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Death Becomes Her

A vicarious vacation through Venice

By Marisa Allegra Williams risamay

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Softcover US $49.95

Once a force to be reckoned with, Venice is now a city on life support. Though she is slowly being reclaimed by the sea, an undying affection and tide of tourists keeps Venice temporarily afloat. Whether she will be around to entrance us for another 100 years or 1,000 is anyone's guess. In the meantime, the city continues to be lovingly restored in the face of daily decay. And thanks to artists of all sorts, Venice will always exist in some impressionable form to inspire our dreams. If not our memories. For those, one must go and experience her charms firsthand. So if you've not been, get there soon. Before either you or she is gone.

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About the Author

Marisa Allegra Williams
risamay  Oakland, CA
I grew up in one of those typical American middle class families whose financial obligations and frivolous spending sprees never seemed to include funds for a proper vacation. Going to Disneyland a couple of times as a kid counts for very little as you enter your teenage years and your friends around the block are gearing up for skiing in Chamonix, hiking in the Bavarian Alps, or snorkeling and volcano exploration in Hawaii. Unable to fathom a life unlike that of my parents, I imagined weeks at large overseas to be largely out of reach and forever over budget. Plodding along in this frame of mind, I finished college and entered the working world. At 25, I finally amassed the modest wealth required to take that real vacation that I'd been so sadly, tragically denied in my acne-prone youth. First Hawaii, then Western Europe. One day Egypt and Syria. Next? Who knows. My photographic memories of all eventual expeditions will be for show and sale on Blurb though. Of that much I’m sure.

Publish Date  January 5, 2008

Dimensions  Standard Landscape  104 pgs

Category  Fine Art Photography

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