A glorious city in the sea.
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A glorious city in the sea.

I spent a week in Venice in March. Its my favorite city to walk with or without my cameras. A poem by Samuel Rogers perfectly frames the narrative arc of the images. The series ends with a faux-Venus statue in a storefront.

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Empty Chairs in St Mark Square in Venice
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Empty Chairs in St Mark Square in Venice

Empty Chairs in St Mark Square: I was intrigued by vacant spaces – spaces that I certainly had not seen without hordes of people. The strongest presence in these images was what was absent from them.

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TRIPTYCH and more at the Bridge of Sighs in Venice.
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TRIPTYCH and more at the Bridge of Sighs in Venice.

Bridge of Sighs in Venice evokes feelings of anguish and hopes of escape. I thought of these emotions in a tercet and communicated my interpretation via a triptych. This blog post discusses how I sketched my way to that.

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