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Where are We?
Posted on March 2, 2023
“Siri, give me an image that shows where we are without saying where we are”.
Glass Masters
Posted on March 4, 2020
In the entrance to a factory on the Venetian island of Murano, rightly famed for the manufacture of glass.
Monday Window – Venice
Posted on December 2, 2019
An impressive array of windows on the upper floor of this palazzo on the Grand Canal in Venice.
#MondayWindow 2 December 2019
Tuesday Photo Challenge – Tourism
Posted on October 8, 2019
No prizes for guessing which popular tourist destination is pictured here:
Reading the map
Posted on September 13, 2019
A tourist couple decide what to see next during their visit to the island of Burano in the Venetian lagoon.
Wooden walkway, Burano
Posted on August 23, 2019
A covered wooden walkway on the island of Burano, in the Venetian lagoon.
Looking down on the tourists
Posted on July 23, 2019
Frank’s theme for this week is ‘sculpture’. I certainly have no shortage of images to choose from to fit in with that, but I decided to go with this close-up from Barzaghi’s 1882 ‘Monument to Nicoló Tommaseo’, who looks down on the passing hordes with faint amusement from his plinth in Campo Santo Stefano in Venice. The detail is extraordinary.
Living Colour
Posted on October 31, 2018
The island of Burano, in the Venetian Lagoon, is noted for the bright colours that the residents paint their houses.
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Slippery
Posted on October 30, 2018
A particularly interesting theme from Frank for this week’s Tuesday Photo Challenge: ‘slippery’.
This scallop was on a display in the fishmarket near the Rialto Bridge in Venice. The contrast between the slippery flesh and the characteristically patterned scallop shells adds interest.
Basilica San Marco, Venice
Posted on August 24, 2018
These carvings atop the Basilica San Marco in Venice are clearly not the originals, but there is plenty of intricate detail to appreciate, especially in monochrome:
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