“Mist” — an installation at San Giorgio Maggiore by Jaume Plensa for the Biennale.
Vaporetto Bosun
Palazzo Ducale drapes
El Cuor No Se Vende
“The heart is not for sale.” Graffito on the Rialto Market.
Fishing
On the Fondamenta Ormesini. Taken from across the Rio della Misericordia from a seat in the Ghimel Garden restaurant, in the Ghetto.
Waiting for the vaporetto
Talking in the Campo dei Gesuiti
Mother and daughter
At the Campo dei Gesuiti, Venexia.
Iron Halos
Self-portrait
The Hangtown Fry
At the Wandering Goose, Seattle.
The origins of this dish go back to the California Gold Rush. Placerville, a town in the Sierra foothills, was also known as Hangtown. A gentleman, flush with gold, came in to a restaurant and allegedly said, “Give me the most expensive thing you have!”
The result was this: Oysters, pork belly, soft-boiled eggs, all on top of a bed of potatoes. At the time, it was the eggs that were regarded as the true extravagance.
Empire Tailors
The interior lining of my bespoke suit from Hong Kong. Made by Empire International Tailors.
Tree and Rust
Hong Kong at night
Tin Hau Temple
In the Yau Ma Tei neighbourhood of Hong Kong.
“Mussolini”
Not that I ever called him that to his face. But his jaunty swagger, bullet shaped head, and rough-but-hilarious talk made the parallel inevitable. He was the clear king of his domain, a street restaurant in the Temple Street Night Market. Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong.
Xiàngqí
Venetian Masks
Shoobie in the sunlight
Assyrian bas-relief
In the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK.
Belfort
In Bruges.
Madonna and votives
Michelangelo’s Madonna, in the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk (Church of Our Lady) in Bruges.
An Angel Speaks to Mary
At Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk. I love the conspiratorial look of the Angel.
Church in the fields
In France, from the train.
National Museum of Ireland
In the Archaeology building, at Kildare St.
Behold the Lamb!
While we were eating at the Yemen Cafe in Brooklyn, they received a delivery from their halal butcher. I started making a picture or two, and this fellow noticed me. I love his pride.
The Radiator Building
The Lion in Winter
Pop’s
George, at Pop’s Diner in Flushing.
Midtown Manhatthan
Taken from the Empire State Building.
Drawing
Glass by Scarpa
Venetian glass by Carlo Scarpa. Photographed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
At the Met
Buddha at the Met
Triple subject
My wife Ulrika, among ancient Egyptian pottery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with my reflection faintly visible.
Grand Central clock
