...to go to Italy... is like a most fascinating act of self-discovery — back, back down the old ways of time. Strange and wonderful chords awaken in us and vibrate again after many hundreds of years of forgetfulness.
Venetian Spaces are not like any other spaces. Until you go there, it is impossible to know how the absence of cars, motorcycles, trucks, highways, & parking lots affects the way spaces open up to accept a person on foot.
Because Venetian spaces are quiet, and because there are no get-away vehicles for crime perpetrators, these openings envelope those who wander into them with a sense of being safe, of being at peace, of being well — of well-being.
These images convey a sense of what it feels like to be in Venice, enveloped by the past, the present, the beauty, the decay, the warmth, the vistas, the delight, the light, the darkness — the physical and emotional chiaroscuro of Italian spaces.
I integrate between 3 & 23 individual photographic shots to make my panoramas.