Posted November 21, 2011 at 5:44pm in Sophia Loren Guess Fashion Black and White Photography Advertisement Model Beautiful Actress Italia Rome Roma Italy By Melissa Ashley Melissima.
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JCU Exposure.»
Yeah, man! A handful of my photos are being featured on the John Cabot University website this month, plus, a link to one of my complete albums—-woot woot! Thank you, Multicultural Club, for a wonderful talent show, thank you Study-Abroads for another wild semester, and thank you JCU for making me feel like Rome is Home. Cheers! http://www.johncabot.edu/
Posted May 5, 2011 at 2:26pm in John Cabot University Rome Roma Talent Show Multicultural Club Italy Italia Trastevere College
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Posted May 3, 2011 at 7:32pm in Jesus Christ Religion Statue Architecture black and white photography By Melissa Ashley melissa ashley Religion catholicism Rome Italy Cemetery
French Navy.»
Shot in Paris - Barcelona - Rome
French Navy -Camera Obscura, My Maudlin Career
Hipster love at its finest. I want to be in a video like this some day…
Posted May 2, 2011 at 8:55pm in Barcelona Camera Obscura France French Navy Glasgow Indie Indie Pop Italy Love Music My Maudlin Career Paris Rome Rome Scotland Spain Hipster
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The Departed | Photography.>>
[Click on the above link to view photos.]
Departed: yet another academic year.
This very morning: my last Victorian Novel lecture, held at the Protestant Cemetery of Rome.
Cemeteries aren’t supposed to be beautiful; they’re supposed to be lifeless.
But says who?
“THE MORTGAGED HEART”
The dead demand a double vision. A furthered zone,
Ghostly decision of apportionment. For the dead can claim
The lover’s senses, the mortgaged heart.
Watch twice the orchard blossoms in gray rain
And to the cold rose skies bring twin surprise.
Endure each summons once, and once again;
Experience multiplied by two—the duty recognized.
Instruct the quivering spirit, instant nerve
To schizophrenic master serve,
Or like a homeless Doppelgänger
Blind love might wander.
The mortgage of the dead is known.
Prepare the cherished wreath, the garland door.
But the secluded ash, the humble bone—
Do the dead know?
-Carson McCullers (1917-1967)
Posted April 29, 2011 at 3:28am in Photography Cemetery Spring Flowers Architecture Garden English Christ Catholicism Cats Dogs Animals Pets Statues Italy Italia Rome Roma Carson McCullers Poetry Death Black and White Photography
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“L’Intoccabile:” ENNIO MORRICONE.»
I can’t put to words how I feel when I hear this song…a song that, quite frankly, I’m not really sure the name of. All I know is that the original was composed by the absolute one and only, Ennio Morricone (born in my neighborhood of Trastevere, and now living somewhere in Rome), and that a remastered version was recently perfected by Karl X Johan.
I’m pretty consistent when it comes to material that I love, so it should come as no surprise that I’m revisiting this masterpiece. It’s high up on my ”All-Time Favourite List of Everything”…But there’s no need to take away any more from the music; I’ll let it do the talking.
[You can hear Morricone’s score in the movie, “The Untouchables,” but really, Morricone is “L’Intoccabile,” (“The Untouchable”) if you ask me.]
Flames by Karl X Johan
Posted April 20, 2011 at 9:38am in Ennio Morricone Flames Gli Intoccabili Karl X Johan Music Remix Scores The Untouchables Rome Roma Italia Italy Trastevere
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Roma {Centro}, ITALIA | April 1, 2011
“I’d Sent You Rome If I Could”
It’s my ever-lasting love affair | I’m so spoiled to walk down these streets daily, and so blessed to be living in the city of love. I’d send you Rome in a package if I could. But until I figure out how, consider these my postcards…each one, addressed to you ♥
Noir sur blanc.»
In Rome, ’100 Years From Now’, a Public Art Project of American Academy in Rome Fellow, JEREMY MENDE
After his six-month fellowship in Design at AAR in Rome, artist, Jeremy Mende, is leaving his mark behind in the Eternal City. His ads, simple, clean, and futuristic, are pieces of his final art project that rekindle the conversation of “Futurism” and its social impact. As he heads back to San Francisco, his “cryptic” messages adorn the city and catch the eyes of passerby’s (one, being myself).
lower case, black bold lettering, on white.
“Considering the overwhelming positivism of Italian Futurism 100 years ago, [Mende] is interested in how, 100 years after Futurism, we now see our future. Is the thought of our future something we celebrate or do we have a more anxious stance?” -By Rutgers
Visit ‘100 Years From Now’
100 years from now
a kind of panic
despite the denials
to be a machine
the clock
Posted March 25, 2011 at 10:27pm in Rome Italy 100 Years from Now Art Project Street Art Ads Design Artist Futurism
Posted March 17, 2011 at 6:49am in Rome black and white photography vintage photography Melissima. By Melissa Ashley palm tree
Burt’s & Chocolate Segars.»
βροχή: Greek for “rain” | On this final February evening, Zeus and the rest of the weather Gods are celebrating. Tonight, the cobblestone is saturated in a layer of slik grease, the piazza lanterns drip cold beads of rain, and Ponte Sisto is deserted. The temperature’s dropped significantly and the frigid air slices down to the bone; Roma’s been friendlier.
But I love the space, the night, the mist.
My furniture’s rearranged. The couch sits in its cave-sheltered cocoon; a black sea of strength and comfort. My body’s lost in the braids of knits and tweed. And what better way to keep dry from the rain than with some Burt’s and chocolate segars?
Buona notte, mondo. And a happy, sunny Monday to all. -m e l i s s i m a.
Fire and Rain -James Taylor, James Taylor: Greatest Hits
Posted February 27, 2011 at 6:50pm in Burt's Bees By Melissa Ashley Chocolate Gods Hershey's Italy Knits Melissima. Rain Rome Tweed Winter Zeus vintage photography James Taylor Fire
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Oliviero.»
© Melissa Ashley
I recently took this photograph in Piazza Venezia: the display of Italian patriotism at its finest. The graphic, which I’ve produced from it since then, as well as these words, were inspired by Oliviero: a man who deserved a “thank you.”
“The meeting of a stranger. |
The studying of his unfamiliar face. His deep voice: musical elegance. The class in his movements. His dark, marked features: sharp. The curiosity to know more of this man.
An actor, perhaps. Intriguing and refreshing. Different from the rest.
A true gentleman, hospitable beyond words. Genuine in his ways, beautifully kind. A cultured photographer, a conquerer, an artist. Walking proof that humanity is not lost.
O L I V I E R O. | Antica Osteria Ponte Sisto, Grazie di tutto.”
He reminded me of Mr. Connery himself.
Romolo and Oliviero, two fine men.
Oliviero.
© Melissa Ashley
Dream Writer.»
The most beautiful of minds are those of writers; of the men and women whose pens drip passion on paper. The placing of words in a sentence, the way each letter of the alphabet rings music from the mouth; language in general is a craft I’m fond of. There isn’t anything more graceful, more naked, more real…
This man was sitting on the steps of a bookshop in Largo della Torre Argentina, Rome. The hair atop his head; a cobweb of spiraled thoughts. Pen in hand, a writer always records the most important of ideas, emotions, and memories.
He set off for his dreams well prepared; pen and paper at the ready. | Some people just make me melt.
Posted February 20, 2011 at 8:38pm in vintage photography black and white photography By Melissa Ashley Writing Old Man Italy Rome Mi.Pix.Photography Dreams
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