Po River Valley, Italy, 2025

I have previously mentioned the strong influence my old professor/mentor (tor-mentor), Wiley Sanderson, had on my work. One of the great variety of weekly assignments he gave was to execute a diptych of “related” images. The thing was, you had to show something that went beyond any superficial, obvious connection between the two photographs, and he got to decide what was superficial, as well as what was too much a reach.

So, before you read any farther, study the two photographs and see what connections you can make between them, aside from both being made in Italy.

My argument for them being “related:”

One way to think of photographic composition is that it is simply an arrangement of assorted variations on three basic shapes–circle, triangle, and rectangle. I think the arches, horizontal lines, and rectangles of the two images repeat each other.

Another argument: while different in character, the color palette of both photographs is lush.

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