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In the summer we visited a small Italian town
which was supposed to have a wonderful restaurant.
We drove up the steep hill,
parked our car between tiny Fiats
and wandered around the jumble of unmarked streets.

In the central square was a huge poster
consisting of a mosaic of photographs.
Each shot showed a small hut in a field
photographed from exactly the same spot
in different lights and different seasons.

We never did find the restaurant
but went on to a pizzeria in the mountains
and sat watching a fiery sunset.
The images on the poster lingered in my mind
and I decided to adopt the idea
as a project for 2010.

This is the first of my series of photos.
It was taken on Christmas Day, 2009.