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CoM: CIAO! TODAY WE’RE INTERVIEWING CARNEVALE PHOTOGRAPHER, LORENZO LAZZARI.
Venetian-Costumed participants. Photo credit: Lorenzo Lazzari
CoM: LORENZO, HOW DID YOU FIRST LEARN ABOUT CARNEVALE IN VENICE, ITALY?
LL: I haven't had the chance to attend the Venice Carnival in Italy yet. I discovered the world of Venetian costumes during the Venice Carnival parade in the Gardens of Annevoie, in Belgium. It was there that I was truly amazed by the beauty, elegance, and creativity of these costumes and masks.
Venetian-Costumed participants. Photo credit: Lorenzo Lazzari
CoM: WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT CARNEVALE?
LL: What I particularly love is the beauty of the costumes and masks, and the sense of mystery they create.
Venetian-Costumed participants. Photo credit: Lorenzo Lazzari
CoM: HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE CARNEVALE TO SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER BEEN?
LL: It’s a mix of elegance, mystery, art, and creativity. Even without having been to Venice, I felt that magic through the Venetian costume parades I attended in Gaasbeek and at the Annevoie Gardens.
Venetian-Costumed participants. Photo credit: Lorenzo Lazzari
CoM: ANYTHING ELSE YOU’D LIKE US TO KNOW?
LL: My passion for Carnevale is all about photography. I love capturing performers in Venetian costumes with my smartphone and playing with mirror reflections to create original, distinctive images
Venetian-Costumed participants. Photo credit: Lorenzo Lazzari