For those of you who care, Venice is sinking, or so I’ve heard, I am no expert. There are arguments littering the Internet over the reason why, arguments I care not to be a part of. You see, regardless of why, year after year, as high tide seasons arrives, streets and the warren of canals which have made they city what it is, become one. Wooden platforms are erected to allow safe passage of the tourists, the show must go on. Venice is slowly sinking. However, I have never been to the city, and they say the proof is in the pudding. So I’m not giving up on the old dog yet. Neither, it seems, are the locals, Venice is not Sinking was founded in 2006, with one issue a year. The website is all in Italian, but visually, from what I can see of the magazine, I love it. Lots of illustration and great photography, from reviews to adverts. It all sits so well. The design and concept, I think, excuse my Italian, is from Studio Camuffo, who has a website you must take a chance to look through. There are picture archives going back to 2004, a rarity online, and a great chance to see Venice in a new way, like the image above. On the site there is the same framed shot overlooking Venice taken multiple times at various times of the year and in all conditions, it’s beautiful every which way. Keep pressing ‘yesterday’ and decide for yourself what Venice is doing.

For those of you who care, Venice is sinking, or so I’ve heard, I am no expert. There are arguments littering the Internet over the reason why, arguments I care not to be a part of. You see, regardless of why, year after year, as high tide seasons arrives, streets and the warren of canals which have made they city what it is, become one. Wooden platforms are erected to allow safe passage of the tourists, the show must go on. Venice is slowly sinking.

However, I have never been to the city, and they say the proof is in the pudding. So I’m not giving up on the old dog yet. Neither, it seems, are the locals, Venice is not Sinking was founded in 2006, with one issue a year. The website is all in Italian, but visually, from what I can see of the magazine, I love it. Lots of illustration and great photography, from reviews to adverts. It all sits so well.

The design and concept, I think, excuse my Italian, is from Studio Camuffo, who has a website you must take a chance to look through. There are picture archives going back to 2004, a rarity online, and a great chance to see Venice in a new way, like the image above. On the site there is the same framed shot overlooking Venice taken multiple times at various times of the year and in all conditions, it’s beautiful every which way. Keep pressing ‘yesterday’ and decide for yourself what Venice is doing.

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