TIMMELSJOCH PASS

AUSTRIA & ITALY

IMAGE NUMBER 1057

The Timmelsjoch pass (Passo del Rombo in Italian) is an international high mountain pass at an elevation of 2.509m that creates a link through the Ötztal Alps along the border between Austria and Italy. It's one of the highest asphalted roads in the Alps. The road is difficult and it’s a nightmare in the wet or dark. In the late 19th century the construction of a High Alpine Road was considered and the project was eventually realized in the mid 1950s. With construction work only possible from May to November the road was finally in July 1959 on the Austrian side. However, the connection to Italy was only finished in 1968. The pass road is an indispensable connection between North and South Tyrol. Work began in the 1930's when Hitler and Mussolini meet at the border at the top of the pass to agree to fund the project.

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a tripod-mounted Phase One 645XF Camera at ISO 200. Exposure of 1/30th of a second and an aperture of F20. Schneider Kreuznach 45mm lens with leaf shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ3 100 megapixel digital back.

TIMMELSJOCH PASS

AUSTRIA & ITALY

IMAGE NUMBER 1055

The Timmelsjoch pass (Passo del Rombo in Italian) is an international high mountain pass at an elevation of 2.509m that creates a link through the Ötztal Alps along the border between Austria and Italy. It's one of the highest asphalted roads in the Alps. The road is difficult and it’s a nightmare in the wet or dark. In the late 19th century the construction of a High Alpine Road was considered and the project was eventually realized in the mid 1950s. With construction work only possible from May to November the road was finally opened in July 1959 on the Austrian side. However, the connection to Italy was only finished in 1968. The pass road is an indispensable connection between North and South Tyrol. Work began in the 1930's when Hitler and Mussolini meet at the border at the top of the pass to agree to fund the project. There is a small museum at the top commemorating the construction.

This image shows the view towards Italy from the top of the pass. It is an extraordinary place. The road on the Italian side is truly hair-raising.

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a tripod-mounted Phase One 645XF Camera at ISO 50. Exposure of 1/50th of a second and an aperture of F14. Schneider Kreuznach 45mm lens with leaf shutter.   The image was captured on a Phase One IQ3 100 megapixel digital back.

LAGO DI CAREZZA

ITALY

IMAGE NUMBER 1025

Lake Carezza (Italian: Lago di Carezza; German: Karersee) is a small alpine lake in the Dolomites in South Tyrol, Italy. It is known for its wonderful colors and its view of the Rosengarten mountain range. The lake is located in the western Dolomites on the edge of the Latemarwald, just 20 kilometers southeast of Bolzano at 1520 m altitude in the municipality Welschnofen. The nearest settlement is Carezza. The roughly 300 m long and 140 m wide stretch of water is fed by underground springs from the Latemar mountain range. Today the lake is one of the classic tourist destinations of the Trentino-Alto Adige. In the winter, it is visited by divers who record documentaries of the colors of the underground waters. The small mountain lake is famous for its calm waters, of dark green color, and the beautiful panorama of mountains in the background.

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a tripod-mounted Phase One 645XF Camera at ISO 50. Exposure of 1/6th of a second and an aperture of F22. Schneider Kreuznach 45 mm lens with leaf shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ3 100 megapixel digital back.

THE FASSA VALLEY

ITALY

IMAGE NUMBER 1026

Located in Trentino in northeastern Italy, Val di Fassa is one of the major and most well known valleys of the region. The alpine valley is most famous for its Dolomites, which in 2009 became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Among the most spectacular mountains in the world, the Dolomites are the pride of Val di Fassa, especially during the winter season when thousands of tourists flock to the numerous ski slopes.

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a tripod-mounted Phase One 645XF Camera at ISO 200. Exposure of 1/200th of a second and an aperture of F6.3. Schneider Kreuznach 80 mm lens with leaf shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ3 100 megapixel digital back.

THE FASSA VALLEY

ITALY

IMAGE NUMBER 1024

Located in Trentino in northeastern Italy, Val di Fassa is one of the major and most well known valleys of the region. The alpine valley is most famous for its Dolomites, which in 2009 became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Among the most spectacular mountains in the world, the Dolomites are the pride of Val di Fassa, especially during the winter season when thousands of tourists flock to the numerous ski slopes.

