Essence Of Venice II (The Lady Of Masks)..

Venice, June 2012.

 

Venice is the capital of masquerades and of course just littered with

shops selling masks. Many are just cheap replicas for tourists, but here

and there there are real artists working in their little arts and crafts shops.

 

 

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This is Annalisa Angela Victor. The sweetest girl ever. The trade of making

masks has been passed along through generations. She showed me pictures

of her mother, and her grandmother depicting them during mask making.

 

 

 

 

At first I had some trouble understanding her as she had had a tracheotomy

made and she talked through a microphone attached to her throat. But she

was not embarrased about it. Instead her eyes were young, secure, happy and full

of energy and wisdom. An old lady easy to fall in love with...

 

 

 

 

If you are on your way to Venice her shop adress is:

Castello 6185

 

 

 

 

Her business card has these words on it: "People rarely tell the truth, but give them

a mask and...they will."

Done