As I stated before, along with the central Californian coastline, Italy had an immense impact on my photographic journey. My mother was born and raised in a very small island town, La Maddalena, off the coast of a larger island, Sardigna, floating in the middle of the Mediterranean. I included two images of Italy in my first art show. One being a snapshot of the crammed ancient towers of apartment buildings lining the wharf in La Maddalena and the second of a cascading waterway tucked in the city of Florence (Both Above). I grew up visiting Italy making friends, learning the language and accepting the culture along with that which i was born with here in the United States. Many of us are fortunate to grow up with multicultural families, but for those who are not, I recommend taking a year off and living with another family as I had done. Your view on what is strange will be altered indefinitely.
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