RHAPSODY
    Time and spaces are continually occupied with the presence of existence, but neither remain constant. Endlessly progressing in advancement, both are the common influences of human perception. What is framed in time and contained in a space result in one’s depth of awareness as experienced through the senses. What is seen, heard, and tangibly felt orchestrates emotions that are internally molded into comprehension.
Journeying throughout the culturally rich country of Italy naturally yielded contact with a plethora of people with different opinions and backgrounds. The spaces they occupied in Italy have seen centuries of progression and recession, peace and violence. Time has taken its toll, but the occupation of the presence of existence has remained constant.
What each person saw, heard, and tangibly felt orchestrated their perception of that particular space and time.
ECLIPSE
    
    ZEAL
    
    GENESIS
An artist prepares to create across from the Uffizi Gallery, May 4, 2023.
    
    SPECTACLE
    
    OVERLOOK
Atop the Piazzale Michelangelo, sightseers savor the shining cityscape of Florence, May 4, 2023.
    RHAPSODY
Gazes meet as this couple soaks in the splendor of Piazzale Michelangelo, May 4, 2023.
    ENCHANTMENT
A charming carousel at Piazza della Repubblica served as the perfect setting for this couple’s wedding photos, May 4, 2023.
    
    DIVISION
The cliffs aligning the village of Riomaggiore create a divide between land and sea, May 5, 2023.
    CURIOSITY
    SOLITUDE
    LONE
At the apex of the long climb to reach the village of Corniglia waits a man with no one in sight, May 5, 2023.
    COMMUNITY
Vernazza’s vibrant buildings and their sunlit shutters indicate the different people who occupy them, May 5, 2023.
    
    DOWNWARD
A resident of Vernazza enjoys the view from his window of passerbys below, May 5, 2023.
    UPWARD
The vibrant buildings aligning Via Roma decorate the view as one looks skyward in Vernazza, May 5, 2023.
    VOID
The emptiness of a tunnel occupies a brief moment in time as it leads to a mass of bustling people at the Flaminio Railway Station, May 7, 2023.
    VACANCY
    BUSTLE
    
    DORMANCY
Three columns of the Temple of Castor and Pollux remain standing in the Roman Forum, having witnessed centuries gone by, May 8, 2023.
    Life still weaves through the pathways of the Roman Forum as visitors come to witness its remnants, May 8, 2023.
    VIGOR
A rose soaks in energy from the sunlight in the Farnese Gardens, May 8, 2023.
    
    FACADE
The exterior of the Colosseum silently shouts its once glorious and gruesome past, May 8, 2023.
    CORE
Within an arch of the Colosseum stands a young man peacefully observing below, May 8, 2023.
    EPITOME
St. Peter’s Basilica ornaments a man’s view of Vatican City, May 8, 2023.
    PROGRESSION
A woman takes an intermission from her journey to process the hustle and beauty in front of Il Vittoriano, May 8, 2023.
    IMPOSE
The artistic intricacy of the Trevi Fountain stands grandiose and certain, May 8, 2023.
    POSE
    SOW
Kumkwats decorate Sorrento’s abundance of various citrus fruits, May 10, 2023.
    REAP
    EXPOSITION
A road leading to Marina Grande in Sorrento displays the residencies therein, May 10, 2023.
    
    REFLECTION
A couple beholds the splendor of the cliffside structures of Positano, May 11, 2023.
    ECHO
The beauty of the Medierranean Sea gently resounds as a man and a baby perceive its eloquent expanse, May 10, 2023.
    WEATHERED
Herculaneum’s College of the Augustales still stands elaborate as it is admired by a visitor, May 14, 2023.
    This man is transported back in time as he stands in the ancient ruins of what was once Herculaneum, May 14, 2023.
    CONSTRUCTION
On the incline of Mount Vesuvius, a man stacks volcanic rocks atop each other, May 14, 2023.