Venezia: Beyond the Icon

Dreamlike black and white photographs capture the mysterious beauty of this beloved city as it is without tourists and beyond the usual places.

Alejandro Merizalde began photographing in Venice in 2008. In his early visits he found the city stiflingly overcrowded, but during a brief winter trip a few years later, the overcast skies and foggy atmosphere allowed him to draw out Venice's legendary beauty without the disruptions of mass tourism.
In 2013 he started experimenting with longer exp...