• Every time I’m around Piazza San Marco, I can’t avoid to be intrigued by the many tourists who want to be photographed with pigeons roosting on them. It really seems that of all the things to be seen and … Continue reading
Category Archives: Faces
#68 The Doge of Venice
• What struck me about this mask is the amazing verisimilitude of the character; his profile, his attitude, his glance make this man really looking like an ancient Doge of Venice of past centuries. ⇒ Visit Imaginevenice.com
#65 Dalmatian n.102
• As always, children are the most sincere and intense performers of the carnival. It’s enough for them the simple costume of a famous movie characters, as this little boy sitting for a pause in St. Mark’s square, to step … 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
#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
#59 Madonna della Salute
• Among the many celebrations held in Venice, the Feast of Our Lady of Health is one of the most deeply perceived by the population for its strong religious feeling and is by far the least “touristy” of all local … Continue reading
#48 Via Garibaldi (i.e. the other Venice)
• Via Garibaldi once used to be a canal until 1807, when it became an ally originally named Via Eugenia in honor of Eugene Beauharnais, the then French viceroy of Italy. It was only in 1866, when the Italian army … 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
#23 Pigeons vs. tourists
• Excerpt from previous post, #22: “And of course one of the most popular attraction, not only for the younger ones, are the pigeons in St. Mark’s Square……” ⇒ Visit Imaginevenice.com
#12 Ghost of the rider
When I framed this man wandering in the middle of the crowd in his beautiful 18th century style white costume, I really had a vision like of a phantom going around unseen and unfelt by all the festive people around … Continue reading
#10 The gentleman
Something I love the most is trying to capture people expressions. It’s not difficult but you have to pick the right subject to get an interesting shot. Among the hundreds of faces, I start to follow one for a while … Continue reading
#6 Noblesse oblige
Once again, St. Mark’s Square! As I already said in my post #5, there is where all people inevitably want to be. And photographers as well…..I have not much to say about this picture out that I like, most of … Continue reading