Road Trips
Scicli, Sicily. Lunchtime scene. Gennaro Renato, chef, at Baqqala restaurant and our assistant @leslis for NYTimes Magazine story in southern Italy. Both are from Naples where our story begins. Off to Malta tomorrow. I can’t show any of the work I’m actually shooting here. So my iPhone snaps will have to suffice for a …
Red Vespa. Scicli, Sicily. I continue my journey through southern Italy collaborating with author @_tejucole and @kathyryan1 at the New York Times Magazine. I still am not at liberty to reveal the nature of our story. Yet stay tuned as I move soon to Malta. Yet I am pretty much taking the day off …
Pietro, 1, dreams on a Sicilian rooftop in the mid-day sun. A fresh sea breeze keeping him cool. Pietro is the son of Simone and Alessandra Bonadeo who run a bed and breakfast here in Siracusa, one of my favorite towns in Italy.
Even though I tend to travel, oddly I am very much a creature of habit. I don’t move much whenever I land. I’ll always find a favorite coffee shop, as here in Siracusa, and come back every day. Of course I make this decision based on a good photo location. This one is a virtual …
I’ve just arrived in glorious Sicily and stepped out on my patio to make this picture. This is Siracusa where I haven’t been for several years, yet always thought was magic. I havn’t changed my mind even though I haven’t even walked around yet. I’ve mentioned before I always shoot something right away simply …
Naples. June 25, 2016. Novelist Teju Cole @_tejucole is an intellectual and brilliant writer, yet I had no idea of his athletic prowess. I love surprises. In a spontaneous 50 yard dash, with some young boys I was photographing playing soccer, he handily won the race. Teju is 41 and had no time to warm …
As I wandered through the Galleria Borghese yesterday viewing Bernini, Tiziano, Caravaggio, Raffaello, and other masters of painting and sculptors of the late 16th century I came upon these young people buried in their phones. All of us, me included, can be hypnotized by our phones. A modern day tech/cultural phenomena. There is just no …
Preparation and research for a magazine assignment is just as important as the actual click click shoot. I’m off to Naples today to begin shooting for the New York Times Magazine. Last night I was testing lighting and posting on Snapchat with my iPhone after an afternoon looking at Italian painters and sculptors at the …
Last night we met with novelist Teju Cole @_tejucole for dinner in Rome to plan our upcoming coverage for the New York Times Magazine. We will set out tomorrow for Naples. In the middle of our conversation Teju said “Harvey turn around and take a picture of that woman with the hat” . So I …
Milan rooftop coffee spot. I’m leaving today for Rome to meet writer/novelist/ photographer Teju Cole @_tejucole where we team up for a story for the New York Times Magazine. It should be quite an adventure. Track us on Snapchat for a behind the scenes view as we head to the south of Italy.
