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Venice Journal: Dive into the heart of Venice with our curated insights. From the rhythm of local life to the best-kept secrets of hotels and eateries, discover the authentic charm of La Serenissima with every read

January 07, 2011

Ephiphany

January 07, 2011/ Marco Secchi

Regata della Befana with Arzana'

La Befana vien di notte Con le scarpe tutte rotte Col cappello alla romana Viva, Viva La Befana!

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In Budapest, history is never quite behind you. At Fisherman’s Bastion, the old stone guardians remain in shadow while the city opens beyond the arch. The tower catches the eye first, but it is the figures watching silently from both sides that give the frame its story. This is why I enjoy photographing with a Leica. It stays quiet and encourages me to look for layers, relationships and small tensions inside the scene, rather than simply recording another landmark. That is also how I approach my private Budapest workshops: we explore the city, but more importantly, we learn to read it. If you would like to photograph Budapest with me, send me a message. #Budapest #LeicaPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #FishermansBastion #leica #BudapestPhotographyWorkshop

Venice does not wait for sunrise to become beautiful. The most interesting light often comes earlier, when the lamps are still glowing, the wet stone reflects every colour and the city has not yet filled with people. This is the moment to work slowly, watch the balance between natural and artificial light, and decide exactly what belongs in the frame. My private Twilight and sunrise workshops begin in this quieter, more atmospheric Venice. If you are planning a visit and would like to photograph the city at its best hour, send me a message and we can create a session around your photography. #venice #photography #workshops #leica

The Nagyrévi Református Templom has stood here since 1847. Its tower watched over baptisms, marriages, funerals and the quiet procession of ordinary Sundays. Decades later, as darker events unfolded behind the village's closed doors, people still climbed these steps and gathered beneath its roof. Buildings cannot testify. They leave no record of what was confessed, suspected or deliberately left unspoken. Yet the weathered walls and shuttered tower seem to hold a question: how much can a place witness without ever revealing what it knows? Nagyrév is often reduced to the story of the poisonings. The church reminds us that history rarely announces itself. Sometimes it happens quietly among neighbours, beneath a familiar bell, while everything still seems entirely normal. #NAGYREV #HUNGARY #LEICA For those who want to explore the atmosphere of Nagyrév and the story of the poisonings, I recommend @sabrinazuccato ’s Italian-language novel, La levatrice di Nagyrév.

At the edge of Nagyrév, the village announces itself quietly. A weathered house is slowly being reclaimed by the vegetation, while the empty road leads into a place that seems to hold more than it reveals. I have become increasingly obsessed with Nagyrév. I cannot quite get it out of my mind. Every visit, every house and every fragment I uncover seems to open another layer of the story. And now, after the discovery of a particular date the place feels more insistent than ever. It is no longer somewhere I simply photograph. It follows me home. #nagyrév

At the old ferry point in Nagyrév, a fishing boat has been pulled beyond the reach of the Tisza. No name, no sign of its owner, and no clue whether it was abandoned or simply left waiting. In places like this, silence rarely gives you the whole story. #akompnemüzemel #Nagyrév #Tisza #LeicaPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography #HungaryPhotography

Nagyrév begins with a crossing. The Hungarian word rév means a ferry or river crossing, and the first surviving written mention of one here dates to 1311. In this frame, the machinery, cables and ramp occupy one bank of the Tisza, while the road continues on the opposite side. I came to Nagyrév following its darker history, but places are never only the stories that made them notorious. They are also landscape, routine and the structures that quietly hold everyday life together. The ferry offers another way into the village. Not through legend, but through geography. #akompnemüzemel #Nagyrév #DocumentaryPhotography #BlackAndWhitePhotography