I looked at this image from Umbria this morning and wondered why I was working on it. I’ve been photographing the suburban environment I live in with a developing visual vocabulary. In Umbria, the suburban environment is very different and the resulting images reflect it.
It’s process. Spend time in a new environment and gain new visual impressions. For me it’s the essence of travel- getting out of one’s usual routines and ways of seeing. Then on returning, the daily reality doesn’t look the same.
Umbria is truly a beautiful place with extraordinary visual sights nearly everywhere. I’m not a travel photographer or a chronicler of Italian landscape. But I’m happy to share what I saw and hope that it helps to inform my more usual work.
I love your landscape, it captures the Umbrian countryside perfectly. I am lucky living in Umbra to have it out of my window each morning. Its such a tranquil peaceful environment in which to live. Ironically then while you dreamt of Italian landscapes, I spent this morning wandering around the town of Sansepolcro photographing buildings and piazzi.