In recent years, I have been spending 30 days teaching and photographing in Italy for multiple summers and counting, Venus/David Suite (2008-present) series presents a view of gender identities in the mixed cultural context, found on the streets of Italian cities. The diptych forms a visual continuum, employing visual and formal cues to integrate the pairs. The new combination uses the inherent narrative present in each image, producing fresh observations. The work is intended to examine gender, through metaphor, wit, and transformation, to reveal the sacred and profane in the observed world.