a collection of beautiful photos from venice, Italy

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È una Venezia visionaria quella di che sarà presentata dal 26 agosto al 20 settembre 2010 alla Venice International University parallelamente alla 12. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura. Mapping Contemporay Venice, curata d Raffaella Guidobono

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Noventa Padovana

Continuing on my National Geographic love fest for the day, I poked around on their site a bit more and found that one can actually download - at no charge - many of their photos for use as desktop wa ...

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La mia prima volta alla Serenissima

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Venice, Italy

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nicknamed The Island of the Dead

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San Zanipolo

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Lizard point, Cornwall

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Soho, London

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July 24, 2010 at Venice Beach, California.

Why the title? During the Worldwide Photo Walk, I was in the company of three other gentlemen (and I use that term specifically) for a good part of the time. I raised the issue that I had an advantage over them - I am a 49-year-old woman. That makes me "safe." I can shoot pictures of children and other females with less of a chance of someone thinking I was doing so for prurient reasons. In fact, for any subject, I am likely to appear non-threatening and people relax in front of my lens.

Photography is not a crime. But let's consider the shot above. As I walked to the cafe where we would meet after the photo walk, I saw this little girl toddling along with her father. I immediately got down to her eye level and grabbed a few shots, stood up, smiled, and asked, "She's adorable! How old is she?" Proud papa gave me her stats and I made some remark about how I miss those days when mine were that young and we parted company. He NEVER thought to ask me, "Why are you taking my daughter's picture?" If the roles were reversed, I would not assume the photographer had malice on his or her mind, but I would at least ASK.

Now, what if a lone male took the picture, just as I did, no questions first, just start shooting. Do you think the father would be as comfortable? Change the scenario and say there were three males with expensive-looking glass around their necks and now I think the danger of being suspected of sordid motive is less - "Oh, it's a group thing! Oh, maybe they're with a magazine!"

I am sorry that there is such a double standard. Our post-9/11, Nancy Grace-fueled society has created an atmosphere where a male - especially one with a dark complexion - "armed" with a camera, may well be seen as a threat.

And I get a pass.

Go figure.

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