May 15, 2025

📸 Street Photography in Venice: A Guide to the Ideas, Spots and Approach

May 15, 2025/ Marco Secchi

📸 Where to Shoot Street Photography in Venice?

Venice offers much more than gondolas and crowds. If you're looking for shadows, reflections, characters, and atmosphere, it’s one of the most rewarding cities for street photography.

I’ve just moved my in-depth article on this topic to Substack, where I share insights, tips, and visual storytelling advice.

👉 Read the full article here on Substack
Includes approach, gear suggestions, and how to move through the city with a photographer’s eye.

🗺️ Want a curated map of actual locations?
Check out my Venice photography guide on Rexby, where I’ve geolocated many of my favourite shooting spots.
👉 Explore the Venice Photography Guide

Marco Secchi

One of the BestTours on Tripadvisor. Photo Workshop. Have you ever walked on the streets and saw a moment that you wanted to capture, but you were too scared to take the photograph? Do you want to become more confident shooting in the streets and learn how to better interact with your subjects?

Info, News and updates about Venice. Where to stay, What is happening, Where to Eat….and a lot more

Get Updates from Me!

My Instagram Feed

🖤 Hands of tradition. In a Lucca factory where time moves slowly, Toscano cigars are still shaped by hand — a ritual born in 1818 and carried forward by quiet precision. Kentucky tobacco. Tuscan soul. @toscanocigars 📍Lucca, Italy 📷 Leica Monochrome #BlackAndWhitePhotography #DocumentaryPhotography #Craftsmanship #MadeInItaly #StreetPhotography #LeicaCamera #CigarCulture #ToscanoCigars #ArtisanWork #MonochromeMagic #MarcoSecchi #LuccaToscana #Photojournalism #HandsAtWork #QuietStories

Aerial views of San Lazzaro in Venice, Italy. The Armenian Monastery is located on San Lazzaro, a small island in the Venetian Lagoon, lying immediately west of the Lido. it is completely occupied by the monastery, founded around 1707, is the mother-house of the Mekhitarist Order. The island is one of the world's foremost centres of Armenian culture. #venice #sanlazzarodegliarmeni #armenian

Wishing you a peaceful Sunday from the timeless charm of Mostar ✨ The light lingers a little longer here… just enough to remind you that beauty is in the quiet moments. Perfect place for a Leica, a lens, and a little magic. #HappySunday #Mostar #PhotographyWorkshops #Leica #LeicaWorkshop #CaptureWithLeica #BalkansPhotography #SlowTravelMoments #StreetPhotographyWorkshop #VisualPoetry

I’ve poured years of experience into a Venice guide on @rexbycom — packed with photo tips, quiet cafés, and the real places I go to when I'm not working. 📍Link in bio or here →https://www.rexby.com/marcosecchi/venice DM me if you want a custom tip for your trip. #VeniceInsider #VenicePhotowalk #VeniceGuide #HiddenVenice #PhotographyGuide

Tension in the air, hooves on sacred ground, and centuries of rivalry unfold in the heart of Siena. The Palio isn't just a race—it's identity, pride, and raw tradition. 🇮🇹🐎 #PalioDiSiena #Siena #IlPalio #TradizioneItaliana #HorseRace #HistoricItaly #leica #StreetPhotography #LeicaStreet #MonochromeMagic #GettyImages #CulturalHeritage #TuscanyVibes #ItalianTraditions #BlackAndWhiteStorytelling #MarcoSecchiPhotography

The Morgagni Family Tomb – A Silent Choir of Grief Monumental Cemetery of Milan Tucked among the grand mausoleums of Milan’s Cimitero Monumentale stands a hauntingly beautiful tomb: that of the Morgagni family. Crafted in pure white marble, it is immediately striking—not for its grandeur, but for its almost theatrical choreography of sorrow. Seven sculpted women kneel in a semicircle, their fingers to their lips in an eternal gesture of silence. Their eyes are closed, lost in contemplation. Grief here is not weeping, but dignified and still—graceful in its restraint. Designed with balance and symbolism, this monument is a meditation on memory and loss. The female figures, identical and symmetrical, evoke muses or angels, guardians of remembrance. Each represents a serene embodiment of mourning, as if the family is encircled by their own silent chorus of time. The names carved into the base—Manlio, Andrea, Cesira, Giulitta, and others—belong to members of the Morgagni lineage, a family of note in the early 20th century. Though less known today, their resting place is among the most photographed in the cemetery—less for who they were, and more for the unforgettable way they are remembered.

Venice Uncovered: Your Essential Guide

📸 Where to Shoot Street Photography in Venice?

Marco Secchi

Get Updates from Me!