Large cruise ships in Venice


Originating from the disconcert in front of the "visual pollution" produced by the disproportion between the dimensions of the city and those of these mastodons of the sea, the work focuses on the damage caused by unregulated mass tourism to the environment and to the identity of Venice, touching the uncovered nerve of the dichotomy between economic exploitation and the fragile state of the city. The controversy triggered by the censorship by the mayor Luigi Brugnaro has given a wide international resonance to the images.

Originating from the disconcert in front of the “visual pollution” produced by the disproportion between the dimensions of the city and those of these mastodons of the sea, the work focuses on the damage caused by unregulated mass tourism to the environment and to the identity of Venice, touching the uncovered nerve of the dichotomy between economic exploitation and the fragile state of the city. The controversy triggered by the censorship by the mayor Luigi Brugnaro has given a wide international resonance to the images.