Ben Golden

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Benaco

Photographs of one lake in the last week of August, when the season lets go. Titled in the names the water had before it was renamed for the act of watching it.

Formerly Lacus Benacus

Old names over an ordinary holiday

SeriesSix photographs, Lake Garda MadeMalcesine and the eastern shore, August 2026 TitlesThe lake's Roman name, and the vocabulary of watching
  • The Scaliger castle above Malcesine seen across the water, a yellow passenger ferry crossing at left. 01Warda
  • The eastern shore of Lake Garda from above, moored sailboats on clear green water, the town strung along the hillside. 02Littoral
  • A narrow stone alley in Malcesine, bougainvillea spilling over shuttered windows under a deep blue sky. 03Shutters
  • A wooden chair standing on a marble topped dresser in a stone courtyard, beside a green iron stair rail. 04Vacancy
  • A tall cumulus cloud over the far ridge of Lake Garda, mossed stones resting in clear shallow water in the foreground. 05Benacus
  • A passenger ferry crossing Lake Garda at sunset, silhouetted against the far cliffs under an orange sky. 06Vespers

Garda descends from a word for watchtower. The lake has been under observation for a very long time.