Edward Hopper. Il faro di Two Lights, 1929. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

SLEEPING IN A LIGHTHOUSE

In the era of GPS, sonar and automatic navigation, a number of signal towers have lost their original significance, being abandoned and turning into ruins. They stand as relics of a bygone era, now waiting to be rediscovered and re-used in a more contemporary fashion.

In an epoch in which technology has entered navigation system, the lighthouse has lost its original meaning, and has become an abandoned architecture, but it has transformed into a place for dream holidays.

I made a list of the 3 most beautiful lighthouses where you can spend your holiday.
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Dorothy Whitney, Paris, 1926 © Berenice Abbott/Commerce Graphics/Getty Images. Courtesy of Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York.

GREAT PHOTOGRAPHERS: BERENICE ABBOTT

Photography is a sort of shire of memories, a way to prevent us from forgetting who we are and the way we were. But there are some photographers who are able to capture the souls of men and things.
The skill in capturing a moment and making it a container of stories and feelings is a talent I don’t possess, but I wish I had, thus I like searching for those stories describing great photographers and their search for the perfect photo.

I talked about the life of Robert Capa, and how he became the first photojournalist in history.
Here, instead, I want to talk about Berenice Abbott, one of the most original and controversial protagonists of the history of photography of the 20^th century.

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THE BEATLES VINYL COLECTION

I do love music, and I write each post of this blog accompanied by background music (and this post is no exception).
I listen to music practically at any time of the day, because music inspires me, keeps me company, and it has been a constant of my life since I was a child, since my parents played vinyl discs at home, among which there are some pieces of history of music which are stuck in my mind.

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ROBERTO CAPUCCI: DESIGN BECOMES FASHION

Roberto Capucci is an artist on loan to the world of fashion.
His dresses are like sculptures made of soft and light fabrics, but very voluminous, which deserve to be exhibited in museums or in the most important theatres, rather than on the catwalks.

It’s Capucci himself who says that he isn’t an expert in fashion, at all.

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