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a tripod-mounted Phase One 645XF Camera at ISO 50. Exposure of 1/30th of a second and an aperture of F16. Schneider Kreuznach 150 mm lens with leaf shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ3 100 megapixel digital back.

THE FASSA VALLEY

ITALY

IMAGE NUMBER 1023

Located in Trentino in northeastern Italy, Val di Fassa is one of the major and most well known valleys of the region. The alpine valley is most famous for its Dolomites, which in 2009 became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Among the most spectacular mountains in the world, the Dolomites are the pride of Val di Fassa, especially during the winter season when thousands of tourists flock to the numerous ski slopes.

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a tripod-mounted Phase One 645XF Camera at ISO 200. Exposure of 1/200th of a second and an aperture of F11. Schneider Kreuznach 45 lens with leaf shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ3 100 megapixel digital back.

THE FASSA VALLEY

ITALY

IMAGE NUMBER 1022

Located in Trentino in northeastern Italy, Val di Fassa is one of the major and most well known valleys of the region. The alpine valley is most famous for its Dolomites, which in 2009 became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Among the most spectacular mountains in the world, the Dolomites are the pride of Val di Fassa, especially during the winter season when thousands of tourists flock to the numerous ski slopes.

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a tripod-mounted Phase One 645XF Camera at ISO 50. Exposure of 1/60th of a second and an aperture of F14. Schneider Kreuznach 80 mm lens with leaf shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ3 100 megapixel digital back.

ORVIETO

ITALY

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Orvieto is a small town on the top of an interesting land formation in the region of Umbria in Italy. Many of the old houses in Orvieto are built above caves, created from the excavation of materials to build the home. During World War 2 these became shelters for safety. Orvieta is famous for its Gelato, excellent restaurants and fantastic views.

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a tripod-mounted Phase One 645XF Camera at ISO 50. Exposure of 1/8th of a second and an aperture of F14. Schneider Kreuznach 45 mm lens with leaf shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ3 100 megapixel digital back.

ORVIETO

ITALY

IMAGE NUMBER 1020

Orvieto is a small town on the top of an interesting land formation in the region of Umbria in Italy. Many of the old houses in Orvieto are built above caves, created from the excavation of materials to build the home. During World War 2 these became shelters for safety. Orvieta is famous for its Gelato, excellent restaurants and fantastic views.

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a tripod-mounted Phase One 645XF Camera at ISO 50. Exposure of .8 of a second and an aperture of F20. Schneider Kreuznach 45 mm lens with leaf shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ3 100 megapixel digital back.

VATICAN CITY

ROME

IMAGE NUMBER 1018

Vatican City, a city-state surrounded by Rome, Italy, is the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. It's home to the Pope and a trove of iconic art and architecture. Its Vatican Museums house ancient Roman sculptures such as the famed “Laocoön and His Sons” as well as Renaissance frescoes in the Raphael Rooms and the Sistine Chapel, famous for Michelangelo’s ceiling.

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a hand-held Phase One 645XF Camera at ISO 50. Exposure of 1/200th of a second and an aperture of F8. Schneider Kreuznach 45 mm lens with leaf shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ3 100 megapixel digital back.

ST. PETER’S BASILICA

ROME

IMAGE NUMBER 1017a

Situated on Vatican Hill in the UNESCO world heritage site of Vatican City, St Peter’s Basilica dominates the skyline of Rome and attracts millions of visitors. It has a capacity of over 60,000 people, covers 22,300 square meters and is one of the world’s largest churches. You can climb the 491 stairs to the top of Michelangelo’s dome. A church only becomes a basilica when the pope designates it, usually because of historical significance or if it houses sacred relics. Globally, there are over 1,400 minor basilicas; however, St Peter’s Basilica is one of only four Major Basilicas in the world. The three other major basilicas are also situated in Rome: St John Lateran, St Paul’s outside the Walls and St Mary Major. St Peter’s Basilica achieved its basilica status due to being built on the site where St Peter is said to be buried in 64 AD.

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a hand-held Phase One 645XF Camera at ISO 800. Exposure of 1/200th of a second and an aperture of f2.8. Schneider Kreuznach 45 mm lens with leaf shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ3 100 megapixel digital back.

