Piazza Armenina, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

barcarello, august 2010
Piazza Armenina, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Part XIV of the “Shadows & Light” photo series from Sicily: 2 Pakistani Sicilians. One Cosby sweater. It’s a beautiful, cozy little world we live in.
July 25th, 2011: During a recent two week trip to Italy, I made a 4 day getaway to Palermo, Sicily. While in Palermo, I made it a point to deprive myself from 3 things: A cell phone, the internet and public transportation. That is to say, I cut myself off from the rest of the world in a country where I did not speak the language, walked everywhere I went from sunrise to sunset and immersed myself in the Sicilian culture.
Photographically, I was inspired to create for myself a world covered in the extremities of shadows and light. A world where the beauty of an ancient and venerable culture resides in the simplicities of light and darkness. Enjoy.