For whose of you that haven't yet gone to the Carnival of Venice, I would like to offer a peek of what it is like, some of the best masks, highlights of the atmospheres.

The pictures shown in these galleries were taken during the Carnivals of '95 and '96, 98 and 2000 the weather being very cold (except 2000 that was amazingly pleasant). But nonetheless class and beauty were very strongly there.
Just click on each photo to see it in its full (web relative) glory.

I also made some exhibits of them:

1996 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) - sponsored by the Istituto di Cultura Italiana di Rio de Janeiro.
2000 in San Francisco, CA, sponsored by the Museo Italoamericano of San Francisco.
2000 in Stockton, CA - sponsored by the University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA

All these pictures are out for sale too, mainly the rights for printing.
You can find the proof sheets of these images and hundreds more in the download section of the site.

Enjoy!