Two months ago - during Carnival - Venice was "suffocating" under the pressure of tourism. Now, since the last Sunday of Carnival, Venice has been completely transformed by the coronavirus shutdown.
San Marco’s square at noon
I needed a special permission togo out and take this picture. And this is one of the very few half days I spend going around Venice for magazines or televisions. San Marco’s square was like this and it reminded me the famous picture Josef Koudelka took in Prague in 1968, during the Soviet invasion. In both cases, there is nobody around at noon. Surreal.
Josef Koudelka, Prague 1968