Black Paths Photography by Stephen Kent Johnson Hamilton’s vibrant images and keen

Hamilton’s vibrant images and keen eye capture a textured

moving effortlessly between the lives of people and the life of the terrain

and endnotes

On the first day of spring

Jo and the gang get some help from an unexpected visitor—a Moon Pirate

Black Paths Photography by Stephen Kent Johnson Hamilton’s vibrant images and keenWhen the Austro Hungarian Empire disintegrated after World War I, control of the Adriatic port of Fiume (now Rieka, Croatia) was hotly disputed. Enter Pirate King Gabriele dAnnunzio, an Italian poet who stormed the city with 3,000 Italian nationalists. DAnnunzio declared Fiume a free republic and himself commander. He envisioned a utopian city state, but Fiume quickly became a surreal center of violence, looting, and decadence, with shades of the