On very rare clear days, the Dolomites behind the Serenissima seem close enough to touch, 2013
Two Unesco World Heritage Sites at a glance: the Dolomites and Venice, seen here from the Lido ferry, 2013
Venice cliché: travel photography motif from my workshop against the backdrop of San Giorgio Maggiore, 2006
The Doge's gondolas have been black since 1562 per Degret, Marian shrine and gondolas on the Riva degli Schiavoni, 2011
The Grand Canal crosses the city in two loops, 2006
This cruise ship was just one of a dozen floating prefabricated buildings in the Guidecca Canal in 2013
The "Divine" is the name of this monster that squeezes through the Guidecca Canal, 2013
"Monster!" and "No Grandi Navi!" shout thousands of demonstrators against the "Divine" in September 2023
Tourists don't like rain, view of an alley near the Rialto Bridge, 2012
View from the campanile of the Basilica of San Giorgo Maggiore over St. George's statue to the island of Giudecca and the Euganean volcanic hills, 2006
The island of Burano - unlike the salt marshes, the inhabited islands are bordered by stone quay walls, 2013
Surrounded by a 14-meter-high wall, the Arsenale, once a high-security military wing, 2013
Historic traditional boats are also stored in the old halls of the Arsenale and await their next voyage of the "Regata storica", 2013
Friends of the "Viva Voga Veneta" association meet on the Grand Canal for the traditional "summer retreat" (il fresco), 2013
the Venetian bus lines are still called "Vaporetto" after the steamboats that were first used in 1881, 2010
During times of "acqua alta", pedestrians are guided over footbridges, 2013
On an extra-long historic "gondolone" of the women's rowing club of the "Canottieri Guidecca" in the Grand Canal, 2013
Morning atmosphere on the Piazza San Marco, 2013
4.000 square meters of mosaics, the earliest dating from the 11th century, cover the interior of St. Mark's Basilica, 2010
Due to the small size of the apartments, the laundry is dried in the air between the houses, alley in Castello, 2006
The Festa del Redentore in midsummer is one of the most beautiful festivals of the Venetians, 2013
A furious fireworks display is set off at the opening of the Festa del Redentore, 2013
The Festa del Redentore in midsummer
View over the Giudecca and San Geogio Maggiore to the main islands of Venice, 2013
View over the historic dry docks of the Arsenale and San Pietri di Castello, 2013
The Sant'Andrea fortress has guarded the main entrance from the sea to the lagoon since the 16th century, 2013
Only a few visitors come to the Sant'Andrea fortress by private boat, here you can still breathe history, 2013
Franciscan monastery on the island of San Francesco del Deserto, Burano in the background, 2013
One of the many fishermen's huts on stilts in the lagoon, the so-called "casone", 2013
This Marian shrine in the secluded Calle San Provolo is one of the most beautiful 100 "capitelli" in the Castello district, 2006
Reflection of the Grand Canal on the highly polished roof of a water cab, 2012
The monastery on the island of San Lazzaro is one of the world's most important centers of Armenian culture, 2013
View from the Campanile over the Piazzetta San Marco, 2011
The monastery palazzo of the "Suore di San Francesco di Sales" houses a kindergarten, 2011
Venice's cemetery island of San Michele, where all cemeteries were merged from 1804 due to an edict by Napoleon, 2013
Torcello: in its heyday, the island once had 20,000 inhabitants and 20 churches, 2013
Photographer and co-author rowing in the lagoon with the "Canottieri Guidecca" women's rowing club, 2013
The author Luana Castelli with her women's rowing club "Canottieri Guidecca" in the lagoon, 2013

Venedig Serenissima 2013

Are the Serenissima's hours numbered? This is the subject of heated debate. Karl has been photographing the lagoon city on and off since 2006. With passable Italian, KaJo, as a picture hunter and collector, would certainly have discovered and depicted many impressions, but only a more superficial Venice. Without any knowledge of the language, he had to put himself in the hands of the locals - and thus got behind the façade of the lagoon city. Together with the Venetian and author Luana Castelli, he immersed himself in the authentic "real" Venice, because Luana not only opened closed or unknown doors, she also lets us foreigners feel the pulse of the Venetians. The aerial shots also had to be planned. After months of watching the weather, a heavy rain front finally approached in 2013. KaJo booked a flight to Venice on the same day and a 30-minute helicopter flight from the Nicelli hangar on the Lido for the following morning. Precision landing. The view behind the rain front was simply magnificent and clear all the way to the Dolomites.