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 the 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...