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Over four days, participants will explore the Venetian lagoon to reveal what makes it singular: the omnipresence of water, the island spirit that reigns around Venice, and that very particular atmosphere where time seems suspended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom San Servolo, the ideal home base for this photographic journey, the workshop invites each participant to discover little-known places and bring back singular, personal and original images. Far from the buzz of the April festival, November offers the ideal conditions to absorb the silence, the light and the melancholy that inhabit the lagoon. It is also the season when the Acqua Alta may occur, an emblematic phenomenon that transforms the landscape and renews the way we look at the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis workshop is above all an invitation to see differently. 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