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Venice is a painting

Venice is the city where I grew up. I know it intimately and I love it deeply. It has been the subject of endless representations, from painting to photography,...
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Venice is the city where I grew up. I know it intimately and I love it deeply. It has been the subject of endless representations, from painting to photography, because its beauty impresses profoundly anyone who sees it. With this series I wanted to give my personal tribute to this incredible city. Venice is a world apart, a place with no time where it’s almost impossible to tell what is real and what is fantasy. Every building defeats the low of gravity, every calle leads you somewhere you have never been, every bridge connects end keeps together ancient islet that have become one, unique city.
I took this picture in November 2017 in St Mark’s Square. The high tide that flooded the city the night before was decreasing so there were lots of puddles in which the city reflected. I converted to black and white only selected parts of the picture, then I printed it, I painted it using acrylic colours and then I photographed the picture again

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