Impressions of Naples (2015) by Eliza Fraser-Mackenzie
This blog post is based around an image of Naples captured by a young artist, Eliza Fraser-Mackenzie, born and raised in Zimbabwe.
A young artist’s first impressions of Naples, Italy
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Fireworks – part of life and death in the south of Italy
Fireworks over the Bay of Naples
This summer has been a terrible one for the firework makers of southern Italy. In a few months there have been explosions in three factories – two of them lethal.
You might think it’s a brutal cost for such fleeting wonder, but here, on the edge of the Bay of Naples, life is never steady or predictable, and the instability and flamboyance of the firework suits it well.
Castel Sant’Elmo, Naples, Italy: built to last
The Castel Sant’Elmo Naples, Italy with coat of arms of Charles V and the double-headed eagle
If you find a castle in town you know there’s been trouble … and the bigger the castle the bigger the trouble.
Bump into Castel Sant’Elmo, with Vesuvius just there, and you realise that you probably have no idea what ‘trouble’ even is.
When we visited there was trouble.
The Phraser 