"Door, barrier of wood, stone, metal, glass, paper, leaves, hides, or a combination of materials, installed to swing, fold, slide, or roll in order to close an opening to a room or building." Encyclopaedia Britannica (http://www.britannica.com/)
For several years I've been photographing doors wherever I travel - everyone has to have a hobby. Doors are a universal architectural feature essential wherever humans enclose spaces. Every culture and subculture develops its own functional and aesthetic rules for making doors, determined by the materials available and the cultural prestige of the buildings they serve.
On top of that I enjoy my own overlaid aesthetic of the photograph; the colours, the furniture around the door such as the house number, bolts for locking, handles, and even the things placed or parked or growing nearby.
So, here are 10 doors from the area around Lake Como.
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