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The Venice Carnival Photo Book

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

My  photo book  “Carnival in Venice 2011″ is out, it is about 40 pages and more than 50 photographs. You can take a look at the preview of few pages

Every year Venice celebrates Carnival, which lasts for two weeks and ends on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, so today was the final day! Compared to last year, the last day of this year’s Venice carnival is estimated to have witnessed a rise in tourist numbers. The combined figures offered by Venice police and hotel operators suggest that as many as 160,000 tourists were in Venice for the annual carnival’s closing Sunday.

It has been a very busy and intense 2 weeks, but with lots of fun as well and hundreds of pictures.

Venice Carnival Fever

Friday, February 25th, 2011

On Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 February, the “Festa Veneziana” (Venetian Festival) took place in Venice.

The prologue to the Carnival – to be held this year from 26 February to 8 March – is dedicated to the people of Venice. Over the weekend, several of the city’s rowing associations made their way through the city’s famous canals.

The festivities ended with the “Volo della Pantegana” (the flight of the rat), a parody of the flight of the angel, which traditionally opens the Carnival.

VENICE, ITALY - FEBRUARY 20:  A woman wearing Carnival costume and mask poses in St Mark Square on February 20, 2011 in Venice, Italy. The Venice Carnival, one of the largest and most important in Italy, attracts thousands of people from around the world each year. The  theme for this year's carnival is Ottocento amd Sissi, a nineteenth century evocation, and will run from February 19 till March 8.  (Marco Secchi)

More pictures of Venice Carnival check under Images

On the steps of Marco Polo

Monday, February 14th, 2011

For some funny reasons, a couple of weeks ago I found myself to host a three then moved to four days chat about Photography, Photojournalism and the power of images in communication at the Marco Polo in Venice.

It has been a fantastic experience being in such close contact with young and talented artists, with such a powerful source of inspirations they can be a  therapy against the Artist Block, see my previous posts about it here and here and even here!)

This slide show is composed by a small selection of images from their Portfolios

The following ones are images taken during the 1h photo-walk we had on the fourth day near the school

Pictures are from:  Nina Alessandri, Giorgia Gavagnin, Costanza Lucarini, Enna Negrini, Carlotta Barina

Their work shows that we need to pay more attention to young artists and young photographers, we need to give them hopes and share with them our knowledge….we will be repaid back  100 times by their powerful source of inspiration! Established photographers should not be worried by young artist on the contrary we should feel energized and challenged by their “competition”…..bring it on!!

PS Forgot to mention next step a small photo book!

Vorticists in Venice

Friday, January 28th, 2011

VENICE, ITALY - JANUARY 28:  The Director of the Guggenheim Museum Philip Rylands admires the reconstruction by Ken Cook and Ann Cristopher after the dismantled original of the installation by Jacob Epstein "Rock Drill" at the press launch of the Vorticist exhibition on January 28, 2011 in Venice, Italy. The Vorticists: Rebel Artists in London and New York, 1914-1918, is the first exhibition devoted to Vorticism to be presented in Italy will be open at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection from  January 29 through May 15, 2011. (Marco Secchi)

A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him. (Ezra Pound)

The Vorticism group began with the Rebel Art Centre which Wyndham Lewis and others established after disagreeing with Omega Workshops founder Roger Fry, and has roots in the Bloomsbury Group, Cubism, and Futurism. Lewis himself saw Vorticism as an independent alternative to Cubism, Futurism and Expressionism.

Though the style grew out of Cubism, it is more closely related to Futurism in its embrace of dynamism, the machine age and all things modern (cf. Cubo-Futurism). However, Vorticism diverged from Futurism in the way it tried to capture movement in an image. In a Vorticist painting modern life is shown as an array of bold lines and harsh colours drawing the viewer’s eye into the centre of the canvas.

The name Vorticism was given to the movement by Ezra Pound in 1913, although Lewis, usually seen as the central figure in the movement, had been producing paintings in the same style for a year or so previously.

