Hanging the washing during Carnival, Burano, February 2017 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 12 April 2021 Posted as part of Monday Washing Lines and Life in Colour …
In a normal year, I’d be thinking about heading out to Venice now to enjoy their Carnival festivities. I couldn’t last year as work took me to Lisbon, so maybe […]
This collection of adorned Indian slippers, padukas, was on display at the Venice Biennale in 2019. The artist, GR Iranna, focuses on the importance of everyday items. In this work […]
A bright day in Campo Santa Maria Formosa, Venice, February 2017 It’s Carnival time in Venice again, and my thoughts have shifted from grey, wet Britain to some of the […]
“The thing that’s important to know is that you never know. You’re always sort of feeling your way.” Diane Arbus Venice, October 2019 It’s time for a weekly quotation-inspired image. […]
St Mark’s Square, Venice, October 2019 Several weeks before the horrendous acqua alta that Venice is now suffering, the morning golden hour was brightened for me and my camera by […]
