iPhone Photographer Maurizio Zanetti (mauzzan). Verona (Italy)

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Maurizio Zanetti
Verona (Italy)

I shot photographs from when I was 6 years old. I played with Threepenny machines up to 18. Then I discovered the reflex camera (first an old Zenit E, then Olympus OM1, OM2). I discovered the black and white (the mythical Ilford), the dark room. From 20 years to 45 I snapped, developed and printed thousands of photos. Especially dance, theatre, portraits. Almost always black and white. When digital arrived I was very wary. Then, slowly, I discovered the advantages in the use of digital cameras and, sometimes, Photoshop. I'm not a pro but (I think) a good amateur and today, 66 years old, I'm still taking hundreds of photos with Olympus OM d – E-M 10 Mark III. I always love dance, theatre and portraits. But also the landscape, reportage and above all street photography. And now that I have the iPhone, sometimes with Hipstamatic app, I discovered a wonderful chance to take pictures whenever I want. I’m on FLICKR like Maurizio Zanetti – mauzzan https://www.flickr.com/

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Place in Italy

3 years 4 days with us

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Collection 46

Chioggia, known and admired as "the little Venice", reserves continuous surprises among its streets and canals. Even the parapet between the tables of a "bacaro" and the canal gives joy with its rainbow of colors.

Collection 46

In the heart of the Po Delta, in the Ca Mello area, small marvelous cultivation of lavender. The photo can return the color, not the wonder of discovery and least of all the perfume.

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With a lot of curiosity and patience and a little luck, the splendid and well-known Venice can still surprise you with small priceless glimpses. Like the "Fondamenta de le Grue".

Collection 45

The butterfly is a Zygaena, the flower is an IRIS. No stylist will ever be able to reach with his compositions the wonderful color combinations that nature offers us every day. Just look around. And maybe have a smartphone in your hands...

Collection 45

In the background, the walls of the ancient Lazzaretto of Verona, designed and built starting from 1549 by the great architect Michele Sanmicheli. In the foreground a splendid field of poppies.

Collection 44

In August 2020 in Verona, a monstrous storm knocked down hundreds of secular trees as if they were ebon threads. On what remains of one of these someone has engraved a heart. For once it is not the action of the usual hooligan but an act of love. And the hope is that what remains of the tree won't be cut down. The photo was taken with iPhone 12 Pro.

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There are corners of nature, just a few minutes' walk from the heart of Verona, which when spring bursts become even more beautiful than they already are. Between iris and olive trees, the photo was taken with iPhone 12 Pro.

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They are the most photographed pair (of ducks) in the city. They live peacefully under the ancient Ponte Pietra. They allow themselves to tourists who hastily pass by, take a picture, leave. They are in no hurry: that bridge is always their home. The photo was taken with iPhone 12 Pro.

Collection 43

With the restrictions dictated by Covid-19 it is impossible for now to travel. I console myself with walks around the house. And always having the iPhone at hand, I enjoy taking portraits of my neighbors' cats. Great models ...