Pictures from today opening of the Venice Exhibition

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Eight letters

Monday, January 24th, 2011

Seton Sands, East Lothian, Scotland (Marco Secchi)

This is all that matters now
And that was all that happened anyhow
You can look back but don’t stare
Maybe I can love you out of there

And when I went away what I forgot to say
Was all I had to say:
Eight letters, three words, one meaning

And outside forces didn’t make it easy
So I thought I’d go before you leave me
Self-preservation was no explanation for anything

(Gary Barlow)

Venice Photo Walk

Friday, January 14th, 2011

Your professional photographic guide will point out details invisible to the untrained eye and reveal the best vantage-points on your chosen route. Learn to tell a story through images, take great shots of iconic monuments and capture atmospheric images off the beaten track.

Venice Photography Workshop

Venice Photo Walk

So bring your walking shoes and be prepared to discover the mysteries of the city. Bring your camera and learn how to have more fun with your camera.

• Discover parts of Venice less traveled by tourists.
• Hear interesting tales and stories
• Take better photos
• Turn your photos into exciting stories.
• Have fun !

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Touring Venice can be a very exciting experience, but it can also be quite an adventure if you are unsure of which places to visit and how. Language barrier may also represent a curious obstacle but it can also be frustrating. We offer innovative and unforgettable Photographic Tours to welcome you in the most fascinating and romanitc place in the world. Experience Venice through the eyes of a native Italian Professional Photographer. He will guide you in an exclusive tour through the most interesting Venice landmarks and monuments.

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Walking around Venice together with a professional photographer is an enlighten experience. He will show you all the tricks of the game but it is also a fun and new way to visit a city like Venice. You will be able to visit, see, experience and tour places, situations, people that would be otherwise difficult to come across. The Photo Tours will take you through off-the-beaten tracks to the most important monuments and landmarks. You will avoid the tourist pedestrian highways and will take more secluded, intimate and truly Italian passageways. Let it be romantic, creative, fun and friendly, the astounding imagery will do the rest. We will show you the right places to eat, where true Italian dwell and the hidden beauties of the wonderful city.

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Stop dreaming, Start flying

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

VENICE, ITALY - JANUARY 10:  "Paradise and Hell" panels by Hieronymus Bosch on display in the Tribuna room at Palazzo Grimani on January 10, 2011 in Venice, Italy. The  exhibition will be open until 20th March 2011. (Marco Secchi)

Paradise and Hell panels by Hieronymus Bosch on display in the Tribuna room at Palazzo Grimani on January 10, 2011 in Venice, Italy. The  exhibition will stay open until 20th March 2011

Hieronymus Bosch born Jeroen Anthoniszoon van Aken c. 1450 – August 9, 1516 was an Early Netherlandish painter. His work is known for its use of fantastic imagery to illustrate moral and religious concepts and narratives

Old wood

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

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If gondolas are the most famous boat in Venice, they are not the only one. All kind of crafts go tirelessly all over town. A large part of them are made out of modern materials, but many old and classical wooden hulls are still in use.

Christmas in Venice

Saturday, December 25th, 2010

Venice Father Christmas in Venice...***Agreed Fee's Apply To All Image Use***.Marco Secchi /Xianpix.tel +44 (0)207 1939846.tel +39 02 400 47313. e-mail sales@xianpix.com.www.marcosecchi.com (Marco Secchi)

Father Christmas wearing boots to cope with seasonal high water walks along Riva degli Schiavoni in Venice.

The Christmas of most of the old Italian writers as well as  Dickens and even  Hollywood movies is all about family, friendship, compassion and goodwill for all , it is about the “Christmas Spirit”  that  stands for core religious values. On the other side The Christmas that you see every day is about demanding or try to sell expensive gifts, selfishness, eat as much as you can, getting drunk.

I hope you belong to the first category but whatever you choose a Merry Christmas to all my Catholic friends!

A usage of one of my images in Vanity Fair Italy

Ipad and Iphone compatible

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

Venice Decem,be 22nd Launch at Fondazione Querini Stampalia of the Ipad Ipod Apple application. The Querini Stampalia is the first museum in Venice to have its own Apple application on sale...***Agreed Fee's Apply To All Image Use***.Marco Secchi /Xianpix.tel +44 (0)207 1939846.tel +39 02 400 47313. e-mail sales@xianpix.com.www.marcosecchi.com (Marco Secchi)

Giovanni Bellini  ~ The Presentation at the Temple, c1459 at Querini Stampalia Museum in Venice

An employee of Fondazione Querini Stampalia poses in front of the Bellini painting The Presentation at the Temple, while using an Ipad with the installed Querini Stampalia application that is now for sale at Apple  app store.