Pont Valentre
The ancient Pont Valentre crosses a loop in the Lot River at the city of Cahors in southwestern France. The tower in the middle of the river of this fortified…
Pilgrimage to Rocamadour
High above a tributary of the Lot River in the Dordogne Department in southwestern France, Rocamadour has attracted pilgrims for centuries. The town sits below an ecclesiastical complex of monastic…
Saint-Cirq-Lapopie
Saint-Cirq-Lapopie is an ancient village perched high on the cliffs high above the Lot River about thirty miles from Cahors. In France, Saint-Cirq-Lapopie is widely regarded as one of the most…
Valentre Bridge
In an earlier story illustrated with iPhone captures, I wrote: The city of Cahors in the southwest of France is a slightly gritty provincial capital—but back in the middle ages it was…
Under the Bridges of Paris
As I've previously noted, I seem to spend a lot of time photographing underneath bridges. The beauty of the scene from the deck of a bridge is often pretty self-evident. On…
Walking in the Gardens of Galicia
Today I walked from Morgade to Portomarin, a somewhat bigger town. Portomarin seems like an interesting place. It was completely rebuilt, brick by brick, in the 1960s, when the original…
Pont Neuf, Toulouse
On a sunny and warm early spring day I explored Toulouse in southwestern France. Heading down to the Garonne River, I found the banks occupied by university students enjoying the…
Last few days to enroll for Get Your Camera Off Auto; November Workshops
I'll be leading a session of Get Your Camera Off Auto here in Berkeley, California this Saturday---so there are only a few days left to enroll. This is the perfect…