The Photography of Dr. Jeffrey P. Harper

In February of this year I went on a tour of Northern Italy; Milan, Venice, Verona, Florence, and Rome.  I returned to a very busy work schedule and have only now really looked at my photos from that trip.  Here are a few more of my favorite memories. For even more photos of Italy, including past vacations, go to my Italy section link in the Travel Photo Bank.

Inside The Doge's Palace of Venice.

It was wonderful to be in Venice for Carnival on such a beautiful day.

Naples is not the only city in Italy with a fantastic galleria - Milan has the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II! Very Steampunkt, no?

Ah Rome! The Trevi Fountain. Where are my three coins?

The interior of St. John's Cathedral, Rome.

In the Church of the Catacombs, Rome. (Hand held, low light.)

Although Rome is a modern, bustling city, there are ancient Roman ruins everywhere.

The Roman Coloseum.

Yep, I survived eight days with 29 high school students in Northern Italy (mid-February 2010):  Milan, Venice (during Carnival!), Verona, Florence, and Rome. I have tons of great photos to load on this site (eventually). The last time I was in Venice was 1955.

Not that much has changed in Venice since 1955.  That's my brother, Allen, and I in the lederhosen with my contemplative father, Owen, pawing the pigeon feed. I'm the one standing, casually scoping out the nearest location of a spumoni stand. I was no fool at 5 years old. I remember we had a pretty good time on that trip in the old 1953 Studebaker that we drove all over Europe . . . except for when I was pronounced 'legally dead' after a small pox vaccine, required at the Italian boarder, went horribly wrong. But that's another story.

The Pisa Cathedral obscuring the leaning tower.  29 really good young people.

The beautiful Spanish Steps of Rome.  A clear and very cold night.

Always lots of fun with 29 teenagers. St. Paul's Cathedral, Rome.

This is what Venice is all about!

Venice at night - during Carnival.

Venice dressed for Carnival.

The streets below the Spanish Steps in Rome are wonderful to roam at night . . . delicious coffee shops and high end fashion.

The basilica of St. Paul's cathedral: beautiful, but I always think how much good for people's lives could have resulted from using the Vatican money more wisely, instead of paying the premiums on an afterlife insurance policy.

A carnival set up in the back yard of Milan Castle . . . forlorn in the snow.

The streets of Verona are a wonder . . . many medieval period doors, castles, and streets (right and below).