Dear Moose22, what you call "peeks" isn't really my intention, it's more a 'research' for the light falling in, look at the street cobbles how they become 'alive'.
Looking thru an opening is looking into the light. I am more interested in what the light does with the object than the object as such
(although the object is most of the time as interesting as the light is (sic))...
Anyway, what we see (and photograph) is the thing rendered by the reflexion of the light falling (striking) on it, not really the 'thing'
Oh, I know that. It's that light on the cobbles that I am talking about exploring. Your interiors lit though doors or windows seem to have just enough detail that I find myself looking at the light reflecting off the stone wall, or the floors.
This is all much more interesting to me than how I might have done it when I was shooting digital, where everything would be exposed. In your photos I follow the light with my eyes, I also seem to look around the image more than once, looking at the details and shadows, like on the most recent post how the arch is lit but the walls above and below are black.
As for the light, not the thing it's reflecting off of, I've had that discussion with people before. I apologize since this is not architecture, but as an example one of my favorites is really just about light reflecting off rocks:
When everyone is on the blufftops, taking sunset photos by pointing their cameras at the sun, I'll be facing the other way looking at reflections and shadows.
Your basilica pictures with the light and shadow off of the columns make me look again and again as well. Shadows and light reflections on the floor, the edges of columns lit. This use of specular light very much interests me right now.