Comments: gelato and duomo

stripes are nice. the people ad to the photo tremendously. love this photo.

Posted by Andrew at March 7, 2007 02:45 AM

Heavy geometric feel to it, and the crushed black tones work very well - there's always at least one special thing about your photos. In this one it's the inclusion of those tiny figures. :)

Posted by owen-b at March 7, 2007 03:08 AM

Wow ! The tones, the contrast, the colour . Everything is really good in here !!!

Posted by kwerfeldein at March 7, 2007 03:27 AM

I likes, it almost makes my eyes go all googly cuz of the lines. It's almost surreal, but great picture.

Posted by D at March 7, 2007 04:19 AM

What an interesting building and certainly interesting textures.

Posted by Cuidado at March 7, 2007 04:46 AM

wow amazing architecture almost an optical illusion.

Posted by vanella at March 7, 2007 04:57 AM

I like this one. I also like girls with ice cream!

Posted by vg at March 7, 2007 05:34 AM

beautiful image! the monochromatic colours and the two distinct patterns work very nicely.

Posted by Andrea de Keijzer at March 7, 2007 06:08 AM

Sometimes, you just never know when you're part of the perfect picture.

Posted by Ken at March 7, 2007 07:46 AM

The architecture in this shot is fascinating, and I like the sense of scale. I think that you could do with a small crop, though, to take out some of the foreground--just to bring the focus more to the building and its juxtaposition with the girls.

Posted by Nathan at March 7, 2007 08:31 AM

Incredible detail. What a cool place. Love the composition and placement of the the girls in the frame.

Posted by Brant at March 7, 2007 08:36 AM

INTERESTING PLACE AND STRUCTURE! WHERE IS IT IN ITALY?

Posted by riesgo at March 7, 2007 08:36 AM

Hey Sam,
Just saw the feature on the CBC web site. Congrats man, that is awesome! And it was really well produced. Great personal story. Cheers.

Posted by Brant at March 7, 2007 08:51 AM

Those lines are incredible!

Posted by Stephen Walsh at March 7, 2007 08:57 AM

Nice! I think this might be one of your best pics yet. I love it. The competing monochromatic symmetry, and asymmetry are awesome.

Posted by Scott at March 7, 2007 09:02 AM

This is fantastic. The composition, the colors, the scale of the girls, all makes it work. Well done!

Posted by Teresa at March 7, 2007 09:27 AM

This certainly shows what an ugly mess grandiose stsructures soon become.

I noted with humour how the web information packets equal the width of one of the bands of color in this building.

I continue to think your images contain more original detail than can be seen on any monitor and are a waste of bandwidth. Some compression would never be noticed.

Posted by Hugh Petrie at March 7, 2007 09:39 AM

Wow I love the building...

Posted by kw at March 7, 2007 10:28 AM

This looks surreal... I'd like to see it prePS. Amazing shot anyhow.

Posted by Darren at March 7, 2007 11:10 AM

Congrats on the profile on CBC.ca! What a great surprise to see my favourite photoblog while reading my morning news!

Posted by Joyce at March 7, 2007 11:23 AM

Nice job on this shot! I like the lone comparison in size between the two girls and this giant, striking architecture.

Posted by Steve Cherry at March 7, 2007 11:52 AM

My God.... millions of details, and you captured them all!

Posted by javga at March 7, 2007 11:54 AM

Sam - just watched a slideshow of your images and heard your thoughts on photography at CBC.ca. Way to go! It was illuminating stuff...

Marvin

Posted by Marvin Beatty at March 7, 2007 12:31 PM

Sam, seen through your lenses, the world is so beautiful even in the worst snow storm or on a dark cloudy day. Most of your photos are awesome; thank you for sharing them with us.

Francine

Posted by Francine at March 7, 2007 12:37 PM

Once again, doing your thing, great composition and the lines make for interesting directional appeal! Fantastic work here!

Posted by Berkan Simsek at March 7, 2007 02:17 PM

Great shot! I really like how the women really add a sense of scale to the building. And the patterns in both the building and the ground are fantastic. Nice job!

