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31/12/2013

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"Tuscany (Italian: Toscana, pronounced [tosˈkaːna]) is a region in central Italy with an area of about 23,000 square kilometres (8,900 sq mi) and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (Firenze).
Tuscany is known for its landscapes, traditions, history, artistic legacy and its influence on high culture. It is regarded as the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance and has been home to many figures influential in the history of art and science, and contain well-known museums such as the Uffizi and the Pitti Palace. Tuscany produces wines, including Chianti, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Morellino di Scansano and Brunello di Montalcino. Having a strong linguistic and cultural identity, it is sometime considered "a nation within a nation". Seven Tuscan localities have been designated World Heritage Sites: the historic centre of Florence (1982); the historical centre of Siena (1995); the square of the Cathedral of Pisa (1987); the historical centre of San Gimignano (1990); the historical centre of Pienza (1996); the Val d'Orcia (2004), and Medici Villas and Gardens (2013). Tuscany has over 120 protected nature reserves, making Tuscany and its capital Florence a popular tourist destinations that attract millions of tourists every year.[4] (In 2007, the city became the world's 46th most visited city, with over 1.715 million arrivals).. (...) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscany
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19/11/2013

James Baillie Fraser (June 11, 1783 – January 1856) was a Scottish travel writer and artist who illustrated and wrote about Asia Minor and India. Some of his watercolours made in the picturesque style represent early views of India and Persia. One of his popular series was on Calcutta, the main trading centre of East India Company under the title 'Views of Calcutta and its Environs'.

For more see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baillie_Fraser

15/11/2013

"An old Chinese Zen Master once said, "From birth to death it's just like this!" ...We always imagine that there's got to be somewhere else better than where we are right now, the great 'Somewhere Else' we all carry around in our heads. We believe 'Somewhere Else' is out there for us if only we could find it. But there's no somewhere else. Everything is right here."

09/11/2013

09/11/2013

“When you photograph people in color, you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in Black and white, you photograph their souls!”
― Ted Grant

09/11/2013

Some quick facts about Photography -

Which resource used to be greatly consumed by the photo processing industry before the age of digital photography? *Silver.*

Photography used 31% of the silver consumed in 1998. By 2010, it dropped to 7%.

08/11/2013

“What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.”
― Karl Lagerfeld