This blog has been set up to allow family and friends of participants in the National Geographic Student Expedition to Rome and Greece to check in on the progress of the group.
Born and raised in Italy, photojournalist Massimo Bassano has been photographing his country for many years. His work has been published in National Geographic Traveler and on nationalgeographic.com and he has taught many National Geographic Photography Workshops in Tuscany and Venice. His acclaimed photography book, The Color of Silence, detailed the 12 weeks he spent in a little-known Italian monastery.