The ITALIAN DISPATCH By Eric J Lyman

The ITALIAN DISPATCH By Eric J Lyman

✍️ Rome, from the Right Angle

A year of looking at my adopted home city through new eyes

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Eric J Lyman
May 12, 2026
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Anna Magnani at home (Wikimedia image)

There’s a photo of Anna Magnani that fascinated me ever since I first saw it.

Taken in 1961 by Swiss photographer Hans Krebs, Magnani leans against a grand piano in her apartment just off Piazza Venezia. The photograph is intimate; it makes me feel like I’ve walked in on something. The living room is wonderfully clut…

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