04 Apr
51/365 – “Habemus Papam” nr.23, a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. The show must go off. It has to. This square, this city, cannot become a permanent stage for a political/religious event centred around Pope Francesco. Probably someones wish it could, but for the rest of the Roman citizens, and for the majority of […]
03 Apr
50/365 – “Habemus Papam” nr.22, a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Sony RX1, 35mm f2 Carl Zeiss ISO100, f/5, 1/200, raw At his already second “Wednesday General Audience”, Pope Francesco used again the Papa-Mobil to drive through the crowd that, as usual, gathered to see him. Fifty thousand people, quite less than at each […]
02 Apr
49/365 – “Habemus Papam” nr.21, a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Sony RX1, 35mm f2 Carl Zeiss ISO100, f/4, 1/2000, raw New souvenirs arrive every day, here in the shops around Saint Peter’s basilica. New postcards, new posters, new magnets, and, now, new t-shirts. I have to admit that this is the first time […]
01 Apr
48/365 – “Habemus Papam” nr.20, a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Sony RX1, 35mm f2 Carl Zeiss ISO100, f/4, 1/3200, raw More than a million of people between devoted, pilgrims, tourists and curious have visited Saint Peter’s square in the last twenty days. It is an enormous number (higher than the whole population in […]
31 Mar
47/365 – “Habemus Papam” nr.19, a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Sony RX1, 35mm f2 Carl Zeiss ISO100, f/4, 1/3200, raw “Animals greet you, Pope Francesco”. The new Pope keeps working as an attractor of renewing (if not revolutionary) forces, and Saint Peter’s square as the stage where these forces have a chance to […]
30 Mar
46/365 – “Habemus Papam” nr.18, a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Sony RX1, 35mm f2 Carl Zeiss ISO2500, f/2, 1/80, raw Thousands of people gathered under and around the colosseum for the annual Via Crucis (the Way of the Cross), the first one celebrated by Pope Francesco. I’m amazed by the amount of people, […]
29 Mar
45/365 – “Habemus Papam” nr.17, a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Sony RX1, 35mm f2 Carl Zeiss ISO100, f/4, 1/640, raw For the “open air Mess” of the pontiff inauguration of the last 18th of March, the whole Saint Peter’s square has been set up so to allow the crowd to stay safely and […]
28 Mar
44/365 – “Habemus Papam” nr.16, a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Sony RX1, 35mm f2 Carl Zeiss ISO100, f/3.2, 1/160, raw Weather talking, this has been a really shitty March here in Rome. We’ve got a few glimpses of Spring, with days at twenty celsius degrees, but for the rest of the month it […]
27 Mar
43/365 – “Habemus Papam” nr.15, a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Sony RX1, 35mm f2 Carl Zeiss ISO100, f/5.6, 1/500, raw These days it is full of security around Saint Peter’s square. When there’s any event, which gathers tens of thousands of people, the police uses metal detectors and other techie stuff to check […]
26 Mar
42/365 – “Habemus Papam” nr.14, a photo by Luca Rossini on Flickr. Sony RX1, 35mm f2 Carl Zeiss ISO100, f/2, 1/200, raw Pigeons are probably the happiest living beings on this world every time a new Pope is elected. The thing is, the tons of pilgrims, tourists, and Romans (devoted or just curious) bring tons […]