More very-sketchy Lomo shots. Everyone was jetlagged like crazy, but we decided to hop on the Metro and see the Colloseum. They started bombing Iraq on that day and we encountered a huge demonstration- thousands […]
Year: 2005
Il Foro Romano
To the left was the forum. That gold-looking building is the ancient Senate building. The dotted orange line to the right of that is the torches of the demonstrators coming off the Capitoline.
March
Ahead was the Vitorriano. The protestors were mostly silent or talking quietly. Mostly there was just the sound of thousands of feet.
More of the march
Demonstrators. Again you can see the demonstrators on the winding down the Capitoline above the woman in the orange coat. This was a powerful scene and members of our group were crying.
First night in Rome – anti-war march
OK, I know these shots are hardly great phototography (or even great “lomography”) but hopefully they’re worth viewing once.
I don’t want to look at pictures of the boat any more!
Boat bassist Andrea Niemic (see Jan. 9’s “Tedium On The River” post) has just cruelly emailed me from Venice. In her honor, here are a few Lomo shots of that crumbling ruin of a town. […]
Seconds before scuffing the Lomo
A bridge. I stumbled drunkenly a few steps after this, fortunately breaking my fall with the Lomo.
Venice – alley
Negotiating the back streets. “Streets” in Venice were generally built only wide enough to accomodate the occasional filth-cart. Gentlemen and other wealthy fruitcakes typically travelled by gondola.