Photographing Rome

Rome in the time of Coronavirus. Some of the shots took yesterday following the total lockdown of Rome and the rest of the country. In the spring sunshine, with no one, or almost no one, Rome's splendours breathtakingly beautiful and also sad. Yes, a bit like a disaster movie before the storm maybe, the silence in Piazza Navona and at the Trevi Fountain only broken by the gurgle of the fountains. A sound usually drowned out by the murmur of scores of voices and the music of buskers competing for our attention.

Looking down the lovely spiral staircase at the French Academy in Villa Medici on the Pincio.

Even castles need their windows cleaned

Colosseum in Rome lit up in green for Saint Patrick's day., Rome

Colosseum in Rome lit up in green for Saint Patrick's day.

Taking the camera around near midnight away from the centre of Rome

Some shots I captured while taking Rupert around one chilly December morning.

Slightly warmer weather than we're getting now. Sunrise over the north of Rome (Music Bridge in the middle foreground) at the end of May.

Protest in Rome the day after the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. 70% of women worldwide claim to have been victims of violence by men at some time during their lifetimes.

New exhibition at the Centrale Montemartini Museum in Via Ostiense in Rome