PausePlayPlayPrev|Next Today I had the fortune of photographing (and helping color in) the second sidewalk chalk venture by Roman graphic designer Tommaso Guerra. We set up camp in Piazza Vittorio with other friends and he set to work in writing out a phrase in beautifully selected fonts all in white chalk. Think of it as the typographers answer to the classic madonnaro....
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone. We’ve been fortunate enough to have amazing weather in Rome and I’ve been enjoying some time with my family. I hope 2012 brings great things to everyone! As my last shot of the year I have the Hotel Bernini Bristol, which is perched to one side of Piazza Barberini. I have no idea what it’s like inside, but it’s always reminded me of the grand hotels from the 1950s or 1960s when...
Jessica Stewart is a Rome-based photographer and art historian. She relocated to Italy in 2005 to be surrounded by the Renaissance and Baroque art for which she is passionate. Her love of photography was developed during coursework at Boston University and honed through her blog RomePhotoBlog, where she regularly posts images exploring contemporary living in Rome.
Learn MoreThis blog was started in 2008 to give a different view of Italy’s capital city. Often seen through rose colored senses by outsiders or with scorn by locals, my aim was to use photography to capture a different side to the city. From great monuments to every day object, nothing is too small or too great to be seen in a new light.
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