Maurizio

Zanetti

Going around the street with the smartphone in your hands or in any case at hand is always an opportunity to transform an image into a photograph. And if the walk takes place in the most beautiful city in the world, Venice, the only problem is to have a spare battery, because the opportunities to take a photo are endless. Here we are in the area of the Ostello di Santa Fosca, Cannaregio, once a convent of the Church of the Servants of Mary. Of which some walls remain around a splendid courtyard.

The advantage of always having your smartphone with you is not in being reachable for a phone call but in being able to have a decent camera. So it can happen that you walk along the path along the walls of Verona at an hour when the setting sun gives lights and shadows on an old wall. And an emotion becomes photography.

Contrada Cenise di Sotto, a group of beautifully restored ancient houses respecting what they were. With a small museum that reminds passers-by of the culture and work of those who lived in the past in those houses. To get there, take a small road that starts from Bosco Chiesanuova, about thirty kilometers from Verona. It is nice to go there in every season but it is with autumn that the colors literally leave you breathless.

Between Malga Lessinia and Castelberto, Lessinia Regional Park, trenches were dug among the ancient rocks during the First World War. Today they can be visited, with the silence and respect they deserve.

Hard to get up at dawn in late summer, the sun still rises very early. But if you do it and you are by the sea on the Conero Riviera, with a little luck you can find this beautiful landscape.

There is nothing to do: you can no longer see the mists of the past, the ones that even in the city center prevented you from seeing a few meters away. Today, it will be due to the rise in temperatures, more mists than fogs in the center. However, they give magic to known landscapes. As in the Roman bridge Ponte Pietra.

The Adige river gathers the historic center of Verona in a bend. From Ponte Nuovo you have a nice glance: on the left the church of Sant'Anastasia, on the right on the hill surrounded by cypresses Castel San Pietro, in the center, small little, Ponte Pietra. The clouds of a splendid day in late summer are the outline.

Sirolo, Conero Riviera, San Michele beach. Before the tourists arrive you can still admire the compositions left the previous day. Small constructions of land art, without pretending to be...

They call them "the crests of Monte Grolla". It is a path that runs along an overhang on the velle di Revolto, Lessinia Regional Park, less than an hour's drive from Verona.

The night and its colors as always give new shots for the beautiful Verona. In the foreground the ruins of the Roman Theater. Overlooking the ancient "Ponte Pietra" and the bell tower of the cathedral.

An hour's drive from Verona, on the Lessinia plateau, a path runs alongside a cliff for a few kilometers. They are the "crests of Mount Grolla", a masterpiece of nature in which it is easy to find chamois and marmots. And also the "lung-ta", the Tibetan prayer flags, spread in the wind by some hikers.

A classic view of Verona from Ponte Nuovo towards the Church of Sant'Anastasia and Castel San Pietro. Waiting for the storm coming.

A stone's throw from Campo Santa Margherita, Banksy has given his murals to Venice and the world. Murals that, sometimes happen in Venice, are partially covered by high water.

Waiting for the first tourists, the newly painted beach cabins give a touch of color. And a taste of the old holidays. Photo was taken in Sottomarina (Chioggia) with iPhone7, no post-production.

To say that Venice is a unique city in the world is all too trivial. But it is only with his usual acquaintance that we can discover, step by step, corner by corner, the incredible beauty of his daily life: clothes hung out to dry between home and home, the boats moored, the colors that are reflected in the canals. A simple but perhaps always new beauty ... The photo was taken with iPhone 7, no post-production.

Dozza, a small village on the Apennines between Tuscany and Romagna, is a treasure chest with entirely frescoed houses. Since 1965 it has hosted the Biennale of the Painted Wall, with artists from all over the world who continue to transform it into a true open-air art gallery. Photo taken with iPhone 4 during a visit of mine back in 2012.

Palazzo Grimani, Venice, is a treasure chest that after being the residence of various DOGI (starting from 1521) is a splendid museum. Less known than others, perhaps among the most beautiful in the world. Photo was taken with iPhone7, no postproduction.

When we say gray: the sky that is the background to the palaces and "masegni" of Piazza San Marco, the balcony of the church and even the young seagull ... but it is priceless to be a part even for a moment of the eternal magic of Venice. Photo was taken with iPhone 7, no post-production.

Matera and its "SASSI" in itself is an incredible, magical city. If among old houses, caves, churches, you will find a splendid art exhibition that makes its setting in the SASSI, you can easily get to the wonder. With the iPhone always in your pocket taking a picture is a must.

The bet I make with myself for at least 8 years is always the same: can a good smartphone replace the reflex? The answer I continue to give is: often but not always yes. And so even a dance show (here Barcode 39 by Lpp Project Dance Company) can give a good picture from the iPhone ...