The Tuscany Photo Edition
On Italy, cycling, and Chianti
Eric Matthies (EM) has worked as a director, producer, and consultant across a number of genres—from large-scale installations to major motion pictures, broadcast specials, web series, multi-platform content packages, site-based VR, world-building R&D, live events, and traditional documentaries. He just got back from Italy with some snaps we liked, so here’s another Friday photo edition. -Colin (CJN)
Eric here. Toward the end of March, I flew to Italy for a cycling trip. The plan was to spend a little time where Italo Calvino wrote and ultimately died, ride the white stone roads of the region, consume great local food and wine, watch the pro’s race and then end the week with a GranFondo ride across the same roads. I met up with a great bunch of people no small thanks to WITI compatriot Mark Slavonia and proceeded to have a transcendent time in Chianti. I cycled almost 260 miles, climbed approximately 25000 feet, ingested many liters of wine and olive oil, and had an incredible experience. I brought along two cameras and a bag of film and made a ‘zine called GRINTA! about the whole trip, and am happy to be sharing some of the results here (along with an iPhone snap or two).
“If one wanted to depict the whole thing graphically, every episode, with its climax, would require a three-dimensional, or, rather, no model: every experience is unrepeatable.”
― Italo Calvino
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