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...

Monday, 13 February 2012

The Start of Something New

So after crossing the border back into Italy, and finishing my summer holiday, I moved over to Verona in September. I immediately fell in love with the city - it's not big, it's not one of the grandest, but it will always hold a special place in my heart.

I got myself sorted in a flat overlooking the many terracotta-d rooves. I was settling in with my new housemates, I'd even started to get to know my surroundings and I was in the midst of an orientation week at the university. To be honest, this jumping picture isn't the next chronologically, but I felt that the beginning of my time in Verona had to be marked with the first jump I did within its walls.

Just.

The first full weekend I was there was the Tocati festival in Verona. Tocati is how the Italians say 'your turn' in Verona's dialect. There were a number of pop-up marquees all over the city dedicated to games. Every year a host country provides the entertainment. Last year it was Scotland, this year it was Greece.

After spending the day wandering round Verona with the tourists, but in the knowledge that I could just go home in the evening, we wandered up to Verona's walls. There is a garden about half way up to the Castel San Pietro. It looks down over the river and some of Verona's fantastic churches.

I decided I was going to jump.

In Fair Verona, I Laid my Scene

Verona, Italy, 2009
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Location: Verona Province of Verona, Italy

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