Photography: Snow is a ball wherever it falls

A moment in Italy that could be from any northern childhood

I particularly enjoyed writing about Piero Vistali’s photograph of a snowball fight near his childhood home in northern Italy. Everything about it, from the action to the facial expressions, reminds me of winter days from my own childhood in eastern Canada. To get through an entire winter day without throwing — or getting hit by — a snowball would be rare. Click here to read the article in the National Gallery of Canada’s magazine . . .