This is Vespucci I'm leaving Italy today...  Between meetings I had time to explore around with my camera and iPod in overdrive.  I saw a lot of interesting faces, so I collected a series of portraits that I have collected into a little portfolio set on Flickr called "What they Dream and What they Do".  If I ever saw someone with an interesting face, I thought perhaps they might have an interesting story too, so I've organized the set by the motif of what people do with their lives.  Here are the first eight pictures from the series.  I will probably add to this collection in the future, or at least until I ask to take someone's picture and they punch me in the face.Vespucci's dream is to find his son and tell him important things.  He twists his head quickly at me with a lost and quizzical look, and then he returns to a thoughtful gaze.Vespucci is currently homeless and cannot remember where his son is.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Aurorus Reflectus Colosseo Ahhh Rome!  I love it there.  Everywhere I walked was filled with art and inspiration.  One of my hobbies is ancient Roman history, so the city had forever held a mythical romanticism place in my mind.  I have a bad (good) habit of circumnavigating structures before taking photos to find the right angle.  I say bad because some of these structures are so big that it's a major commitment to walk around the thing.  Finally, however, it paid off and I found some wet pavement just outside one of the subways.That purple streak in the upper left is very mysterious.  I don't really remember what happened during the shot to cause that, but it was an unexpected and pleasant surprise.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.

This is Vespucci


I'm leaving Italy today... Between meetings I had time to explore around with my camera and iPod in overdrive. I saw a lot of interesting faces, so I collected a series of portraits that I have collected into a little portfolio set on Flickr called "What they Dream and What they Do". If I ever saw someone with an interesting face, I thought perhaps they might have an interesting story too, so I've organized the set by the motif of what people do with their lives. Here are the first eight pictures from the series. I will probably add to this collection in the future, or at least until I ask to take someone's picture and they punch me in the face.

Vespucci's dream is to find his son and tell him important things. He twists his head quickly at me with a lost and quizzical look, and then he returns to a thoughtful gaze.

Vespucci is currently homeless and cannot remember where his son is.

- Trey Ratcliff

Click here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.

This is Vespucci


I'm leaving Italy today... Between meetings I had time to explore around with my camera and iPod in overdrive. I saw a lot of interesting faces, so I collected a series of portraits that I have collected into a little portfolio set on Flickr called "What they Dream and What they Do". If I ever saw someone with an interesting face, I thought perhaps they might have an interesting story too, so I've organized the set by the motif of what people do with their lives. Here are the first eight pictures from the series. I will probably add to this collection in the future, or at least until I ask to take someone's picture and they punch me in the face.

Vespucci's dream is to find his son and tell him important things. He twists his head quickly at me with a lost and quizzical look, and then he returns to a thoughtful gaze.

Vespucci is currently homeless and cannot remember where his son is.

- Trey Ratcliff

Click here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
See photo in original gallery.