A stone-flagged pavement, next to a wide canal, with a wooden jetty protruding from the left of the frame and an island dense with houses and trees in the background across the water, in early morning light. There is a pile of crumbs on the edge of the pavement, and six sheepish-looking pigeons at a nonchalant distance from it, because a gaggle of a dozen or so seagulls are in the process of descending on it in an angry flapping honking mob. The seagull in the centre of the photo is standing proprietorially on top of the pile of crumbs, wings aggressively up, with its beak fully open mid-honk, screaming at its fellows to keep away. It is a scene of noise and chaos.

A stone-flagged pavement, next to a wide canal, with a wooden jetty protruding from the left of the frame and an island dense with houses and trees in the background across the water, in early morning light. There is a pile of crumbs on the edge of the pavement, and six sheepish-looking pigeons at a nonchalant distance from it, because a gaggle of a dozen or so seagulls are in the process of descending on it in an angry flapping honking mob. The seagull in the centre of the photo is standing proprietorially on top of the pile of crumbs, wings aggressively up, with its beak fully open mid-honk, screaming at its fellows to keep away. It is a scene of noise and chaos.

Colour photo of a brick wall abutting a canal, on a day with very high water. There is a small low arch with a white marble surround set in the wall, through which can be seen a couple of seaweed-clad marble steps leading up to a street out of shot; hypothetically giving access from the canal, except the boat that could fit through the arch, especially today, would have to be exceptionally narrow and very low indeed. The bricks in the wall are a crumbling faded terracotta colour, and the water in front is a clear pale turquoise with some small gentle ripples. On the right of the arch is the edge of another building, marked by a pillar of marble with greenery growing up it, and the corner of a shuttered window covered by bottle-green netting. The whole thing feels very improbable and slightly magical, as if this whole setup was designed for and by tiny elves or water spirits - very emblematic of Venice.

Colour photo of a brick wall abutting a canal, on a day with very high water. There is a small low arch with a white marble surround set in the wall, through which can be seen a couple of seaweed-clad marble steps leading up to a street out of shot; hypothetically giving access from the canal, except the boat that could fit through the arch, especially today, would have to be exceptionally narrow and very low indeed. The bricks in the wall are a crumbling faded terracotta colour, and the water in front is a clear pale turquoise with some small gentle ripples. On the right of the arch is the edge of another building, marked by a pillar of marble with greenery growing up it, and the corner of a shuttered window covered by bottle-green netting. The whole thing feels very improbable and slightly magical, as if this whole setup was designed for and by tiny elves or water spirits - very emblematic of Venice.

A tiger striped brown and black tabby cat with long white whiskers which look like a well-curated moustache, seen from the side but with their head turned towards the camera, lying in an excellent loaf shape in the middle of a stone pavement, which leads to doors and corridors behind. Their eyes are closed and they have a calm, beatific, no-fucks-given expression on their face. They look wise and serene.

A tiger striped brown and black tabby cat with long white whiskers which look like a well-curated moustache, seen from the side but with their head turned towards the camera, lying in an excellent loaf shape in the middle of a stone pavement, which leads to doors and corridors behind. Their eyes are closed and they have a calm, beatific, no-fucks-given expression on their face. They look wise and serene.

Foto della cupola di San Simeon Piccolo vista dal Ponte dei Scalzi, sullo sfondo di un cielo rosa con nuvole disordinate

Foto della cupola di San Simeon Piccolo vista dal Ponte dei Scalzi, sullo sfondo di un cielo rosa con nuvole disordinate

The top of a tall square tower made of small sandy-coloured bricks, surrounded by bright blue sky. The tower is without distinguishing features, apart from a small very narrow arched window, which looks more like a slightly wider than normal arrow slit, which sits like a line drawn with a black marker pen in the top right corner of the facade.

Black and white photo of a man crouching in the tiny space between a Juliette balcony and a tall closed window, smoking a cigar. He is in all black, and is wearing a black fedora, and holding the hand with the cigar up in front of his face so that it is obscured by a cloud of smoke. He looks marvellously bohemian. Warm light spills from the window behind him, as if there is a party in full swing, and he has chosen to step away for a moment of solitary peace and contemplation. Below the window is the top of a pale shop awning, and the wall of the building is stained textured old plaster. Despite being in Venice, the image feels very French to me, an embodiment of Left Bank intellectual hedonism and je ne sais quoi.

Black and white photo of a man crouching in the tiny space between a Juliette balcony and a tall closed window, smoking a cigar. He is in all black, and is wearing a black fedora, and holding the hand with the cigar up in front of his face so that it is obscured by a cloud of smoke. He looks marvellously bohemian. Warm light spills from the window behind him, as if there is a party in full swing, and he has chosen to step away for a moment of solitary peace and contemplation. Below the window is the top of a pale shop awning, and the wall of the building is stained textured old plaster. Despite being in Venice, the image feels very French to me, an embodiment of Left Bank intellectual hedonism and je ne sais quoi.

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Colour photo of an old brick wall, in various shades of orange and terracotta and ochre and peach, in bright warm sunshine. There is a jagged-edged rectangle of shadow in the lower left hand corner, and then, going left to right, the clear shadow of a three-armed lantern-style streetlight, the shadow of a pole with a junction box halfway up and a drop-like appendage a bit higher up, and then finally on the right hand edge of the frame an actual dark black drainpipe with a slight kink in it. It takes a second to see which of the vertical objects is real and which are shadows, making the image feel a bit otherworldly.

Colour photo of an old brick wall, in various shades of orange and terracotta and ochre and peach, in bright warm sunshine. There is a jagged-edged rectangle of shadow in the lower left hand corner, and then, going left to right, the clear shadow of a three-armed lantern-style streetlight, the shadow of a pole with a junction box halfway up and a drop-like appendage a bit higher up, and then finally on the right hand edge of the frame an actual dark black drainpipe with a slight kink in it. It takes a second to see which of the vertical objects is real and which are shadows, making the image feel a bit otherworldly.

Foto del Rio dei Ormesini, guardando verso la Baia del re, la luce è molto rosa

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Colour photo. In the centre of the image, a wooden mooring post, like a deep black line running from top to bottom of the frame, at the head of a V-shape of four other posts going back into the silvery gently rippled water of a wide canal. On the left of the frame, a moored black gondola. In the mid ground is the Salute basilica, with its two majestic domes, with the setting yellow-haloed sun just above it, making the building shimmer grey in the hazy light, and leaving a streak of golden flecks on the water. Further back, the low skyline of Giudecca island in the distance, and pale grey sky above.