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Brexit from a distance
Brexit doesn’t influence me directly, but being Danish living in Italy means my existence relies on freedom of movement. Brexit attacks that freedom.
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Fifteen minutes in a Venetian park
The photos below are taken in fifteen minutes, walking about 200m.
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Bicycles in Berlin
I’ve been bicycling all my life, and its one of the very few things I miss here in Venice. Berlin, on the other hand, is full of bicycles.
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Berlin 25 years later
Berlin 25 years later could just as well be another city.
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Lio Piccolo
While I’ve kayaked a lot around much of the lagoon, I’ve never been to some of the northernmost parts. My friend Selina took me up there by car, looking for flamingos.
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Drowning in silence
A man was drowning besides me in the hospital pool, and I didn’t know what to do to save him.
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Annegare in silenzio
Io ho visto un uomo annegare a due metri da me in piscina, e non ho saputo salvargli.
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Winter in Venice
Winter light is different, even if the weather isn’t very wintery here in Venice now. These photos are from a tour on December 27th around the city.
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Gilberto Penzo: La gondola
“La gondola” by Gilberto Penzo is the definitive book on the Venetian gondola, but it has been out of print for years. A second edition has now been published.
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Black and white photography
Martina and I went and did another photography class with Marc de Tolenaere – this time on black and white photography. Much of the focus was technical: correct exposure and post production. We talked about Ansel Adams‘ zone system, and the need to make sure that important areas of the composition aren’t too dark so…
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Venetian fairground
Every Christmas there’s a fairground in Venice, in the Riva dei Sette Martiri, for small children.
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White egret
White egret taking off (Certosa island, Venice)