The sun was still midway through the horizon and the air around was still quite comfortable, brisk but not too much, for I had been walking up a small hill, fully equipped with my 75-300, the smaller 18-55, the flash and the 28-200 Tamron beast of a lens (My fav ).  well by the time I wrote this sentence the sun had risen a little bit more so I had to stop and shoot a good intro for this post.

As the sun appeared to rise skywards the light that reflected on the sea moved further away, slowly fading

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La Capitale in Chiaroscuro

A photographic exhibition about the hidden treasures of Valletta.

All 21 photographs in this exhibition focus on the areas in Valletta that are usually full of activity and hectic during the day but calm down during the night. And here is where the magnificence of this city lushes out in silence. When I was a kid I used to run from one street to another with my grandparents and wondered who had ever built such a fortress, such a place that looked boundless to me those days.

During most of my visits to this city I discovered her hidden secrets of the past, the strongholds that kept Valletta what it is today. In due course I also discovered that time has not spared her lusciousness, her strength, and there is where I wanted to contribute. I wanted to bring out what many might ignore during the day, the architecture that has survived several years, the many facets that the city still enjoys.

The exhibition is being held at:

Omerta Trattoria & Wine Bar

92, Old Bakery Street,

Valletta

Very close to the school of Art

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Viewing Times:

Monday : From 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM & From 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM

Tuesday :Closed all day

Wednesday to Saturday : From 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM & From 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM

Sunday : From 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM

I would like to thank all those who visited the exhibition and for sending in your comments about my exhibiting shots.  I believe that all the work exhibited of all the 24 Photographers is of optimum quality, besides the devotion given in by the curator Kevin Casha who has taken care of this opportunity for us the emerging artists.  Thank you.

For the courtesy of those who could not visit the gallery I have herewith included my expressions that have been exhibited.

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Blue skies, cumulus clouds, inspired by the dominance of the silence that lays beforth me.  Valletta was speaking again or else it was myself who started to listen again.  Hopping from one rock formation to another, beneath the fortifications I realize the grandeur  of this architectural marvel.  It is unbelievable that this fortification has undergone two great wars and they are still standing, and which probably will still stand triumphantly for the years to come.

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I looked at each wave, as if staring at a magnificent piece of art, just like a newborn looking out of the protecting hands of his mother at the external antagonist world. And as I was there in a would be magnificent world another wave came rushing over as if to remind me that I was dreaming, for I was just passing by like a number in an accountants’ ledgers.

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