I took these photographs last month at the Donna e Agricoltura (Women and Agriculture) market. It is a monthly market for agricultural products made by women owned businesses held at Piazza Trilussa. The products they sell are tourist oriented: black and white truffle sauces, specialty olive oils, organic honey, cured meat, cheese, wine, etc. It is a fun market to go to because there is a lot of food sampling, free music, and a festivesque atmosphere.
The photograph below was edited and printed for the photo class portraits series. The lady sells organic chocolate spreads (with specialty flavors such as chili, cinnamon, and no-milk) and gives away free tasty samplers.
At this month's market, I decided to give this photograph to the lady herself. I have no use of it, I thought, and she would appreciate it very much. I didn't expect anything but a thanks and a small talk, which would be nice since my Italian is getting to be very rustic. Random, awkward, strange... but hey, what's the harm in giving something to a stranger?
And so I went, on this nice golden afternoon. I gave it to her and she was surprised, happy, but in a nonchalant way. As a her thanks, she offered me one of the chocolate spread she is selling! I picked the chili chocolate and went because she seem to be busy. In the end I did not get the small talk I wanted, but, a jar of chocolate is really YUMMM!
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