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An old Murano vase in a color I haven't seen much of before: black (but with an almost purplish tinge in person). If I remember correctl...

The Declare boutique on Calle Seconda dei Saoneri 2671 (photographed before the start of an event on 24 November 2019) For over 200 years th...

The front window of Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche on Barbaria de le Tole Shortly after we moved to Venice in 2010 I was walking with a vi...

And you think it's hot where you are this summer! The artisan in the image above is one of Maestro Giorgio Giuman's three sons ...

The new address of Pro Photo Italia is San Marco 4367, on Calle dei Fuseri. It's a short distance from Piazza San Marco, but the strai...

The Barena shop on Calle Minelli, between Campo Manin and Campo San Luca A few years ago while I was walking through the Mercerie (thos...

The pleasant sight of a room full of readers in the yet-unfinished space of Marco Polo Kids during last Saturday's Open Day In the ...

A view of the store, with the Scuola Grande dei Carmini at right After 13 years of doing business just behind the pretty little church o...

One of the tables overlooking the lagoon We somehow ended up at Trattoria alle Vignole again last night, the second time in the last t...

A view of the trattoria from the lagoon: approaching in a boat from the direction of the Arsenale As we rarely go out to eat here, I...

One of Mistero e Magia's two proprietors, Alberto De Curti, performs a trick for a young visitor from France Venice has long been ...

"When did you start learning how to work with wood?" I ask Francesco Trevisin as we stand in his small workshop on the ground f...

Marco Missiaja's Pro Photo Italia shop on Calle dei Fuseri (address: San Marco 4367) (all images updated 8 June 2018) I don...