Photographic project on the traditional artisans of Venice. As the city of Venice and it's inhabitants are in decline, it... Read More
Photographic project on the traditional artisans of Venice. As the city
of Venice and it's inhabitants are in decline, it becomes more difficult
all the time for the artisans to stay alive an to keep working in their
workshops. The mass tourism and the rise of the prices of real estate
make it almost impossible to keep their businesses going. The amount of
original Venetians inhabiting the city also declines and therefore the
amount of clients gets reduced as well. Many tourists acquire their
souvenirs from the junk shops and stalls selling cheap and fake products
from China and Eastern Europe. Mask makers, Glasss blowers, Wood
workers all suffer. In the photograph the retired lampshade makers. They have been producing a typical kind of lampshade for more than half a century in a bottega in the historic centre of Venice.