“champagne is forever.”

Thanks for stopping by. My name is Rebecca Price Butler and I’m a Boston based photographer (and life long student of photography). This tumblr started out as a travel photoblog about Italy. It’s expanded into film and digital photographs of every day life, people and places and abstractions which strike me, both at home and abroad. It’s stories and moments in time. Perhaps it’s even a little bit dreamlike. MY TRAVEL BLOG W/ PICTURES & WRITING: ALOVELETTERTOROME.COM 

FAQ - FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

(1). Do I live in Rome or Italy?

Alas, no, but I have visited it nine ten times (and counting) and I study it, read about it, dream about it and shoot it and explore it whenever I can. 

(2). Why do you love Rome/Naples/Italy/travel so much?

Because. AND because.

(3). What kind of cameras do I use? What photo settings do I use? What digital processing and software do I use?

I also shoot film!!! I love analog photography.

(4). Can you recommend some great restaurants/museums/romantic spots/off the beaten places/etc in Rome? in Naples?

I have a list here (and I am working on some AMAZING off the beaten path recommendations in ITALY which I’ll post soon. So CHECK BACK)!

(5). Where can I find literary spots in Italy on John Keats? Lord Byron? Shelley? Oscar Wilde? 

(6). Where can I see Artemisia Gentileschi paintings?

(7). Where are your photographs by location in Italy, city by city?

-here, just click on the individual travel photo tags: ROME / NAPLES / CAPRI / FLORENCE / NEW ORLEANS / NEW ENGLAND / PORTRAITS / CANDIDS / DETAILS / color film / black and white film / candids / John Keats In Rome / Artemisia Gentileschi in Italy /

find me elsewhere online: {instagram: @retrofocus {pinterest: @1920 {flickr: @champagne! {weheartit: @cremant {twitter @anaisnin {facebook: @cremant  {vimeo: @champagne {last.fm: @voyageinthedark {google+: @champagne   

- Sometimes I post literary quotes and things related to tea , interior decor, books, art, history, museums, gardens, architectural details, champagne, John Keats and the other English Romantic poets, renaissance artist Artemisia Gentileschi, writer Anaïs Nin  & anything that’s lovely and melancholy.  

- I’ve had a dream of visiting Ireland since I was a little girl. I always felt like it would be coming home. I want to see and taste it and photograph it more than anywhere else on earth right now. I am hoping to realize this dream in 2013. 

- Please link & credit me for my photographs. This is my passion project. Thank you!