Congratulations! Bennington changed my life, too. Studs Terkel was my class (MFA ‘83) commencement speaker.

In Naples, Maradona never left. Gods fade on plaster walls, life moves past in motion blur, carrying red shopping bags and holding small hands. But Diego stays – watching over the alleys that made him immortal. I can’t wait to lead my Naples workshop group through these textured streets in May.

Rome, in Light Color, shadow, and the way form is revealed

New Substack post – Rome, in Light.
Light in Rome doesn’t just describe form. It explains it. Makes edges legible. Slows the act of looking just enough to let structure emerge.
The city stays still. The light keeps moving.
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Siena: Between Stone and Ritual History, symbols, and the quieter spaces in between

My latest Substack post looks beyond the spectacle of Siena – into the quieter spaces where the city holds its memory.

Collegiata dei Santi Quirico e Giulitta - San Quirico d’Orcia, Toscana - one of the quiet, out of the way places we visit during my workshops.

One space has opened in my Tuscany Photography Workshop — May 31 through June 7, 2026.
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Light. Shadow. Stone. The streets of Tuscany’s hill towns are a constantly unfolding revelation.
One space has opened in my Tuscany Photography Workshop — May 31 through June 7, 2026.
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One space has opened in my Tuscany photography workshop May 31 - June 7, 2026.
One week to slow down, look closely, photograph the streets, the light, the details that most people walk right past. 🇮🇹
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Tuscany: Layers of History – May 31 to June 7, 2026 | Italy Photography Workshops with Jeff Curto Tuscany: Layers of History May 31 to June 7, 2026 There are few places on earth like Tuscany. Its landscape was painted by the great artists of the Renaissance. Its architecture is known for its sense...

One space just opened up for my June Tuscany workshop. Join me in my Italian hometown for a great week of photography.

Cortona Passeggiata – Settima Photographs from my walks around Cortona, Tuscany (number 7)

Cortona Passeggiata – Settima
My latest Substack post is the 7th in a series about my home-away-from-home of Cortona, Tuscany. I’m not there in these days, but looking forward to being back in the warmth of my adopted Tuscan home town.

Keweenaw – The Solitude of Being Part 5: Cold Light

My latest Substack post is Keweenaw – The Solitude of Being. Here, in winter, I look at ice and how the cold on the shore of Lake Superior reshapes everything before it ever fully freezes it.

Rome, Through Windows Thresholds, distance, and the spaces between

My latest Substack post - Rome, seen through windows – glass, shadow, reflections, and the small negotiations between inside and outside.

This set came from slowing down and letting the city arrive in fragments rather than scenes.

Striped Stone, Quiet Streets Walking Orvieto

The Umbrian town of Orvieto sits high and a little apart. What stays with me is the balance between the monumental and the everyday, how easily they coexist here. These photographs and thoughts in my most recent Substack post come from walking slowly and feeling the shift from arrival to intention.

Winter has me thinking forward – to spring workshops, to Sorrento, to the languid calm of the Bay of Naples. The views, the air, the stillness of a cloister in the middle of the day. Some places warm you long before you arrive.

Just booked my April flights back to New Orleans for French Quarter Fest and I’m already thinking in color. Looking forward to great music and a city that holds on tight to light, heat, and history.

Rome, in Fragments How moments accumulate without a map

My latest Substack post brings together images and ideas about Rome – fragments of moments that live in the city’s contradictions. One minute you’re standing in front of something worn smooth by time and weather. The next, you’re distracted by the way light folds across a tablecloth.

In the grayness of a Lake Superior winter, color takes on a new dimension.

Snow and ice absorb and return the atmosphere around them. Light skims the surface, never staying long.

The Moment Before Release Cortona and the lived weight of tradition

My latest Substack post: Cortona and the lived weight of tradition - a combination of photographs and a short essay about attention, ritual, and the discipline of remembering. Archers, flags, and the moments in between.

Cortona Passeggiata – Sesta Photographs from my walks around Cortona, Tuscany (number 6)

My latest Substack post sets aside color and lets light, shadow and texture take the lead. Stripping away hue changes how the hill town of Cortona feels – less about seeing and more about sensing. Stone meets shadow, glass holds quiet light and evening lamps simply hold space.

The Earth's Unfinished Thoughts Photographing the Dolomites, where stone and weather shape each other

My latest Substack post shares photographs of Italy’s Dolomite mountains and thoughts about how their vastness impacts our sense of what it means to be human.

The Discipline of White Tone, texture, and the pull of Puglia’s whitewashed towns

My latest Substack post shares images and thoughts about photographing in the blindingly white towns of Italy’s Puglia region.

Rain changes Venice in a way nothing else does. The light softens, the colors deepen, and the whole place seems to ease back a notch. The melancholy that settles in isn’t sadness so much as a kind of tenderness — a reminder that beauty doesn’t always need sunlight to make itself known.

Attraverso il Silenzio : Through The Silence Influence, Awareness and Attention to the Edges

My latest post Across the Silence (Attraverso il Silenzio in Italian) features images and a video in panoramic format - an interesting departure for me. I invite you to take a look.

Tuscany: Layers of History – May 31 to June 7, 2026 | Italy Photography Workshops with Jeff Curto Tuscany: Layers of History May 31 to June 7, 2026 There are few places on earth like Tuscany. Its landscape was painted by the great artists of the Renaissance. Its architecture is known for its sense...

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A shaft of late afternoon light grazes Cortona’s clock tower. It’s not terribly dramatic, but it’s the kind of moment that reminds me why I keep bringing photographers here; not for the landmarks, but for these small, passing bits of time that change the way you see. That’s the real workshop moment.

What Remains of the Light November Evenings in Vico Equense

My latest Substack post presents images and ideas about the beauty of November light on the Bay of Naples. I invite you to take a look.

Water has this way of changing everything it touches. Sometimes it reveals details I’d otherwise miss; sometimes it hides them just enough to make the familiar feel a little mysterious.

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Where the Light Lingers The season of long light-filled days in Tuscany's Val d’Orcia

When the Day Refuses to End
We’ve passed autumn’s solstice, so the days are growing longer bit by bit. My Substack post this week is about the glory of the Tuscan landscape in those languid days of June when the warm sun never seems to set.

Italian Yellows — Some colors seem to hold time itself. These ochres and golds soak in the day, releasing warmth long after the light has moved on.Color becomes a form of memory, a way of remembering the sun.
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Archaeologists Find 24 Bronze Statues, Preserved in Tuscan Spa for 2,300 Years The discovery provides insight into the transition from Etruscan to Roman rule

Amazing archeological find near Siena, Tuscany. The gifts the Etruscans give us, even 2 millennia later.

Lovely. Really well seen!