This book is printed on premium paper, hard cover with dust jacket. The photographs have been carefully prepaired to ensure the best possible quality.
This was one of most exciting events to photograph. I spent about 6-days in Siena documenting every aspect of the race.
The Palio di Siena known locally simply as Il Palio) is a horse race that is held twice each year, on 2 July and 16 August, in Siena, Italy. Ten horses and riders, bareback and dressed in the appropriate colors, represent ten of the seventeen contrade, or city wards. The Palio held on 2 July is named Palio di Provenzano, in honor of the Madonna of Provenzano, a Marian devotion particular to Siena which developed around an icon from the Terzo Camollia. The Palio held on 16 August is named Palio dell'Assunta, in honor of the Assumption of Mary.