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# Venice
- URL: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/venice/
- Published: 2005-09-30T18:35:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-04T17:17:30.000Z
- Description: I visited Venice in 2005 on the occasion of the Venice Biennale. At the time it was still possible to find some empty streets and alleys.
- Author: Ivar Hagendoorn
- Tags: Photography

I visited Venice in September 2005 on the occasion of the Venice Biennale. At the time Venice was already crowded and I was lucky to still find some quiet areas. I even had the Peggy Guggenheim Museum almost to myself. In the years since Venice has been completely overrun by tourists. The thing is, Venice really IS beautiful and I have been thinking of going back for years. In 2024 I finally did, again on the occasion of the Biennale. I didn't schedule any time to walk around town to take some photos, which I now regret. Next time.

![Venice](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/venice-1.jpg)

This was actually near my hotel

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/venice-5.jpg)

Just a beautiful façade of a palazzo in Venice

![Venice façade](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/venice-2.jpg)

I love those different sized doors and windows

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/venice-3.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/venice-4.jpg)

Dirty realism in Venice

![Venice](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/venice-6.jpg)

Venice, where else?

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/venice-7.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/venice-8.jpg)

Fresh seafood at a market in Venice

![Doors Venice](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/venice-9.jpg)

Different sized doors somewhere in Venice

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/venice-10.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/venice-11.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/venice-12.jpg)

The people living in the houses in the left and middle picture have to coordinate who hangs the laundry outside

![Madonna, Venice](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/venice-13.jpg)

There are Madonnas across Venice

![Venice](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/venice-15.jpg)

Venice in black and white

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/12/venice-16.jpg)

Venice at dusk

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