My film photography from Italy 2024
In October of 2024, I took a trip to Italy and visited Rome and the Amalfi Coast. I love to bring my film camera when traveling as the limitation of 36 frames in a roll forces me to be mindful when setting up a picture. Here’s my best photos from the trip!
The Torre Argentina Cat Sanctuary, and the site of Julius Caesar’s death
The Torre Argentina
Spot the kitty! All these cats are taken care of by the Cat Sanctuary and live in these ruins.
Panoramic views from the Vittoriano
Rome under construction
winged lion
The streets of Rome
Vittoriano Monument
A Seagull! and oh ya the Colosseum behind it
Colosseum
Trevi fountain, empty as they were restoring all the major monuments in Rome at this time in preparation for Jubilee next summer
Spanish steps
Saint Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City
The statutes of Popes on St. Peters’ Basilica
Angel’s bridge, unfortunately all the angel’s lining the bridge were under scaffolding for restoration
Neptune’s fountain in Piazza Novona, under restoration
Piazza Novona, surprisingly empty
Pantheon
Inside the Pantheon
I’ve forgotten what church this is
St. Ignazio Church, Rome
Marble depiction of angel’s and mother Mary inside St. Ignazio Church
Andrea Pozzo’s painted ceiling in the church of St. Ignazio, Rome. The painting depicts the world’s continents as gods and goddesses with the creator God in the center.
Altar
the street cats of Rome
So much pasta
Close to our Airbnb in Trastevere neighborhood of Rome
busy narrow street in the heart of Naples
The bell tower of Complesso Monumentale e Chiesa dei Girolamini, Naples
inside of Complesso Monumentale e Chiesa dei Girolamini (church that’s now a museum) Naples
narrative painting inside Complesso Monumentale e Chiesa dei Girolamini
Complesso Monumentale e Chiesa dei Girolamini altar
Putti above a doorway in Naples
Detail on the roof of the entrance to Santa Chiara Monastery , Naples
Hand painted tile in the courtyard of Santa Chiara Monastery, Naples
We stopped in Naples for only a few hours on our journey from Rome to Amalfi
The view from our airbnb’s window. The bell tower of the duomo is in the center. Amalfi
looking down from the steps to the Duomo in Amalfi, I love all the umbrellas from this rainy day
the small town of Amalfi
Duomo in Amalfi
The view from the windows of the Duomo, Amalfi
Our first day in Amalfi was very rainy and gloomy, our shoes got soaked through, we had to buy umbrellas, but there was very little crowds as everyone else stayed inside!
We walked from Amalfi to Atrani, about a 10 minute walk on the side of the road. Atrani is an even smaller town! But so gorgeous it felt like a fairytale
Look how the road is elevated above the water! The structure reminds me of a conch shell
We had the small beach to ourselves and the birds
Beach combing for sea tile in Atrani
Main street in Atrani
The same view on a gloomy rainy day,
vs. the next day in the sun!
The Amalfi port
The early risers at the beach enjoying the sun. Amalfi
We took a day trip to Positano, you can take a bus or ferry in between Amalfi and Positano
Positano was definitely a bigger and busier place than Amalfi, wayyyy more tourists
The beach of Positano, it was still warm enough in October to swim!
The city is so vertical, it’s extremely easy to get lost trying to navigate the levels
Church in Positano
On the road between Amalfi and Positano is this beautiful tall bridge where you can get off the bus, walk down the steps and swim beneath the bridge.
Fiordo di Furore and the swimming hole. I was too afraid to swim alone here as the waves looked like they’d suck me out of the cove into the sea.
These private boats when come just under the bridge into the cove for a view.
The view from the other direction into Furore
I was here past sunset waiting for the bus back to Amalfi. The bus was very unpredictable here and I feared I’d have to hitchhike back when it was an hour late, but it did eventually come for me!