ST. PETER’S BASILICA

ROME

IMAGE NUMBER 1017

Situated on Vatican Hill in the UNESCO world heritage site of Vatican City, St Peter’s Basilica dominates the skyline of Rome and attracts millions of visitors. It has a capacity of over 60,000 people, covers 22,300 square meters and is one of the world’s largest churches. You can climb the 491 stairs to the top of Michelangelo’s dome. A church only becomes a basilica when the pope designates it, usually because of historical significance or if it houses sacred relics. Globally, there are over 1,400 minor basilicas; however, St Peter’s Basilica is one of only four Major Basilicas in the world. The three other major basilicas are also situated in Rome: St John Lateran, St Paul’s outside the Walls and St Mary Major. St Peter’s Basilica achieved its basilica status due to being built on the site where St Peter is said to be buried in 64 AD.

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a hand-held Phase One 645XF Camera at ISO 800. Exposure of 1/200th of a second and an aperture of f2.8. Schneider Kreuznach 45 mm lens with leaf shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ3 100 megapixel digital back.

ST. PETER’S BASILICA

ROME

IMAGE NUMBER 1016

Situated on Vatican Hill in the UNESCO world heritage site of Vatican City, St Peter’s Basilica dominates the skyline of Rome and attracts millions of visitors. It has a capacity of over 60,000 people, covers 22,300 square meters and is one of the world’s largest churches. You can climb the 491 stairs to the top of Michelangelo’s dome. A church only becomes a basilica when the pope designates it, usually because of historical significance or if it houses sacred relics. Globally, there are over 1,400 minor basilicas; however, St Peter’s Basilica is one of only four Major Basilicas in the world. The three other major basilicas are also situated in Rome: St John Lateran, St Paul’s outside the Walls and St Mary Major. St Peter’s Basilica achieved its basilica status due to being built on the site where St Peter is said to be buried in 64 AD.

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a hand-held Phase One 645XF Camera at ISO 1600. Exposure of 1/200th of a second and an aperture of f2.8. Schneider Kreuznach 45 mm lens with leaf shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ3 100 megapixel digital back.

THE VATICAN MUSEUM

ROME

IMAGE NUMBER 1015

The Vatican Museums are Christian art museums located within Vatican City. They display the immense collection amassed by popes throughout the centuries including several of the most renowned Roman sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world. The museums contain roughly 70,000 works, of which 20,000 are on display, and currently employ 640 people who work in 40 different administrative, scholarly, and restoration departments. Pope Julius II founded the museums in the early 16th century. The Sistine Chapel, with its ceiling decorated by Michelangelo and the Stanze di Raffaello decorated by Raphael, are on the visitor route through the Vatican Museums. In 2017, they were visited by six million people, which makes it the 4th most visited art museum in the world. It is one of the largest museums in the world.

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a hand-held Phase One 645XF Camera at ISO 800. Exposure of 1/200th of a second and an aperture of f2.8. Schneider Kreuznach 45 mm lens with leaf shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ3 100 megapixel digital back.

THE VATICAN MUSEUM

ROME

IMAGE NUMBER 1014

The Vatican Museums are Christian art museums located within Vatican City. They display the immense collection amassed by popes throughout the centuries including several of the most renowned Roman sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world. The museums contain roughly 70,000 works, of which 20,000 are on display, and currently employ 640 people who work in 40 different administrative, scholarly, and restoration departments. Pope Julius II founded the museums in the early 16th century. The Sistine Chapel, with its ceiling decorated by Michelangelo and the Stanze di Raffaello decorated by Raphael, are on the visitor route through the Vatican Museums. In 2017, they were visited by six million people, which makes it the 4th most visited art museum in the world. It is one of the largest museums in the world.

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a hand-held Phase One 645XF Camera at ISO 3200. Exposure of 1/200th of a second and an aperture of f2.8. Schneider Kreuznach 45 mm lens with leaf shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ3 100 megapixel digital back.

LACOON AND HIS SONS

THE VATICAN MUSEUM

IMAGE NUMBER 1013C

The statue of Laocoön and His Sons has been one of the most famous ancient sculptures since it was excavated in Rome in 1506 and placed on public display in the Vatican, where it remains. In fact it was the foundation of the Vatican collection and all that has followed. It is very likely the same statue praised in the highest terms by the main Roman writer on art, Pliny the Elder. The figures are near life-size and the group is a little over 2 m (6 ft 7 in) in height, showing the Trojan priest Laocoön and his sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus being attacked by sea serpents.

