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Maurizio Zanetti

 Verona (Italy)

I shot photographs from when I was 6 years old. I played with Threepenny machines up to 18. Then I discovered the reflex camera (first an old Zenit E, then Olympus OM1, OM2). I discovered the black and white (the mythical Ilford), the dark room. From 20 years to 45 I snapped, developed and printed thousands of photos. Especially dance, theatre, portraits. Almost always black and white. When digital arrived I was very wary. Then, slowly, I discovered the advantages in the use of digital cameras and, sometimes, Photoshop. I'm not a pro but (I think) a good amateur and today, 66 years old, I'm still taking hundreds of photos with Olympus OM d – E-M 10 Mark III. I always love dance, theatre and portraits. But also the landscape, reportage and above all street photography. And now that I have the iPhone, sometimes with Hipstamatic app, I discovered a wonderful chance to take pictures whenever I want. I’m on FLICKR like Maurizio Zanetti – mauzzan https://www.flickr.com/

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Collection 49

The Giudecca Island is the best place from which to frame the most famous and well-known Venice. On the Giudecca there is a splendid palace, the "Casa dei Tre Oci", a magical container for photographic exhibitions. From the windows of the "Casa dei Tre Oci" the Punta della Dogana, the bell tower of San Marco and Palazzo Ducale are just waiting to be photographed with a new frame.

Collection 49

Venice is all a wonder. Its palaces, its churches, the masterpieces of painting and sculpture they contain. But Venice is also a marvel when it offers small jewels not related to Doges and artists. The "Blue Door" is one of them. Not far from Campo Santa Maria Formosa and the busiest tourist itineraries, it is a corner that is worth looking for and finding.

Collection 48

Verona. When the Adige river is full, the classic photo of Ponte Pietra takes on a discreet drama. Especially in the sunset light...

Collection 47

A typical photo that would be very difficult to have taken without a smartphone: open countryside, a mountain bike ride, a flock of sheep grazing, a family of curious goats that come to meet you. All this just a few kilometers from the center of Verona. Difficult if not impossible to find yourself in such a situation having reflex cameras and lenses with you ...

Collection 46

Chioggia, known and admired as "the little Venice", reserves continuous surprises among its streets and canals. Even the parapet between the tables of a "bacaro" and the canal gives joy with its rainbow of colors.

Collection 46

In the heart of the Po Delta, in the Ca Mello area, small marvelous cultivation of lavender. The photo can return the color, not the wonder of discovery and least of all the perfume.

Collection 46

With a lot of curiosity and patience and a little luck, the splendid and well-known Venice can still surprise you with small priceless glimpses. Like the "Fondamenta de le Grue".

Collection 45

The butterfly is a Zygaena, the flower is an IRIS. No stylist will ever be able to reach with his compositions the wonderful color combinations that nature offers us every day. Just look around. And maybe have a smartphone in your hands...

Collection 45

In the background, the walls of the ancient Lazzaretto of Verona, designed and built starting from 1549 by the great architect Michele Sanmicheli. In the foreground a splendid field of poppies.

Collection 44

In August 2020 in Verona, a monstrous storm knocked down hundreds of secular trees as if they were ebon threads. On what remains of one of these someone has engraved a heart. For once it is not the action of the usual hooligan but an act of love. And the hope is that what remains of the tree won't be cut down. The photo was taken with iPhone 12 Pro.




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