Amalfi Town

Amalfi Town

If you've ever visited any of the cliff-edge towns on Italy's outstretched shin, you'll be familiar with the colourful pile-up of concrete buildings spilling out into the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Amalfi, Amalfi Coast, Italy
Sony A7R IV + Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM

Amalfi is just such a town. The photos you see on Instagram make it look so tranquil and idyllic, but in the middle of summer, it feels more like a sweaty bustling favela, choked up with diesel fumes and arguing locals.

Amalfi, Amalfi Coast, Italy
Sony A7R IV + Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM

Its famous Cattedrale di Sant'Andrea is one of the few things worth seeing in Amalfi, and will give you a few moments respite from the pandemonium of the streets below. Beyond that, we were left feeling exhausted and disappointed.

Amalfi, Amalfi Coast, Italy
Sony A7R IV + Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM
Amalfi, Amalfi Coast, Italy
Sony A7R IV + Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM
Amalfi, Amalfi Coast, Italy
Sony A7R IV + Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM
Amalfi, Amalfi Coast, Italy
Sony A7R IV + Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM
Amalfi, Amalfi Coast, Italy
Sony A7R IV + Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM
Amalfi, Amalfi Coast, Italy
Sony A7R IV + Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM
Amalfi, Amalfi Coast, Italy
Sony A7R IV + Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM
Amalfi, Amalfi Coast, Italy
Sony A7R IV + Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM
Amalfi, Amalfi Coast, Italy
Sony A7R IV + Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM

These photographs were taken with the Sony A7R IV in combination with the Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM and Kase Wolverine Magnetic snap-on filters.

Alex Nichol

About the photographer

Alex Nichol is an amateur photographer based in the UK dabbling with landscape, travel and documentary in medium format, 35mm film and digital.