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Preface
The Slavic word for the sea is “More” (pronounced mor-a) and it really is a fitting name; the more you see, the more you love it, and the more you want to experience it. I have had a lifelong affection with the sea and have visited many of the worlds oceans and seas but there is a rustic maturity with the Adriatic sea that really makes it a wonderful place to live on or visit. These are a few of my photographic observations. This book is dedicated to the DeLorenzo kids, CC, CM and JC who I was fortunate to share some of these memories of Kornati and the Slovenian seaside trips with.
-- Justin Wideman
Off the reel
“Captain Žak Špiro, I presume?” While walking along the Isala harbour I came across this old fishing boat complete with black tattered sails that looked like something from a recent pirate film.
Copyright 2007 by Justin Wideman and XYZone. Not for sale or print. Not to be reproduced in whole or part without expressed permission.
Where is the Adriatic Sea?
Most people know the bootshaped Italy and the larger Mediterranean Sea, but few pay much attention to what is on the other side. It is the beautiful sea of the Adriatic shared by the nations of Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro and Albania full of rich history, culture and natural beauty.
TO WALK ON WATER
PAIRS ALL LINED UP Rarly do things line up themselves as these two times that were just asking to be pictured. The seaside is just full of unique (like the pier) or birds that are gone the next minute.
STRUGGLE When the “big fish” of tourist yachts come in the local fishermen feel the pinch in otherwise sleepy fishing villages like here in Primošten.
HOPE FLOATS Much like life this is: when push comes to shove sometimes we go under but we do not have to sink, just bale out and start again.
Clockwise: Valun (Cres) Croatia Near Lošinj, Croatia Cres, Croatia Izala, Slovenia
LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY There are so many rocks and coves along the coastline and on the islands that there are endless amounts of various light beacons to warn ships and fishing vessels these are a few different shapes and sizes and locations I’ve come across.
TALES OF TWO TIMES I find it interesting to see how modern living and historical places come together in contemperary ways, these are two examples I took at the coastal old town of Šibinek, Croatia.
Islands are wonderful things but rarely are they are so unique and priceless they earn the distinction as a national park. Such is the case with Kornati ( meaning cones) a large collection of small islands (365 by some accounts) in the middle of the Croatian cost, a true national treasure.
MERCHANTS OF VACATIONS Day-trip excursions are a wonderful way to experiance small uninhabitated islands and coves.
TOP: Mali Lošinj, Croatia LEFT and RIGHT: Kornati, Croatia
COLORS OF THE COAST It always amazes me the vibrancy of colors I find on the seaside. There is so much old stone work in walls and chapels but then the bright colors of painted houses and boats, the sky and sea bring it all together so well.
TOP: Cres, Croatia LEFT: Izola, Slovenia BOTTOM: Vele Lošinj, Croatia
EVENING ON THE ADRIATIC This is a special time of day for me, it brings closer to yet another wonderful day, in summer the yachts all come in and fisherman in boats and on piers dot the coastline for a catch in the pleasant evening air. I’m just glad to have had another day in paradise.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF JEFF BROWN
I have spent much of my time since January of 1999 in Croatia and Slovenia as a full-time volunteer with the Family International looking for social solutions for the benefit for the people of these lands. I am also an amateur photographer and writer and I feel blessed to be able to use these gifts to share with others the treasures that I’ve found, photographed and stories I come across in my travels. These few pictures contained in this book are but a mere fragment of the places to experiences and see in the amazing Adriatic coast, but it is my hope that it inspires and awakes an interest and curiosity in others to see it for themselves too. For an ongoing account of my travels and experiences and pictures of not only the coast but other locations inland as well please visit the popular blog I write at: www.XYZone.wordpress.com
The Slavic word for the sea is “More” (pronounced mor-a) and it really is a fitting name; the more you see, the more you love it, and the more you want to experience it. I have had a lifelong affection with the sea and have visited many of the worlds oceans and seas but there is a rustic maturity with the Adriatic sea that really makes it a wonderful place to live on or visit. These are a few of my photographic observations. This book is dedicated to the DeLorenzo kids, CC, CM and JC who I was fortunate to share some of these memories of Kornati and the Slovenian seaside trips with.
-- Justin Wideman
Off the reel
“Captain Žak Špiro, I presume?” While walking along the Isala harbour I came across this old fishing boat complete with black tattered sails that looked like something from a recent pirate film.
Copyright 2007 by Justin Wideman and XYZone. Not for sale or print. Not to be reproduced in whole or part without expressed permission.
Where is the Adriatic Sea?
Most people know the bootshaped Italy and the larger Mediterranean Sea, but few pay much attention to what is on the other side. It is the beautiful sea of the Adriatic shared by the nations of Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro and Albania full of rich history, culture and natural beauty.
TO WALK ON WATER
PAIRS ALL LINED UP Rarly do things line up themselves as these two times that were just asking to be pictured. The seaside is just full of unique (like the pier) or birds that are gone the next minute.
STRUGGLE When the “big fish” of tourist yachts come in the local fishermen feel the pinch in otherwise sleepy fishing villages like here in Primošten.
HOPE FLOATS Much like life this is: when push comes to shove sometimes we go under but we do not have to sink, just bale out and start again.
Clockwise: Valun (Cres) Croatia Near Lošinj, Croatia Cres, Croatia Izala, Slovenia
LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY There are so many rocks and coves along the coastline and on the islands that there are endless amounts of various light beacons to warn ships and fishing vessels these are a few different shapes and sizes and locations I’ve come across.
TALES OF TWO TIMES I find it interesting to see how modern living and historical places come together in contemperary ways, these are two examples I took at the coastal old town of Šibinek, Croatia.
Islands are wonderful things but rarely are they are so unique and priceless they earn the distinction as a national park. Such is the case with Kornati ( meaning cones) a large collection of small islands (365 by some accounts) in the middle of the Croatian cost, a true national treasure.
MERCHANTS OF VACATIONS Day-trip excursions are a wonderful way to experiance small uninhabitated islands and coves.
TOP: Mali Lošinj, Croatia LEFT and RIGHT: Kornati, Croatia
COLORS OF THE COAST It always amazes me the vibrancy of colors I find on the seaside. There is so much old stone work in walls and chapels but then the bright colors of painted houses and boats, the sky and sea bring it all together so well.
TOP: Cres, Croatia LEFT: Izola, Slovenia BOTTOM: Vele Lošinj, Croatia
EVENING ON THE ADRIATIC This is a special time of day for me, it brings closer to yet another wonderful day, in summer the yachts all come in and fisherman in boats and on piers dot the coastline for a catch in the pleasant evening air. I’m just glad to have had another day in paradise.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF JEFF BROWN
I have spent much of my time since January of 1999 in Croatia and Slovenia as a full-time volunteer with the Family International looking for social solutions for the benefit for the people of these lands. I am also an amateur photographer and writer and I feel blessed to be able to use these gifts to share with others the treasures that I’ve found, photographed and stories I come across in my travels. These few pictures contained in this book are but a mere fragment of the places to experiences and see in the amazing Adriatic coast, but it is my hope that it inspires and awakes an interest and curiosity in others to see it for themselves too. For an ongoing account of my travels and experiences and pictures of not only the coast but other locations inland as well please visit the popular blog I write at: www.XYZone.wordpress.com
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