Piazzetta San Marco, Venice, 2010 Size:30cm x 40cm Words: Somya Mehta

Words: Somya Mehta

Christine and the Queens and Kylie Minogue all taking to the stage

cheeky and unpredictable

whirling sequence in which she daringly backflipped off the high bar

For those wondering how it was shot … isn’t there magic in the mystery

Piazzetta San Marco, Venice, 2010 Size:30cm x 40cm Words: Somya MehtaWhile covering the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2010, the Guardian photographer David Levene took time out to photograph one of the citys best loved tourist spots, St Marks Square and decided to capture a different view of the adjoining Piazzetta. Using his tilt shift Zrk lens, which is used to correct parallel lines in architectural photography, he played around with scale and perspective, focusing on a handful of tourists (and pigeons) at the