Venice Lido: The Beach 2 by sandra46

Photography • Landscape • posted on May 26, 2014

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By the early 20th century Venice’s economy was so well known to largely depend on tourism, that in 1904 the New York Times described the Lido as the most interesting of summer holiday resorts. Sea bathing was once thought to have curative or therapeutic value. It arose from the medieval practice of visiting spas for the beneficial effects of the waters. The practice of sea bathing dates back to the 17th century but became popular in the late 18th century. The development of the first swimsuits dates from the period as does the development of the bathing machine. The bathing machines remained in active use until the 1890s, when they began to be parked on the beach. They were then used as stationary changing rooms up to now and re-named beach huts. Here you can see that the beach huts, usually three rows of them, were protected by a wall of sand, heaped to prevent the storms to 'eat' most of the beach. The beach is being prepared for the summer tourists in late May. In the background you can see the bulky outline of the Excelsior Hotel. Sorry for my absence, but, as Flavia said, we were very, very busy. Thank you for your kind comments.

Comments (38)

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danapommet

8:52PM | Tue, 03 June 2014

A wonderful photo and narrative Sandra. I like the stunning sky and a zoom to see the roofs of the beach huts. Enjoy life my friend - comments can come between projects!!!

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tommorules

4:23PM | Thu, 05 June 2014

Lovely textures and light. From my point of view, as an image, if you removed the top 3rd, for me this would add more dynamic "pop". From a composition point of view, your leading line of the footprints is really excellent, but it doesn't finish on one of the magic "3rd"s. Perhaps you could try cropping just above the top of that cloud formation in line with the footprints, and see if you agree? Hope you don't mind my critique :)

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Darkwish

8:41PM | Thu, 19 June 2014

Great idea, I like this pic!

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rachris480907

12:29AM | Sun, 29 June 2014

Excellent photo, and I always enjoy the informative text that you include with your work.

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Chipka

11:31PM | Sun, 29 June 2014

I seem to be going in reverse; I just saw, and fell in love with, the image after this one, and this one offers as much, both to see and to read! This is really, incredibly well done! I love the color and the mood is quite inviting: there's a sense of openness and of quiet, a sense of solitude, as well, but not loneliness. I love that. And those colors! WOW! This is quite a fantastic shot and I love the "longer" view here.

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