• On one of those first sunny days of late winter, when the sun slowly starts again to warm up, the square immediately resumes its best-known aspect of an amazing and unique open-air lounge. All cafes get suddenly busy with … Continue reading
Category Archives: Black & White
#69 Campo S. Margherita
• It’s not easy to find trees in Venice squares, all available space is paved and plants have no way to expand their roots. This one photographed in backlight on a sunny winter morning is located in Campo S. Margherita, … Continue reading
#64 A magnet and a scenery
• A gondolier stands in front of Doge’s Palace waiting for customers to take onboard his black boat; next to him, a tourist gets the ten millionth souvenir snapshot with the famous building in the background as eternal testimony of … Continue reading
#63 On how I found joy on a gray day
• Most of the times I’m in town, I can’t avoid going to Piazza San Marco; and the reason is that this place, which I photographed countless times, is always an inexhaustible source of amazing images. Here, in a gloomy … Continue reading
#61 Madonna della Salute/3
• Faces, expressions and gestures of the participants in this celebration, reflect an intimate and profound devotion, something that can be brought to surface by only a few genuinely popular events such as the one that takes place in the … Continue reading
#58 A vote of thanksgiving
• In 1630, as a votive offering for the city’s deliverance from the pestilence, the government of the Serenissima Republic of Venice decided to build a church dedicated to Our Lady of Health. The project was entrusted to the architect … Continue reading
#55 The sound of silence
• It takes few steps to get away from the noisy crush of tourists in S. Marco and Rialto and rediscover the charming venetian atmosphere we all know very well, made of silence and sound of footsteps in the distance. … Continue reading
#51 Il Canalazzo
• Grand Canal, Canal Grande or, as locals still call it nowadays, “il Canalazzo”. The famous waterway was once the commercial highway of Venice; ships coming from all major ports of the Mediterranean, loaded with spices from far East and other precious … Continue reading
#47 Ladies and gentlemen, the gazillionth photo of…
• This is a rather iconic and popular view of the gondolas moored just in front of Doge's Palace (see here I am not lying); having said that, I have to admit myself that despite the thousand times I have … Continue reading
#45 The glance of innocence
• Yes, I know, it's just a bit late for a carnival image (it happened "only" three months ago…) but while I was searching for the next image of this photographic tale about Venice, I stumbled on this one and … Continue reading
#42 St Mark’s waterfront (Not the usual view of)
• I know the subject of this picture is probably in the top ten most photographed views in the world (if not in the top five); but usually, and understandably, visitors tend to depict it in the fabulous and magic … Continue reading
#41 Night rides on water buses (2)
• Cell phones seem to be the favourite companions of these journeys; to talk to friends, send one last message or just play with one of the hundreds apps that have become such an important part of the glamorous "digital … Continue reading
