This is my photography blog: information and education focusing on the history, geography, and lifestyle of the Alps. A careful look at what has been, what is, and what will be.
Why zip? Because the Alps are a hinge that unites the peoples of Europe, not a barrier that separates. It has always been so, from the Romans and Barbarians, to the Middle Ages and the modern era...and today it is a magnificent laboratory of contradictions and hyperbole, where beauty and modernity blend together, enclosed within short distances and slight elevation changes.
iconema
The term iconema defines those elementary units of perception, those particular frames of reference on which we build our image of a country (or landscape ...). They are the projection of our way of perceiving, a projection in turn of our organization of knowing.