The book encourages us to pay attention: the
descriptions are detailed and hyper-focused, the
photography of Venice is layered and intricate,
and the accompanying captions raise ideas that
any reader, novice or experienced photographer,
can appreciate. ...
Like his photography, Walker’s writing is
contemplative, pairing pithy observations ... with highly specific
photography vocab and snippets of Italian.
These specialist details rarely make the reader feel
alienated, however: we become tourists in Venice,
acquainted with Richard’s artsy friends Merlo and
Lars, catching soundbites and glimpses of meaning
in a way that is clandestine, conspiratorial.
The subtle manipulation of perspective is what
really makes this book shine, as we zoom in and
out of Richard’s life like the focus on a camera lens ...
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