Venetian Wanderings - May/June 2025

Not had chance to shoot much and post anything new recently, but here's a little summary of a few snapshots I managed to grab around Venice over the past couple of months. Shot on Fujifilm XE3, XT5 and iPhone 15. Some film has also been taken, but the roll has yet to be finished and developed! So in the meantime, here is what I have so far...

Inspiration has come from a review of the work of Sebastião Salgado following his passing; particularly his work on Genesis but also the recent exhibition on 'Glaciers'.

https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/sebasti%C3%A3o-salgado

Also, as a contemporary follow up to reading Robert Capa's autobiography and biography, I have discovered the valuable work of photojournalist Lynsey Addario through her autobiography 'It's What I Do'.

https://www.lynseyaddario.com/its-what-i-do

I have also reread John Berger's 'Understanding a Photograph' with selected essays featuring Martine Franck and Henri Cartier-Bresson to revisit some traditional photographic values.

And continuing with the traditional, a dive into the work of Walker Evans through Stephen Leslie's 'Show and Tell' series on YouTube has also provided some wonderful insight into the practice and motivations of Evans, especially around the use of text and signage. Well worth a watch...

And finally, a new entry to follow, is Nina Welch-Kling @ninakling (on instagram) with some original work coming from New York which (somewhat implausibly) manages to channel elements of both Saul Leiter and Bruce Gilden. One to keep an eye on...

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