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Creative Seeing in Venice

Inspiration

Introduction

Below you will find a collection of photographers, writers and films chosen to awaken your senses. They may inspire you about the location or they may just intrigue you. Either way please use this as an insight into the experiences and impressions of others. International travel is so easy these days. The pace at which one travels and 'sees' the world gets faster and faster. If you feel like it, take a moment to slow the process down. Some of the films are fun and light-hearted - others a little more serious.

Photographers

  • 'The Italians' by Bruno Barbey (Magnum Photo Agency)
  • Paolo Pellegrin (Magnum Photo Agency)
  • "Secret Gardens of Venice" photography by Gianni Berengo Gardin (Contrasto Agency) (1995)
  • "Gianni Berengo Gardin: gli anni di Venezia" by Iosif Brodskij (1995)
  • "Venice" Photography by Piero Codato & Massimo Venchierutti (2003)
  • "Venice II" photography by Fulvio Roiter (1985)
  • "Venetian Carnival: History and Traditions" photography by Fulvio Roiter (1995)
  • "I silenzi di Venezia" photography by Giustino Chemello

Books

  • "The tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice" William Shakespeare 1603
  • "The merchant of Venice" William Shakespeare 1597
  • "Death in Venice" Thomas Mann 1912
  • "The story of my life" Giacomo Casanova published 1960/2001
  • "Million - The travels of Marco Polo" Marco Polo/Rustichello da Pisa 1298
  • "Italian Journey" Johann W. Goethe 1787
  • "The wings of a dove" Henry James 1902
  • "The stones of Venice" John Ruskin 1885
  • "The city of falling angels" John Berent 2005

Movies

  • "Othello" directed by Orson Welles, with Orson Welles and Suzanne Cloutier (1952)
  • "Summertime" directed by David Lean with Katherine Hepburn (1955)
  • "Death in Venice" directed by Luchino Visconti with Dirk Bogarde (1971)
  • "Don't look now" directed by Nicolas Roeg, with Julie Christie and Donal Sutherland (1974)
  • "The comfort of strangers" directed by Paul Schrader with Christopher Walken, Rupert Everett (1991)
  • "Blame it on the bellboy" directed by Mark Herman with Dudley Moore, Patsy Kensit (1995)
  • "Everyone says I love you" directed by W. Allen. With Woody Allen, Goldie Hawn, Drew Barrimore, Julia Roberts (1996)
  • "The story of us" By Rob Rainer with Bruce Willis, Michelle Pfeiffer (1996)
  • "Dangerous beauty" directed by Marshall Herskovitz with Catherine McCormack, Naomi Watts, Jacqueline Bisset (1998)
  • "The talent of Mr. Ripley" directed by Anthony Minghella, with Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Cate Blanchett (1999)
  • "Les enfants du siecle" directed by Diane Kurys, with Juliette Binoche (1999)
  • "The Merchant of Venice" By Michael Radford, with Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes (2004)
  • "Casanova" directed by Lasse Hallstrom with Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons (2006)

Forums

We have our own online forum that over the years has proven to be a very popular and useful way of not just keeping in touch after a workshop, but also before. It can be a fascinating source of information for those considering their first workshop with VSP. You will need to register to join the forum, and we recommend the following two sections

Testimonials

"Your Workshop was fantastic - beneficial to the novice as the seasoned veteran. A wide variety of shooting opportunities and activities. Daily critique session were incredibly helpful, seeing what other photographers, hearing what everyone thought of other's photos. I would recommend the VSP Workshop to anyone who wants "total immersion" experience in photography"
Nancy, USA, 2007


"Well, "the experience of a life-time" doesn't even come close to describing this workshop. The planning that went into it must have been immense and intense; the result was simply "The Best".
Richard, UK, 2006

"I came away with much more than you can imagine. You literally opened my eyes to a new world. I will never look through a camera viewfinder again in the same way as before. You set your students at ease, clearly state your objectives and fairly assess the outcome"
James, USA, 2004

"Not only did I go home with by far more excellent shots than expected, I even met a lot of friends and it was a pleasure being able to share my time with all of them. Hope I'll be able to attend one of VSP's workshops in the future.."
Josef, Germany, 2005

"I run my own company and I know how demanding it is to offer good customer service and how important it is to provide it. Every VSP Workshops I so far attended has always been better than I expected. I could learn a lot about customer service from VSP as it always exceed its participants expectations.
Witek, Spain, 2006

"Excellent value! Learned a lot - enjoyed the relaxed environment. Very much appreciated the personal attention. Great organization. Looking forward to more workshops. VSP works for me! Thank you."
Dan, USA, 2007