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a hand-held Phase One 645XF Camera at ISO 400. Exposure of 1/125th of a second and an aperture of f5. Schneider Kreuznach 45 mm lens with leaf shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ3 100 megapixel digital back.

THE VATICAN MUSEUM

ROME

IMAGE NUMBER 1013b

The Vatican Museums are Christian art museums located within Vatican City. They display the immense collection amassed by popes throughout the centuries including several of the most renowned Roman sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world. The museums contain roughly 70,000 works, of which 20,000 are on display, and currently employ 640 people who work in 40 different administrative, scholarly, and restoration departments. Pope Julius II founded the museums in the early 16th century. The Sistine Chapel, with its ceiling decorated by Michelangelo and the Stanze di Raffaello decorated by Raphael, are on the visitor route through the Vatican Museums. In 2017, they were visited by six million people, which makes it the 4th most visited art museum in the world. It is one of the largest museums in the world.

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a hand-held Phase One 645XF Camera at ISO 400. Exposure of 1/125th of a second and an aperture of f5. Schneider Kreuznach 45 mm lens with leaf shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ3 100 megapixel digital back.

THE VATICAN GALLERY OF MAPS

ROME

IMAGE NUMBER 1013a

The Gallery of Maps is a gallery located on the west side of the Belvedere Courtyard in the Vatican containing a series of painted topographical maps of Italy based on drawings by friar and geographer Ignazio Danti. The gallery was commissioned in 1580 by Pope Gregory XIII as part of other artistic works commissioned by the Pope to decorate the Vatican. It took Danti three years (1580–1583) to complete the 40 panels of the 120 m long gallery. The panels map the entirety of the Italian peninsula in large-scale frescoes, each depicting a region as well as a perspective view of its most prominent city. It is said that these maps are approximately 80% accurate.

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a hand-held Phase One 645XF Camera at ISO 800. Exposure of 1/125th of a second and an aperture of f4. Schneider Kreuznach 45 mm lens with leaf shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ3 100 megapixel digital back.

THE VATICAN GALLERY OF MAPS

ROME

IMAGE NUMBER 1013

The Gallery of Maps is a gallery located on the west side of the Belvedere Courtyard in the Vatican containing a series of painted topographical maps of Italy based on drawings by friar and geographer Ignazio Danti. The gallery was commissioned in 1580 by Pope Gregory XIII as part of other artistic works commissioned by the Pope to decorate the Vatican. It took Danti three years (1580–1583) to complete the 40 panels of the 120 m long gallery. The panels map the entirety of the Italian peninsula in large-scale frescoes, each depicting a region as well as a perspective view of its most prominent city. It is said that these maps are approximately 80% accurate.

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a hand-held Phase One 645XF Camera at ISO 800. Exposure of 1/125th of a second and an aperture of f4. Schneider Kreuznach 45 mm lens with leaf shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ3 100 megapixel digital back.

THE PANTHEON

ROME

IMAGE NUMBER 1012

The Pantheon ("[temple] of all the gods") is a former Roman temple, now a church, in Rome on the site of an earlier temple commissioned by Marcus Agrippa during the reign of Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD). It was completed by the emperor Hadrian and probably dedicated about 126 AD. Its date of construction is uncertain, because Hadrian chose not to inscribe the new temple but rather to retain the inscription of Agrippa's older temple, which had burned down. The building is cylindrical with a portico of large granite Corinthian columns (eight in the first rank and two groups of four behind) under a pediment. A rectangular vestibule links the porch to the rotunda, which is under a coffered concrete dome, with a central opening (oculus) to the sky. Almost two thousand years after it was built, the Pantheon's dome is still the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome. The height to the oculus and the diameter of the interior circle are the same, 43 metres (142 ft).

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a hand-held Phase One 645XF Camera at ISO 800. Exposure of 1/125th of a second and an aperture of f4.5. Schneider Kreuznach 45 mm lens with leaf shutter. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ3 100 megapixel digital back.