Seniors observe the evening passeggiata in Sorrento, Italy (Campania), on 27 June 2008. The passeggiata, a custom throughout Italy, brings residents of all ages out of their homes every evening to stroll the main pedestrian street, while cars are routed to other avenues. Neighbors visit, friends gossip, children play, young men and women flirt, and everyone seems to make the scene. Local seniors, like these four Sorrentines photographed discreetly by Dana, watch life in their town unfold from a front-row seat. Il dolce far niente: the sweetness of doing nothing.+
Photo by Dana Angotti-Novick
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