France and Europe 2017-2018
Sorrento, Italy
A barbershop scene in Sorrento, Italy, fall 2017. Photo by Doug Oakley
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Santorini, Greece
Girls play on the steps of a school in Oia, Greece on the island of Santorini, fall 2017. Photo by Doug Oakley
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Sorrento, Italy
Grave sites at a cemetery in Sorrento, Italy are adorned with flowers and candles on all Souls Day, or in Italian Tutti i Santi or Ognissanti, which is celebrated on November 1 and 2 in Italy. Photo by Doug Oakley
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Athens, Greece
All that remains of the entrance, or the Propylaea of the Athenian Acropolis, in Athens, Greece are majestic columns and some rooftop pieces, but the surviving columns help to envision how the original structure was built around 450 BC. The gateway was commissioned by Pericles at the end of the Persian Wars. Photo by Doug Oakley, fall, 2017
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Paris, France
A person with the likeness of one of Andy Warhol's Marylin Monroe portraits poses for pictures at an art exhibit opening at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, fall 2017. Photo by Doug Oakley
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Lit-et-Mixe, France
A man is chased down by a bull at an amateur rodeo in rural France, summer 2017. Photo by Doug Oakley
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Paris
A jogger makes his way across a foot bridge over the Jardin Reuilly in Paris, summer 2017. Photo by Doug Oakley
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Sorrento, Italy
Fishermen prepare to cast a net in waters off of Sorento, Italy, fall 2017. Photo by Doug Oakley.
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Pompeii, Italy
A home more than 2,100 years old in Pompeii, Italy features exquisite tile floor decorations. The city was buried and preserved by about 20 feet of ash on August 24, 79 AD by an eruption of the nearby volcano Mount Vesuvius. Pompeii was first rediscovered in 1599 with more intense excavations beginning in 1748. Today Pompeii receives about 2.5 million visitors a year. Photo by Doug Oakley, fall 2017.
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Pompeii, Italy
Visitors approach an archway amid the ruins of Pompeii, Italy on a clear, warm fall day. The city was buried and preserved by about 20 feet of ash on August 24, 79 AD by an eruption of the nearby volcano Mount Vesuvius. Pompeii was first rediscovered in 1599 with more intense excavations beginning in 1748. Today Pompeii receives about 2.5 million visitors a year. Photo by Doug Oakley, fall 2017.
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Santorini, Greece
A man brings donkeys down the steep steps to the port of Ammoudi on the Greek island of Santorini, so that tourists can ride them up to the town of OIa. Photo by Doug Oakley, fall 2017.
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Athens
All that remains of the entrance, or the Propylaea of the Athenian Acropolis, in Athens, Greece are majestic columns and some rooftop pieces, but the surviving columns help to envision how the original structure was built around 450 BC. The gateway was commissioned by Pericles at the end of the Persian Wars. Photo by Doug Oakley, fall 2017.
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Chartres, France
Fall colors, old homes and the medieval Bridge of the Minimes or Pont des Minimes are reflected on the Eure River in Chartres, France. The bridge was built in the 1600s. Photo by Doug Oakley, fall 2017
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