Drama 16 Stage Lighting

1. Photo taken by me
2. Florence, Leon Nero on June 24th, 2019 at 6:59pm
3. Theme: Shadow
4. I took this photo after leaving the apartment I was staying in to get a good spot for La Festa di San Giovanni. I was excited to see the food trucks preparing for the event, and before crossing the street took this picture to send to my family. I already felt the crowds emerging, as I was previously warned about, but it was nothing to be afraid of in comparison to NYC. This street in particular was important to me because it’s the first place I arrived at when traveling to Florence, being the place I stayed at for a month.

Source: I took this photo August 1, 2015 in Rome, Italy.

Theme: Sunrise/Sunset

Description: This was taken when I went on Hofstra’s SCO in Rome trip, taken when the class and I were overlooking the city. Besides the obvious cascading change of color from white-hot gold to amber, there was an air of mist that melted the light into the background and city. It reminded me of the warm and welcoming atmosphere that Rome gave towards everyone that visited. While this was a pretty sight to behold, it was a bittersweet one as this was the last night in Rome for my class and myself.

This sunset was a fitting picture to take a picture, as it represented not only the end of the trip, but also the finality of events. The sun falls and ends the day, and rises up to start it anew. Just as the Roman Empire end a millennia ago and left ruins, so had our trip to Rome. The SCO in Rome trip ended with a sunset over the sunny, vehement Italian city.