Posted by Alice at March 7, 2007 03:04 PM

I just found you through the CBC interview this morning. I'm a Torontonian living in the States. Your photographs are visually and nostalgically beautiful to me. In this photo I am drawn by the texture and scale.
Great work!

Posted by Kelly at March 7, 2007 03:18 PM

I can't believe how cool this shot is! Love it.

Posted by Marianne at March 7, 2007 03:49 PM

Congratulations on the CBC interview! I thoroughly enjoyed hearing your comments and the lovely slideshow of your incredible images.

Today's image is stunning I might add. I love the rhythm, the scale, the texture...

Posted by Justin at March 7, 2007 04:25 PM

well, you managed to show the huge difference in size between the little people and the building !

Posted by Maarten at March 7, 2007 04:26 PM

Hi Sam,
Having heard the CBC interview and watched the slide show, I'm really curious to see your Iran photos. Can you post some?
Thanks,
Saba

Posted by Saba at March 7, 2007 06:16 PM

congrats on the CBC Arts feature and great photo! this brings me happy memories of when i studied in orvieto.

Posted by becca at March 7, 2007 06:17 PM

Amazing photograph and congratulations on the CBC bit.

Posted by Thomas at March 7, 2007 06:50 PM

Hi Sam,
I found you through the CBC link and now you're in my list of favourites. I love your pictures!

Posted by Ellen at March 7, 2007 06:50 PM

How could you NOT photograph a striped building, Sam??! One wonders if it was controversial in its day, like the OCAD building or something. The tiny gelato-eaters are a wonderful touch!

During the CBC slideshow (which was a fun surprise today), did you note that the shot of the decrepit Whitby asylum desk was timed with you saying "...where I work..."? Others were well-timed, too. Was that from you or a CBC person? Very fun. Good monologue, too! And, of course, AMAZING photographs! Thanks!

Posted by Kathy at March 7, 2007 07:51 PM

Yea, Sam! Great to Hear you! : D
This picture is an Urban Dance and I love it! thou I do suspect it's hard to pull off. Minerals dancing; who knew!

lyn

Posted by lyn at March 7, 2007 10:28 PM

Hi Sam,

I am one of your die hard fan and visit this amazing photoblog every day. Recently I've create a photoblog similar to yours and I try to post a picture everyday. I'd be very happy if you visit it (www.varahram.ca) and give me your comments whenever you can. keep up the good work.

Ghorbanat

Posted by Varahram at March 8, 2007 01:40 AM

Congrats on the CBC.ca feature. I really enjoyed hearing your thoughts on ddoi. It really makes me want to get back into taking more photos and posting them on my site.

Posted by Adam at March 8, 2007 07:21 AM

excellent shot! Love the textures!

Posted by Kevin at March 9, 2007 12:33 AM

Amazingly beautiful. This image is so striking. I like how you captured two girls just lounging on the steps beneath this awesome structure simply enjoying ice cream... with their backs to it, no less.

Posted by seeparrott at March 10, 2007 12:12 AM

So much texture! overload my eyes but can't stop looking.

Posted by ryan at March 10, 2007 03:25 AM

This makes me want to go back to Orvieto so badly and eat gelato there!!

This picture is so well composed, too. Love your work.

Posted by Catherine at March 10, 2007 01:16 PM

This is really fun. What a great building, and it was nice of those young women to be sitting and eating their gelato when you came along. Good eye.

Posted by MarkDM at March 12, 2007 12:05 AM

Incredible composition! Very very special!

Posted by Ralf at March 12, 2007 04:37 AM

Wow! what an eye catcher! My God Sam, do you pay these little people in your photos? They are always perfectly placed. Since seeing your work I now always look to try to include some little people but they never seem to look right, move or do something wrong or have ugly plastic bags in their arms etc. Displaying photos on the web causes us to scroll down so the 'surprise' at the bottom of a frame is a good effect. I have learned that and other things from you as well. Thanks for the lessons! Cheers,

Posted by Gavin Hart at March 12, 2007 06:18 AM

congratulations!

Posted by jamie at March 12, 2007 08:09 PM

The people really put things into such a grandiose perspective.

Posted by theJade at March 13, 2007 03:45 AM

Powerful and majestic scene... really interesting.

Posted by Abe at March 14, 2007 03:01 PM
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