Dora

CoM: CIAO! TODAY WE’RE INTERVIEWING CARNEVALE PHOTOGRAPHER, DORA BERTOLUTTI HOWARD.

Photo by Dora Bertolutti Howard

CoM: DORA, HOW DID YOU FIRST LEARN ABOUT CARNEVALE IN VENICE, ITALY?

DBH: I first went to Venice during Carnevale time over 35 years ago.

CoM: WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT CARNEVALE?

DBH: The artistic combination of masks, color, tradition, and art.

CoM: HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE CARNEVALE TO SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER BEEN?

DBH: Carnevale is a tradition where people dress up with wonderful, eccentric costumes. Sometimes they spend all year planning the design and it becomes a real work of art.

Photo by Dora Bertolutti Howard

CoM: TELL OUR READERS ABOUT YOUR PHOTOS.

DBH: I am a creator of Carnevale photos, using the lens to keep the wonderful images from the past and future while I still can. I’m trying to show up in London to several places and even submit this year to the Royal Academy of Arts in London.

CoM: WHAT IS A GO-TO CARNEVALE BUSINESS FOR YOU?

DBH: My fellow photographers: Roberto Rinaldi, Gianni La Motta, R. Krossa.

Photo by Dora Bertolutti Howard

CoM: ANYTHING ELSE YOU’D LIKE TO SHARE WITH US?

DBH: Masks, photographers, and tourists can connect and enjoy one another’s company at the following events: February 12, 2026 in front of Santa Maria della Salute - organised by Wolfgang Flik, February the 14th, Campo S. Lorenzo - organised by Luca Turelli, Hot Chocolat Ca' Sagredo organised by Eliane and Ravi, and Dinner at Trovaso Restaurant - organised by Debora Nania.

Photo by Dora Bertolutti Howard