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…of the University of Durham is beautifully placed in the valley. While going there for the training, you should not switch off your eyes…

“Lavoro, non ho tempo per dedicarmi alla fotografia” è, più o meno, la scusa di chiunque abbia una professione (che non sia quella del fotografo).

Questa è la foto del retro di un relè elettromeccanico: praticamente ciò con cui ho a che fare durante le ore d’ufficio.

Ovviamente, posso pubblicarla solo oggi, a settimane di distanza dallo scatto: non ho avuto tempo, ho dovuto lavorare…

Che spettacolo!

What nicer reading opportunity than in the library of the University of Durham? I love this place: head down, book, journal or magazine; head up, the Cathedral.

View from the 3rd floor

It reminds me of another wonderful reading situation: 4th floor of the library of the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, with a book by Leopardi coming from the Italian Literature shelves: head up, Via della Faggiola through the window, where the poet himself lived.

Sorry, I had no camera cellphone back then, in Pisa!

Tempo di migrare

Settembre, andiamo. E’ tempo di migrare.
Ora in terra d’Abruzzi i miei pastori
lascian gli stazzi e vanno verso il mare:
scendono all’Adriatico selvaggio
che verde è come i pascoli dei monti.

da I pastori, di Gabriele D’Annunzio

This picture of mine is also available for purchase on iStock

This picture of mine is also available for purchase on iStock

It is not September, nor the Adriatic sea, but towards the sea I am going.

So it seems that, as either a student or a professional, I am about to enter my fourth University. The fantastic University of Durham, a.k.a. Durham University, is coming to me right after the filthy London South Bank University, the great and green University of Southampton, and the Italian but excellent Università di Pisa.

Photographically speaking, it can only be a good thing. A quick survey shows that the pictures of Durham found on the web are not exciting, and improving on them will not be difficult.