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A cliffside village of pastel houses in the soft blue light just after sunset
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Story 01 · Liguria, Italy · 2026

Houses That Hold the Cliff

Five villages hold on to the same stretch of cliff. I spent a week walking between them before the trains brought the day-trippers, and after the last one left.

Assignment
[Publication]
Frames
[36] on [2] rolls
Camera
[Camera and lens]
Published
[Month, year]

The Photographs

  1. A cliffside village of pastel houses in the soft blue light just after sunset
    Frame 14 · blue hour The harbor just after sunset, the first lights coming on in the stacked houses.
  2. Colorful houses stacked on a rocky cliff above a small harbor with boats
    Frame 03 · first light The same village from the breakwater the next morning, boats pulled up on the slipway.
  3. A coastal town seen from high above, the shoreline curving into green water
    Frame 22 · late morning The coast from the hill path above, the town spilling down to green water.
  4. A passenger by a ferry window, a city and sea outside in bright light
    Frame 27 · midday On the ferry between villages, a passenger watching the shore slide past.
  5. A road winding around a dry hillside above a pale sky
    Frame 35 · evening The road out, winding round the dry hillside above the sea.

Field Notes

How It Was Made

  • Light

    Most of the story is the hour before sunrise and the hour after sunset, when the houses glow and the crowds are gone.

  • Access

    On foot between villages, and by ferry when the path was closed. No drone, no tripod on the trains.

  • Gear

    [Camera body], [two prime lenses], and a lot of walking shoes.