Every picture is a memory. Every time we press the shutter on the camera we are freezing a moment of history so we can preserve it forever. It sounds monumentous doesn't it, but it's not: Facebook will certainly tell you otherwise. I log on each day to see the myriad of photos that my so-called 'friends' vomit onto my homepage. Not only do people upload a sequence of the same picture - I have two of them so why not use them - but the other people in the picture will also post their versions of it. The result? Monster albums clogging up the internet providing the CIA with plenty of material should anyone need blackmailing in the future...


It is an age-old question, though. How do we make our holiday photos interesting to the general public? How do we step away from the necessity to have 'been there' to really appreciate someone else's pictures? And, while we're at it, how can we remove this insane fashion for de-tagging and portraying this hideously false image on Facebook? There is no hard and fast solution - no tried and tested method to solve this, but I think I may have hit upon a compromise.


May I invite you to read on...

Friday, 17 February 2012

Side Streets

Shortly after jumping on the Postumian Way, we moved over to a side street to get back to the main piazza in Verona, Piazza Bra. We came across a red carpet, a little festive addition to a restaurant to generate a little more custom. I decided that I was going to jump there because there was a handy bollard I could jump off. My friends gladly obliged and the result is below.

Of all the places in Verona I chose to jump down a side street. Not only is this completely illogical, but it's kinda disappointing considering there are so many other beautiful places to jump in the city.

So why did I jump there and not in front of Juliet's balcony? Because I'd been in Verona three months and I was really getting to know the city. I was discovering new routes and new side streets every day - I loved to go for a walk in town after class; my apartment was really close to the centre and wrapping up warm and going for a stroll through the busy streets was the perfect way to unwind.

I guess I'm jumping in a side street and not in Piazza Bra is because it never occured to me. Even after just three months I'd started to look upon these fantastic monuments - the Arena, Piazza Erbe, the Roman walls, the Medieval walls - as normal, as a part of daily life.

The Red Carpet
Verona, Italy, 2009
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Location: Verona Province of Verona, Italy

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