Places and Travel - Marco Venturini Autieri

Vennel’s café, Durham

May 3, 2010

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Another nice place to enjoy a hot drink in Durham is the Vennel’s Café. Better if the drink is a tea, because the coffee is poor, and better still if without any accompanying cakes, uninspiring. However the rooms are cosy, the outdoor tables even more so and, more importantly, they are heated during cool weather…

Durham must be seen in Black and White

Apr 25, 2010

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Marco

in Durham, Film photography, Photo essays

I am not into pancakes, but…

Apr 20, 2010

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Marco

in Durham, Food & Coffee

…but the Pancake House in Crossgate, Durham, is cosy and welcoming, and the internal decorations are sure to meet the high expectations of a photographer’s eye! Did I mention the Illy coffee? Ah!, if it only was the dark-roast version!

Durham Cathedral

Apr 5, 2010

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Marco

in Cameras, Durham, Film photography

Some time ago I proposed it would not be difficult to improve on the quality of the current photos of Durham found on the web. I photographed the Cathedral and… well, what would the Cathedral be without the potent lighting equipment that surrounds it? Here it is. By the way, my iStock collection of Durham…

Cold and snow again. But so nice!

Mar 29, 2010

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Marco

in Durham

Thanks to friends Sara & Mike for the visit. I hope they enjoyed the break from smoggy London. It is going to be cold and wintry again. This photo is from January.

Chislehurst last year in December

Mar 21, 2010

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Marco

in Film photography, London, Photo essays

If you live in New Eltham… well, first, you should not live there and, anyway, if you do, you would be not reading my post, because you’d be wasting your time commuting. Anyway, if you really happen to live there, you should definitely look around and see that, just a couple of miles away, Chislehurst High…

A volte tutto cio` che basta e` un po’ di mare

Feb 6, 2010

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Marco

in Durham, Photography, The sea

…e che importa se e` il freddo e nebbioso mare della Contea di Durham?

Londra merda

Jan 10, 2010

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Marco

in England, London, Places and Travel, Vents

Most accommodation in London includes homes that would be regarded with suspect in the rest of the United Kingdom, would only appear amongst the saddest ghettos within developing countries, and could not possibly be on the market in the rest of Europe. Certainly, not with their actual price tags. “Le parole sono importanti!” (words are…

A nice place to read

Jan 6, 2010

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Marco

in Durham, Engineering and Design, Italy, Literature, Photography, University

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. 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…

Una capra ed un cetriolo

Nov 5, 2009

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Marco

in London, Photography

Sometimes, shooting in RAW pays back, especially if we are playing with our new digital toy, and have a long learning way ahead. This picture is over two years old. When I shot it, I used one of the crappiest Nikon lenses (the 35-135 AF zoom, now sold) and I was not into subtle retouching…