Publication

Venice. Memories and Traces

2024
109 Photographs
Published by: Skira Edition

Discover Venice through a new lens of Michael Kenna.This stunning book offers an in-depth exploration of the British virtuoso's black-and-white masterpieces, most of which are reproduced in the same format as the original prints. Kenna's practice is characterized by long exposures times, which can last up to several hours, thus revealing unseen details within the Venetian landscape. His lens captures a wide array of subjects: mist-shrouded chapels and attics, falling stars above bell towers, palace arches, laundry threads, gondola prows, bridges, garden statues, twisted poles emerging from teh black lagoon and reminiscent of ancient figures. Michael Kenna's photographs skillfully play with light, shadow, and reflection to show the poetic intensity of Venice.