Thursday March 15, 2007, Turin, Italy

French group Nouvelle Vague resurrects 80's new wave and punk hits

Phoebe Killdeer and Melanie Pain sing with the French musical collective, Nouvelle Vague. Created by arrangers Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux, Nouvelle Vague performs covers of 1980s new wave and punk standards with a 1960's bossa nova-style.

L-R: Phoebe Killdeer and Melanie Pain.

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Wednesday March 28, 2007, Milan, Italy

Lou Reed attends opening of new photographic exhibit in Milan

Lou Reed attends the Milan premiere of his photographic exhibition, "Lou Reed: New York" at the Utopia Gallery.

A man views Lou Reed's photo exhibit.

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Monday May 14, 2007, Milan, Italy, Italy

Raul Bova

Portrait of Raul Bova actor of the movie "Alien vs Predator"

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Monday April 30, 2007, Florence, Italy

"First class all the way"

Backstage of "First class all the way" in the picture actor Leonard Roberts guests of the reality

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Monday March 26, 2007, Genoa, Italy

This is the last day in the life of my grandmother, my mother says "please stop the shooting"

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Thursday August 31, 2006, Venice, Italy

Adrien Brody in the film Hollywoodland

Actor Adrien Brody on the catwalk of the film "Hollywoodland."

Adrien Brody

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Monday March 26, 2007, Genoa, Italy

This is the last day in the life of my grandmother, tired to takes medicines

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Monday April 30, 2007, Florence, Italy

"First class all the way"

Backstage of "First class all the way" in the picture actor Leonard Roberts guests of the reality

Credit: Vittorio Celotto / Polaris

Tuesday July 31, 2007, Genoa, Italy

Italian organization aims to assist victims of war

Volunteers with the “Time for Peaceî volunteer organization produce prosthetic arms and feet for Congolese patients. The nonprofit program, which began in 1992, aims to assist populations affected by war.

A volunteer works on a prosthetic leg.

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Sunday February 18, 2007, Milan, Italy

Valeria Marini presents fashion collection

The backstage of " Seduzioni Diamonds " show during the Autumn / Winter 2007 women's collection.

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Sunday February 18, 2007, Milan, Italy

Valeria Marini presents fashion collection

The backstage of " Seduzioni Diamonds " show during the Autumn / Winter 2007 women's collection.

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Monday July 9, 2007, Savona, Italy

Patti Smith performs live in Italy

Singer-songwriter Patti Smith performs live at the Priamar Fortress in Savona, Italy.

Patti Smith performs live.

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Tuesday July 31, 2007, Genoa, Italy

Italian organization aims to assist victims of war

Volunteers with the “Time for Peaceî volunteer organization produce prosthetic arms and feet for Congolese patients. The nonprofit program, which began in 1992, aims to assist populations affected by war.

A volunteer puts the finishing touches on a plastic foot destined for a prosthetic leg.

Credit: Vittorio Celotto / Polaris

Sunday February 18, 2007, Milan, Italy

Valeria Marini presents fashion collection

A model presents a creation of Italian actress and designer Valeria Marini " Seduzioni Diamonds " during the Autumn / Winter 2007 women's collection.

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Wednesday March 28, 2007, Milan, Italy

Milan's Piazza del Duomo

Considered the heart of Milan, Piazza del Duomo is comprised of several monuments, including Ercole Rosa's 1896 equestrian monument to Vittorio Emanuele II, which draw tourists and locals alike.

Pedestrians in Piazza del Duomo.

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Wednesday March 28, 2007, Milan, Italy

Milan's Piazza del Duomo

Considered the heart of Milan, Piazza del Duomo is comprised of several monuments, including Ercole Rosa's 1896 equestrian monument to Vittorio Emanuele II, which draw tourists and locals alike.

Pigeons surround pedestrians in Piazza del Duomo.

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Thursday March 22, 2007, Genoa, Italy

A surreal view of Italian suburbia

A surreal view of an apartment complex in Genoa, Italy.

Surreal view of a lonely apartment complex.

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Thursday March 22, 2007, Genoa, Italy, Italy

Surreal urban landscapes of Italy

A surreal landscape of urban decay in Genoa, Italy.

A surreal view of an abandoned van and urban building in Genoa.

