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Cortona Skies

These pictures are my favorite landscape photographs of Cortona, Italia from 2022–2023.

Mark Taggart

• 2 min read
Cortona Skies
5.11.2023, digital photograph, 2023.

When I moved to Cortona, Italia nine years ago, I immediately fell in love with its skies. Every day they presented new compositions of color, light, and form. I began photographing them with my phone for social media, but as I learned more about photography, I began making skyscape pictures with a mirrorless DSLR camera.

Six years ago taking photographs became a daily practice, and I made sure to carry my camera during my runs and walks around Cortona and its surrounding landscape.

I continue that practice today. These pictures are the best ones I’ve made during the past twelve months, during 2022–2023.

Sunrise over the Chiana Valley, as seen from Cortona on September 27, 2022.
9.27.2022, digital photograph, 2022.
Sunset at Piazza del Duomo in Cortona on October 22, 2022.
10.22.2022, digital photograph, 2022.
Sunset illuminates the Porta Berarda intersection in Cortona on November 6, 2022
11.6.2022, digital photograph, 2022.
Sunset over the UGA Cortona campus and the Valdichiana on November 28, 2022.
11.28.2022, digital photograph, 2022.
Sunset over Lago Trasimeno and the Valdichiana in Toscana on December 4, 2022.
12.4.2022, digital photograph, 2022.
Sunrise and moonset as seen from the UGA campus in Cortona Toscana on May 3, 2023.
5.3.2023, digital photograph, 2023.
A thunderstorm approaches Cortona during sunset on May 11, 2023
5.11.2023, digital photograph, 2023.
Sundown over the valley, as seen from above Basilica di Santa Margherita in Cortona on May 14, 2023.
5.14.2023, digital photograph, 2023.
A sunset of brilliant colors in Cortona Toscana on May 23, 2023.
5.23.2022, digital photograph, 2023.
A monochromatic photograph of a cloudscape over the Valdichiana in Toscana on June 10, 2023.
6.10.2023, digital photograph, 2023.

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