On Focus Photo Blog http://www.onfocusphoto.com/blog New work by Christy Varonfakis Johnson Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:30:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 When local authors gather http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OnFocusPhotoBlog/~3/obp84PDM8MY/ http://www.onfocusphoto.com/blog/2011/12/19/when-local-authors-gather/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:28:57 +0000 Christy http://www.onfocusphoto.com/blog/?p=1007


Local authors gather at a reading for Timid Pirate Publishing at the Wayward Coffeehouse, Seattle, WA. December 17, 2011.

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Lawn overlooking the Eiffel Tower and tour buses, Paris, France. October 2010.


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Stained glass windows inside Notre Dame de Paris (Notre Dame Cathedral), France. October 2010.


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Plaster cast, victim of the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 A.D., in the city of Pompeii. October 2010.


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A businessman walks under the bridge tower at the end of the Charles Bridge on the side of Malá Strana in Prague, Czech Republic. October 2010.


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Store windows on the streets of Rome at night. The neon lights changed color every minute or so. October 2010.


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Wall decoration in the Sedlec Ossuary, a small Roman Catholic chapel located outside of Kutna Hora in the Czech Republic. Real bones have been used to furnish and decorate the chapel. October 2010.


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The Panthéon is a building located in the Latin Quarter of Paris, France. Beneath this floor is a secular mausoleum where distinguished French citizens have been interred, including Victor Hugo, Rousseau, Voltaire, Alexandre Dumas, and Pierre and Marie Curie. October 2010.

See wikipedia for more information.


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The School of Athens was painted between 1510 and 1511 by Raphael in the Apostolic Palace, Vatican City. Many of the figures are recognizable, particulary Plato and Aristotle at the central vanishing point. Seeing this fresco in person was one of the highlights of my trip. October 2010.

See wikipedia for more information.


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I added a new Recommendations page to the menu at the top of the blog. As I find worthy camera gear and services I’ll be spotlighting them there.

For my first recommendation, see Camera Bags.


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