Benvenuti a Venezia
Joan and Dave Do Venice
11th January 2022
This evening a well-attended presentation by our own Dave and Joan Jordan kept us all focused on the jewel of the Adriatic sea, Venice, capital of the Veneto region Italy. Built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges, one of the most romantic, most visited and most endangered cities in the world.
They have been fortunate enough to have visited Venice on three occasions and this evening we were taken on a photographic journey through their visits to this beautiful city and its immediate area.
The presentation began with an explanation of the geographical position of Venice and some of the things that prompted their interest in the city. An excellent piece of advice was to take the water taxi, hop on and hop off, to save your feet. Venice can be tiring if you only walk as a means of getting about.
There were some classic shots from the beach in the early morning light and some long exposure shots of cruise liners now made to berth away from the canals! Interestingly the local people do not see visiting cruise ships as a good source of income, the passengers eat on the ship and only go into the city for a short time.
Fantastic pictures from the Lido with monochrome shots of the steps and the beach and Santa Maria della Salute.
On their second visit Dave and Joan travelled by taxi, 9 trains and a boat, a journey which took two and a half days travel including the famous Bernina Express from Switzerland to Italy via the Alps.
There were beautiful domestic scenes of balconies, washing on lines, plants and so on. In addition we were introduced to some scarry dolls, the fish market with all its shapes and colours and some concert posters.
Dave and Joan had an interesting record of an Aqua Alta, a very high tide which gave us beautiful reflections and pictures of the colourful plastic over boots being used in St. Mark’s Square by tourists.
Thank you both for a very enjoyable evening of photography and anecdote.
