Bestseller from The Italian Landscapes Collection
This spot didn’t catch my eye because of any grand landmark—it was the texture that got me. I was walking along a quiet path when the ploughed earth in the foreground stopped me. It had this dry, fractured look, almost like a relief map. The frame felt heavier at the bottom, so I used that mass to anchor the composition. The midground hills rolled gently upward, with that warm Tuscan glow catching just enough of the contours to bring them to life. I didn’t need dramatic light here—just clarity and space. The distant homes and cypress trees balanced the openness with something human, without stealing the scene. What I liked most was the simplicity: no big skies, no vivid colors screaming for attention, just soft browns and earthy tones leading into blues. The sky added a quiet rhythm with its small scattered clouds, like punctuation marks on a page. I shot this fairly wide to let the landscape breathe, giving the viewer room to take it in the same way I did—slowly and quietly.
Welcome to my world of photography. I am Martijn Jebbink, born in the Netherlands and living in Rome.
I grew up in a small town, surrounded by an impressive forest. In that environment I developed my own way of looking at the world. At first, I didn’t see..
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