One might call Florence a City of Gates.  Every villa, large or small, elegant or modest, has a gate, often set in a high wall.  The gate marks a line between the dusty outside street and the lush green garden within. It is a tantalizing window into a private world locked away in stone and marble and providing a cool respite from the brilliant Tuscan sun.  Each gate has  story to tell.  As Cy DeCosse roams the city with his camera, viewing the gates in the changing light, he looks for that special moment when the gate reveals its imagined tale.