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Friday August 17, 2007, Genoa, Italy, Italy

The Tursi palace

The Tursi Palace is part of the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli in Via Garibaldi. The Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli, in GenoaÕs historic centre (late 16th and early 17th centuries) represent the first example in Europe of an urban development project with a unitary framework, where the plans were specially parcelled out by a public authority and a particular system of Ôpublic lodgingÕ, based on legislation. The Rolli palaces were residences built by the wealthiest and most powerful aristocratic families of the Republic of Genoa at the height of its financial and seafaring power. The site includes an ensemble of Renaissance and Baroque palaces along the so-called Ônew streetsÕ (Strade Nuove). The grand residence palaces erected on the Strada Nuova (now Via Garibaldi) in the late 16th century, formed the quarter of the nobility, who under the constitution of 1528, had assumed the government of the Republic. Palaces are generally three or four stories high and feature spectacular open staircases, courtyards, and loggias overlooking gardens, positioned at different levels in a relatively tight space. The influence of this urban design model is evidenced by Italian and European literature over the following decades. The palazzi offer an extraordinary variety of different solutions, achieving universal value in adapting to the particular characteristics of the site and to the requirements of a specific social and economic organization. They also offer an original example of a network of public hospitality houses for visits of state, as decreed by the Senate in 1576. The owners of these palazzi were obliged to host state visits, thus contributing to the dissemination of knowledge of an architectural model and a residential culture which attracted famous artists and travellers, and of which a significant example is a collection of drawings by Pieter Paul Rubens.

Credit: Vittorio Celotto / Polaris

Friday August 17, 2007, Genoa, Italy, Italy

The Tursi palace

The Tursi Palace is part of the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli in Via Garibaldi. The Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli, in GenoaÕs historic centre (late 16th and early 17th centuries) represent the first example in Europe of an urban development project with a unitary framework, where the plans were specially parcelled out by a public authority and a particular system of Ôpublic lodgingÕ, based on legislation. The Rolli palaces were residences built by the wealthiest and most powerful aristocratic families of the Republic of Genoa at the height of its financial and seafaring power. The site includes an ensemble of Renaissance and Baroque palaces along the so-called Ônew streetsÕ (Strade Nuove). The grand residence palaces erected on the Strada Nuova (now Via Garibaldi) in the late 16th century, formed the quarter of the nobility, who under the constitution of 1528, had assumed the government of the Republic. Palaces are generally three or four stories high and feature spectacular open staircases, courtyards, and loggias overlooking gardens, positioned at different levels in a relatively tight space. The influence of this urban design model is evidenced by Italian and European literature over the following decades. The palazzi offer an extraordinary variety of different solutions, achieving universal value in adapting to the particular characteristics of the site and to the requirements of a specific social and economic organization. They also offer an original example of a network of public hospitality houses for visits of state, as decreed by the Senate in 1576. The owners of these palazzi were obliged to host state visits, thus contributing to the dissemination of knowledge of an architectural model and a residential culture which attracted famous artists and travellers, and of which a significant example is a collection of drawings by Pieter Paul Rubens.

Credit: Vittorio Celotto / Polaris

Friday August 17, 2007, Genoa, Italy, Italy

The royal palace

The Royal Palace is part of the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli. The Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli, in GenoaÕs historic centre (late 16th and early 17th centuries) represent the first example in Europe of an urban development project with a unitary framework, where the plans were specially parcelled out by a public authority and a particular system of Ôpublic lodgingÕ, based on legislation. The Rolli palaces were residences built by the wealthiest and most powerful aristocratic families of the Republic of Genoa at the height of its financial and seafaring power. The site includes an ensemble of Renaissance and Baroque palaces along the so-called Ônew streetsÕ (Strade Nuove). The grand residence palaces erected on the Strada Nuova (now Via Garibaldi) in the late 16th century, formed the quarter of the nobility, who under the constitution of 1528, had assumed the government of the Republic. Palaces are generally three or four stories high and feature spectacular open staircases, courtyards, and loggias overlooking gardens, positioned at different levels in a relatively tight space. The influence of this urban design model is evidenced by Italian and European literature over the following decades. The palazzi offer an extraordinary variety of different solutions, achieving universal value in adapting to the particular characteristics of the site and to the requirements of a specific social and economic organization. They also offer an original example of a network of public hospitality houses for visits of state, as decreed by the Senate in 1576. The owners of these palazzi were obliged to host state visits, thus contributing to the dissemination of knowledge of an architectural model and a residential culture which attracted famous artists and travellers, and of which a significant example is a collection of drawings by Pieter Paul Rubens.

