Cortona Skies
These pictures are my favorite landscape photographs of Cortona, Italia from 2022–2023.
![Cortona Skies](/content/images/size/w2000/2023/07/20230511_monastero_tramonto-1.webp)
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.](https://www.marktaggart.com/content/images/2023/07/20220927_Valdichiana-3.webp)
![Sunset at Piazza del Duomo in Cortona on October 22, 2022.](https://www.marktaggart.com/content/images/2023/07/20221022_Piazza_del_duomo.webp)
![Sunset illuminates the Porta Berarda intersection in Cortona on November 6, 2022](https://www.marktaggart.com/content/images/2023/07/20221106_Porta_Berarda.webp)
![Sunset over the UGA Cortona campus and the Valdichiana on November 28, 2022.](https://www.marktaggart.com/content/images/2023/07/20221128_monastero_tramonto.webp)
![Sunset over Lago Trasimeno and the Valdichiana in Toscana on December 4, 2022.](https://www.marktaggart.com/content/images/2023/07/20221204_Lago_tramonto-1.webp)
![Sunrise and moonset as seen from the UGA campus in Cortona Toscana on May 3, 2023.](https://www.marktaggart.com/content/images/2023/07/20230503_UGA_sunrise.webp)
![A thunderstorm approaches Cortona during sunset on May 11, 2023](https://www.marktaggart.com/content/images/2023/07/20230511_monastero_tramonto.webp)
![Sundown over the valley, as seen from above Basilica di Santa Margherita in Cortona on May 14, 2023.](https://www.marktaggart.com/content/images/2023/07/20230514_Santa_Margherita.webp)
![A sunset of brilliant colors in Cortona Toscana on May 23, 2023.](https://www.marktaggart.com/content/images/2023/07/20230523_subtle_sundown.webp)
![A monochromatic photograph of a cloudscape over the Valdichiana in Toscana on June 10, 2023.](https://www.marktaggart.com/content/images/2023/07/20230610_monochromatic_cloudscape.webp)