Venice by Night photography

The Venetian Ghetto, it was getting quite dark actually - but you can only tell by the light in the shops at the background. Good old Fuji 1600 ISO film there.

One of the gazillion canals:

There's research on exactly how many canals there are in Venice - Jan Morris holds it at 177: "with the average width of twelve feet, and the average depth of a fair-sized family bath-tub, [some being] so short that there is only just room for their names on the map.")

And on to the more well-known places: the piazza San Marco at night:

With the Campanile towering alongside of the piazza (and Saturn scarily close to Earth's orbit, there..):

This Campanile, which has been the landmark of Venice thoughout history, was built in 1912, after the previous one (built in 912 - a thousand years earlier!) collapsed in 1902. There's a nice story about that collapse though, but that would be expanding too much here - though do shout out Campanile! in the comments if you really want to hear it.. :)

And, finally, at the Doge's palace, I met this kindred spirit:

An artist at night, in Venice.

Our paths crossed briefly. Sometimes I wonder whether he's still there and if when I go back I will find out. Because Venice is a wonderful city.

By day and very much by night.