Whispers of Dawn: Venice Awakes

• Photographer
  Nicholas Dunn

As dawn gently embraces Venice, a quiet hush blankets the lagoon, unveiling timeless silhouettes. Gondolas softly sway, patiently awaiting the rhythm of the city's day. Illuminated street lamps glow gently, casting reflections that ripple like poetry upon the calm waters. This photograph captures Venice at its most introspective—an ephemeral, serene moment before tourists flood the pathways, where history and beauty meet in perfect solitude beneath the early morning sky.

Nicholas Dunn began photographing at age ten, inspired by his father and grandmother. From the Kansas plains to landscapes abroad, he developed a style rooted in abstraction, where nature reads like drawing or design. By eighteen, his work earned international recognition, including multiple honors at the International Photography Awards with a second place in Architecture/Historic. Through fire, water, ice, and land, Nicholas seeks to reveal the patterns and fleeting visions etched by the earth itself.