Colosseum IV

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Ciao Italia!

Bring the history and beauty of Roma into your life…

If you’re looking to add a little Italian style to your home or office, you’re about to get lucky. Now available for download to be displayed how you wish, is “Colosseum IV” an original photo taken on an October morning in Rome. “Colosseum IV” is a wide angle view from the inside of the Colosseum. Seeing and wandering about the Colosseum was a surreal experience. This picture transports me right back to the very moment as I was breathlessly taking it in disbelief that I was standing before the Colosseum in Italy! It was a life long dream of mine to go to Italy and there I was, standing inside all of my art history, photography, and travel books in real life. I am so grateful that this dream came true. I am honored to share my personal experience of my trip to Italy through my photos. Colosseum is the first of many to be available for download.

With this download, you are at liberty to print this photo on any medium at any size you wish to fit the scale of your home or office. This photo is for personal use only and not for resale. Further rules are stipulated on the purchase page.

Enjoy this Italian journey through my eyes and heart! Grazie Mille.

Colosseum III

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Ciao Italia!

Bring the history and beauty of Roma into your life…

If you’re looking to bring un pezzo di cielo (a piece of sky), into your home or office, you’re about to get lucky. Now available for download to be displayed how you wish, is “Colosseum III,” an original photo taken on an October morning in Rome. “Colosseum III” is a wide angle view from the inside of the Colosseum. Seeing and wandering about the Colosseum was a surreal experience. This picture transports me right back to the very moment as I was breathlessly taking it in disbelief that I was standing before the Colosseum in Italy! It was a life long dream of mine to go to Italy and there I was, standing inside all of my art history, photography, and travel books in real life. I am so grateful that this dream came true. I am honored to share my personal experience of my trip to Italy through my photos. Colosseum is the first of many to be available for download.

With this download, you are at liberty to print this photo on any medium at any size you wish to fit the scale of your home or office. This photo is for personal use only and not for resale. Further rules are stipulated on the purchase page.

Enjoy this Italian journey through my eyes and heart! Grazie Mille.

POMPEII

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Photos by: tina natalini Pompeii, Italy 2018

Photos by: tina natalini Pompeii, Italy 2018

Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD and left Pompeii buried under 13 to 20 feet of volcanic ash and pumice that would lead to the preservation of the foundation of the region, artifacts, mosaics, frescoes, pottery along with human and animal remains. Archaeologist are still uncovering treasures and remains of the once thriving region with a population of about 12,000. Just about 1,200 (and counting) human remains have been discovered. The most recent findings were of a ceremonial chariot made from bronze and tin, in March 2021.

I had the honor of visiting Pompeii in 2018 where I stood in complete awe over the lasting structures, fountains, pigments in the wall art and mosaic floor tiles. While walking the streets—where water once carried sewage—imagined what life was like back then just as everyone else does when touring Pompeii. As I imagined the furniture that filled the rooms and the accessories that adorned the tabletops of Pompeii, I had a profound analogy to humans having an inner “Pompeii,” making new discoveries every day, year or decade of life. It’s kind of cool to think of self discovery as a never-ending excavation and we get to be the archaeologists of our own lives.

Please enjoy these pictures of Pompeii that I took on my most memorable trip.