I had the pleasure of having my first photos published in 1964,
in Leonardo Benevolo Storia dell'architettura del Rinascimento (Laterza)
and in several books of Paolo Portoghesi on Roman Baroque architecture.
I was 20 years old, and just a student of Architecture.
So 2004 is a kind of 40th birthday of my architectural photography period.
(Two superwide shots of Bernini Baldacchino in San Pietro, Rome.
As Benevolo said, Baroque photos of a Baroque object.)
exif
Exakta Varex IIb ,Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 20mm f/4
8 sec f/8, Agfapan 25 ISO developed in Tetenal Neofin Blau
(and yes, I remember the exif by heart)
Many decades later, visiting the Roman Catholic Basilica in Montréal Québec Canada
which is a replica (Baldacchino included) of St. Peter's in Rome I had a vision...