Laura & Joel

The place

Puglia

Olive groves, white towns and fortified farmhouses on the heel of Italy, between two seas.

July works here with a little planning.

The light

How the light falls there

Flat land, white stone and sea on both sides make for bright, reflected light — hard at midday, glowing at either end of the day, when the white walls turn pink and gold. The Adriatic coast faces east, for sunrise over the sea; for the sun setting into it, the Ionian side of the Salento faces west.