Travel nominee

In the summer of 2022, I spent 36 days in wonderful, beautiful, Italy. The trip started in Piedmont, heading to Lake Iseo and on to Verona, Bologna, Siena, Certaldo, Montepulciano, Lucca and Corniglia, as well as many small villages along the way.
The five images I have selected from a wider series demonstrate my observation of the people, texture, shape, line and atmosphere of Italy that I experienced during my travels. In Siena, I observed the flair and traditions of a city as it prepared for the famous Palio. In Tuscany, I observed the angles and textures of the rooftops that are so evocative of this area. In the cities, I enjoyed watching the locals and the tourists navigating the same spaces, each group of people executing their different daily aims. I also loved the blurring of the boundary between inside and outside spaces, which is enabled by the warm weather and creates beautiful, warm and calm spaces.

Jo Daly graduated from Cardiff School of Art in 2009 with a degree in Art and Art History. After three years working in the creative industry in the UK and Berlin, she decided to pursue a career as an art teacher. Daly is currently the Head of Art & Design at a large secondary school in Warwickshire, where she has spent 10 years inspiring the next generation of artists. Now, in 2023, Daly intends to publish her work to the public for the first time, which documents over a decade of observing her surroundings, travels and memories through photography. Using her Grandad's Olympus OM 10 35mm and trusty Nikon D60, Daly enjoys exploring the nostalgic and atmospheric quality of analogue black and white photography as well as the vibrancy and energy of the world through her colour digital work.