August 21, 2012
What could be more summertime than stoop sitters?
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Stoop-sittin’ in SicilyAugust 21, 2012 What could be more summertime than stoop sitters?
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Timeless scenes and wonderful, expressive photos. You really engage the subjects and capture so much of their personalities in a very natural presentation.
Your photos inspire me, Lynne….
Love the pictures. Having been in Modica for five days last September, these pictures bring the memories of that great trip back. It’s likely going to be a couple of more years before I can make it back to Italy, but your posts just make it certain that when I do, Sicily will be part of the itinerary.
Charlie, I am very sure that the modicani loved having you in their white town. Hope to see you back soon!!!
I love these photos of stoop sitters! Every face tells a story. I find myself staring at noses, eyes, and mouths, wondering if any of these people are related to me, way back in my line!
Debbie, there may just be a few degrees of separation! Thanks for staring (and leaving a comment)!
So poignant Jann. This post makes me smile and gives me goose bumps. Being from Sicilian stock, you sometimes wonder how things might have been, you know?
Ah, it could have been/be you sitting on one of those stoops, Janine?? 🙂
The first photo literally caused to gasp. SOOOO beautiful. I have precious few pictures of my childhood and one is a photo of my two older brothers and I sitting on the stoop of our place in the projects of Buffalo. Thanks for bringing that memory back. I love the fan on the lap of the little one in photo 3. You are truly gifted with portraits. You capture so much more than images. Thanks.
Rosann, thank YOU for your kind comments. So many fans (Spanish-style) came out this summer in Sicily that I thought I was in old Spain!
By the way, my house is the one attached to the left of that of Sig.ra Gullo, number 3. In fact, at one time it was one house. I love via Fratelli Ragusa and the stoop sitters. Wonderful neighbors.
Those are great little streets back there! A small world!!
I recognized my neighbor on my street Via Fratelli Ragusa in Noto. I will have to forward this to another neighbor who goes on line. great photographs. I hope that you had time to stop at Caffe Sicilia for a granita.
Wow! Your neighbor! She is so sweet, and was such a willing subject, and photogenic. Of course I NEVER miss a chance to hang out a Caffe Sicilia, and believe me I always have a granita, and so much more…
Jann, where did you take these? Girl #2 looks just like a friend of mine who lives in Modica.
Hi Jill–the photos were taken (from top to bottom) in 1)Ferla 2)Ragusa Ibla 3)Noto 4)Ferla 5)Modica Alta 6)Modica Alta.
Fabulous portraiture!
Thanks, Jann!
Hey Aysha–thanks! I’m emailing you now….
Love the black and white, it captures the simple quiet time of the event.
Summer at it’s end and the realization of it.
Vicki
Yes, it’s hard to believe it’s almost end August, but if that means the heat will soon subside, it’s a good thing!!! xxxxxx
Jann, it is so great to be back and finally be able to read your blog again! And what a post this is! These shots, I believe, are among your best! You’ve captured the emotions on the faces of these folk perfectly. I love, love them! My favorite, if forced to pick–what am I saying? I can’t pick cause they’re all so good! Lovely post, my friend! 🙂
Thank you Bella!!! It’s always such a pleasure getting your comments. xxxxxxxxxxx
beauty- all ages, faces and photos
Sue–thank you so much for your comment.
Stoop Sittin’ I Like! I want to stoop sit, too.
I am wondering what the 3 older women are taking about.
Lost loves. Poetry. What they shall make for dinner.
Can you ask them?
Luv to you, Sweets. <3 Xx
Knowing Sicilian women, Kim, my guess is they’re pontificating about all the great meals they’ve had and will have. Mostly about what to cook for tomorrow. I wish I had asked them!!! Luv back to you xxxxxxxx.
Cittaslow- slow towns are what we miss for a long time, Jann…These people are so lucky to have such silent hours ,chatting and watching people around. I don’t want to see life speed up.Hey, life and time…! Stay where you are…..! Don’t move, please….!
🙂 Great new invented word, Cemal! Yes, SLOOOOOWWWWWWWWW is good. One reason for loving Sicily is that you go back a century. But then I know you can find that in the Turkish countryside, too….
Sicily is like the good old days in America. Maybe that’s why I love it there so much.
Nancy, you’re right. If you’re nostalgic for the mid-1900s, or even earlier, you can still find it in Sicily.
Love it. It reminds me of growing up in an Italian-American neigborhood in New Jersey pre
air-conditioning and TV or TV with 3 channels.
Summer was so much more fun,
In Sicily, we’re still pretty much pre-air con, Emalene. Lots of cold showers instead. Sicilians don’t use dryers either, so really they’re are very eco-friendly (except for their love of cars). Yes, it’s great to see people sitting out on the street.
Great photos, but in previous posts you show the streets being about as wide as a Fiat with folded-in mirrors. Aren’t these people in danger of getting toes squashed and knees bumped from passing traffic?
Well, Sam, there are some lanes that get little traffic, and this is where you see the stoop sitters. Or on stoops of houses situated on staircases…Thanks for your comment!
I loved sitting on the stoop and visiting with those who passed by. Sometimes we would crack almonds, in season of course, and sometimes we would just sit. How pleasant in the evening.
Barbara, where exactly did you do your stoop sitting??? Lovely the image of cracking almonds while chatting with passersby.