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Our Tours are Urban Adventures!


• Discover and experience a city through the eyes of a local photographer.
• Encourage the observation of new viewpoints and interesting details which might easily be overlooked.
• To improve photography technique.
• To have a more interesting experience and involvement when visiting a city.
• Have fun

About the photographers

Steve Bisgrove

Steve Bisgrove is originally from the UK, has lived in Rome for more than 20 years and knows the city and its secrets intimately.  Besides being an excellent photographer and qualified tour guide, he is very personable and a delight to be with.  Here is some of Steve’s background:

Steve studied photography at Newcastle College of Arts qualifying with a Diploma in Photography and Design in the early Eighties.  

Between 1982 and 1984 he worked as a photographic assistant for two top London advertising photographers as well as working freelance for a number of other photographers in London. Setting up in his own right in the mid eighties he has worked for various advertising agencies, design groups and magazines in London, Milan and Rome. These include among the magazines, Elle Decoration and Country Life in London; Casa Vogue, Amica and Spazio Casa in Milan, as well as having articles and photos published in the magazines “Italy” and “Italia” in the United Kingdom.

He has shot advertising campaigns for Saatchi & Saatchi in Rome, a scooter in Rome’s Trevi Fountain for BBDO of Milan, and other campaigns for Young and Rubicam, TBWA and McCann Erickson in Rome.

 He has taught photography at the European Institute of Design in Rome and also at the Scuola Romana di Fotografia.

His photographs have been recognized in various competitions. In the Px3 Prix de la Photographie Paris he was awarded a third prize in 2007 in his chosen category for the series of Rome shops, and in 2008 received and Honorable Mention for a series of photographs of a person undergoing major surgery at the CTO hospital in Rome. 

One of his pictures was selected for the 2007 Royal Photographic Society’s International Print Exhibition and another was selected in the 2005 Association of Photographers’ (AoP) Open competition. 

His photographs are available through a number of online agencies including Alamy, Arcangel Images, Writer Pictures and Rex Features.

Luca della Vale

Luca is an American born in Rome. While much of his work involves architectural, interiors, and advertising still-life and product photography, his greatest love is reportage. His joy is to be always with his camera, ready to make an exciting image, wherever he may find himself.  Luca began his work as an assistant to a fashion photographer Tony Lattari in New York City. He was the leading photographer for an art catalogue of a prestigious painter Chris Davis inside the Vittoriano – Rome’s monument to the Unknown Soldier. He lived and worked in China for several years, working for an Italian and Chinese photo agency Iber-press and Featurechina, and has photographed for UNESCO at the Yunnan Dam on the Hu Tiao Xia gorge, as well as other places in China.
He likes telling real stories that people everywhere can relate. Luca lives in Rome, the Eternal City, which is an unending opportunity for great imagery.

 


Morning Tour

Coliseum to Pantheon

Tour Code: MT-ROM-PH4 - on request
Departures : All Year (excluding August)  9:30 am - 1:00pm
Duration: 3.5 hrs.
Departure: At the Kiosk newsstand outside the metro entrance, across from the Coliseum
End : Pantheon
Cost: 300€ (up to 4 people )

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The Coliseum is one of the world’s most famous landmarks and tourist attractions. Although it survives only as a ruin, it still rates as one of the finest examples of Roman architecture and engineering.

The Foro Romano, or Roman Forum, was the focal point of the city for early Romans. It was the center for commercial, political, and civil activities and contained markets, prisons, statues, entertainment areas, temples and monuments built by various emperors. Perhaps more than any other Roman ruin, the Forum with its great temples and arches gives us a glimpse into both the architectural and political power of Rome during the time of the emperors and is the perfect outdoor classroom to make exciting and memorable photographs of one of the world's greatest historic sites.

The Campidoglio is a remarkable square and an urban masterpiece designed by Michelangelo. At the center of the square stands the great bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius.

Teatro Marcello was the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. Caesar wanted to build a theater to rival the one built by Pompey, whom he had just defeated and killed in the struggle for the control of Rome. Part of the site that he chose had been used at least since 179 BC for dramatic productions in front of a temple of Apollo.

When Caesar was killed in 44 BC, all work on his theater complex stopped, and the site remained in limbo until 22 BC. By then Augustus was seven years into his long rule, and his plan to transform Rome from a city of brick to a city of marble was already under way. Caesar's theater was a likely project, but Augustus did not want to repeat Caesar's mistake. Using private funds, he expanded the site, making sure that those injured by Caesar's high-handed expropriations 22 years earlier were also compensated. Construction began in 22 BC and by 17 BC, although incomplete, the theater was used for some of the theatrical productions that were part of that year's Ludi Saeculares (secular games). The theater was formally dedicated in 13 BC in memory of Marcellus, the son of Augustus' sister Octavia.

Built mainly of tufa, cement, and opus reticulatum brickwork, the Theatrum Marcelli was completely sheathed in white travertine. True to Caesar's original plan, it was bigger and more elaborate that Pompey's theater. It seated about 12,000 spectators (maybe 14,000 with standees) which was twenty percent more than would fit into Pompey's theater.

Tortoise Fountain (Fontana delle Tartarughe) was built by Taddeo Landini and Giacomo della Porta, and located in Piazza Mattei. It is one of the most unique and less-known fountains in all of Rome.  Recently restored to its original state, this is one of those "off the beaten path" places that make Rome so interesting.

The Pantheon is a building in Rome that was begun in 27 BC by the statesman Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa. It was completely rebuilt by the emperor Hadrian sometime between AD 118 and 128. It is remarkable for its size, its construction, and its design. The dome was the largest built until modern times, measuring about 142 feet (43 m) in diameter, and rising to a height of 71 feet (22 m) above its base. It was dedicated in AD 609 as the Church of the Santa Maria Rotonda, or ad Martyrs, which it remains today. The tomb of Raphael is found inside.

 Additional Information                                                                                           

• Participants must have a basic knowledge of their cameras.
• We reserve the right to change the route based on local conditions.
• Tours leave rain or shine. In extreme conditions please call the local number.
• We suggest good walking shoes, a lightweight poncho, in case it rains and in high temperatures a small bottle of water & sun hat.
• A lightweight tripod is recommended for evening sessions
• Clients who have not booked this activity in conjunction with a hotel are advised to provide contact details.
• Cancellation fees may apply.

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