Credit: Vittorio Celotto / Polaris

Tuesday July 31, 2007, Genoa, Italy, Italy

The expo area of Genoa

The expo area of Genoa, designed by Renzo Piano

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Tuesday June 19, 2007, Milan, Italy

Milan unveils Renzo Piano's Visible Cities exhibit

Renzo Piano's monographic exhibit, "Visible Cities, opens Milan's 2007 Triennale exhibition. Visible Cities focuses on Piano's most remarkable buildings, such as Paris' Pompidou Center and Switzerland's Beyeler Building. The son of a building contractor, Piano is considered to be one the world's greatest living architects.

Renzo Piano's "Visible Cities" exhibit.

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Sunday May 13, 2007, Milan, Italy

Contempory artists dispay installaton work in Milan

Contemporary art on public display in Milan.

"Calamita Cosmica" A giant likeness of a human skeleton (with an few fantastical bone features,) an installation of Gino De Dominici's, in the Duomo square.

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Friday August 17, 2007, Genoa, Italy, Italy

The royal palace

The Royal Palace is part of the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli. The Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli, in GenoaÕs historic centre (late 16th and early 17th centuries) represent the first example in Europe of an urban development project with a unitary framework, where the plans were specially parcelled out by a public authority and a particular system of Ôpublic lodgingÕ, based on legislation. The Rolli palaces were residences built by the wealthiest and most powerful aristocratic families of the Republic of Genoa at the height of its financial and seafaring power. The site includes an ensemble of Renaissance and Baroque palaces along the so-called Ônew streetsÕ (Strade Nuove). The grand residence palaces erected on the Strada Nuova (now Via Garibaldi) in the late 16th century, formed the quarter of the nobility, who under the constitution of 1528, had assumed the government of the Republic. Palaces are generally three or four stories high and feature spectacular open staircases, courtyards, and loggias overlooking gardens, positioned at different levels in a relatively tight space. The influence of this urban design model is evidenced by Italian and European literature over the following decades. The palazzi offer an extraordinary variety of different solutions, achieving universal value in adapting to the particular characteristics of the site and to the requirements of a specific social and economic organization. They also offer an original example of a network of public hospitality houses for visits of state, as decreed by the Senate in 1576. The owners of these palazzi were obliged to host state visits, thus contributing to the dissemination of knowledge of an architectural model and a residential culture which attracted famous artists and travellers, and of which a significant example is a collection of drawings by Pieter Paul Rubens.

Credit: Vittorio Celotto / Polaris

Friday August 17, 2007, Genoa, Italy, Italy

Via Garibaldi

The Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli, in GenoaÕs historic centre (late 16th and early 17th centuries) represent the first example in Europe of an urban development project with a unitary framework, where the plans were specially parcelled out by a public authority and a particular system of Ôpublic lodgingÕ, based on legislation. The Rolli palaces were residences built by the wealthiest and most powerful aristocratic families of the Republic of Genoa at the height of its financial and seafaring power. The site includes an ensemble of Renaissance and Baroque palaces along the so-called Ônew streetsÕ (Strade Nuove). The grand residence palaces erected on the Strada Nuova (now Via Garibaldi) in the late 16th century, formed the quarter of the nobility, who under the constitution of 1528, had assumed the government of the Republic. Palaces are generally three or four stories high and feature spectacular open staircases, courtyards, and loggias overlooking gardens, positioned at different levels in a relatively tight space. The influence of this urban design model is evidenced by Italian and European literature over the following decades. The palazzi offer an extraordinary variety of different solutions, achieving universal value in adapting to the particular characteristics of the site and to the requirements of a specific social and economic organization. They also offer an original example of a network of public hospitality houses for visits of state, as decreed by the Senate in 1576. The owners of these palazzi were obliged to host state visits, thus contributing to the dissemination of knowledge of an architectural model and a residential culture which attracted famous artists and travellers, and of which a significant example is a collection of drawings by Pieter Paul Rubens.

Credit: Vittorio Celotto / Polaris

Sunday May 13, 2007, Milan, Italy

Contempory artists dispay installaton work in Milan

Contemporary art on public display at outdoor venues in Milan.

A self portrait of Pawel Althamer buoys above Sempione park.

Credit: Vittorio Celotto / Polaris

Thursday March 22, 2007, Genoa, Italy, Italy

A surreal view of Italian suburbia

A surreal view of an apartment complex in Genoa, Italy.

Surreal view of a cart situated in the corridor of an empty apartment complex.

Credit: Vittorio Celotto / Polaris

Monday March 26, 2007, Genoa, Italy

the empty room after her death

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