There was a pasta festival there featuring busiate, the traditional pasta shape of the region.
There are a lot of abandoned houses in Sicily (also in northern Italy, but not quite as many as in Sicily). I was told this was partly because of industrialization (a lot of these structures used to house agricultural workers who were put out of business by automated machinery) and partly because of Mafia money laundering (start to build a house, then abruptly stop when you've laundered all the money you need to).
Sunset over the salt flats in Trapani
This is a tourist beach in Trapani. Without tourists 😂
Another sunset in Trapani, at this amazing rooftop bar that was cheap as well as generous with the snacks that they served with their drinks. The complimentary bruschetta was amazing!
A view from the top of Erice, the mountain closest to Trapani.
