The Venice Carnevale

• Prize
  Silver in Fine Art/Portrait
• Photographer
  Robin Yong
• Agency / Studio
  Www.robinyongphotography.com
• Technical Info
  Everything Done Using Natural Lighting Only
• Photo Date
  02.2024

The Venice Carnevale, renowned as the world's most beautiful festival, dazzles with its extravagant masked costumes donned by wonderful attendees. Beyond the masks, locals exude charm in their preference for painted faces and historical garb, adding to the festival's allure. All photos done on the busy streets of Venice during Carnevale and using natural lighting only.

Robin Yong is a multi-award winning Travel Photographer. He enjoys traveling to exotic destinations to befriend and photograph the locals. He is best known for his work on the Omo Valley tribes in Ethiopia, the Venetian Masked models in Venice, the Bokator boxers of Cambodia and the Maikos of Kyoto. He calls these works his Travel Portraits, his Art of Travel Medicine. For most of his works, he does not use flash, reflectors or artificial lighting, depending solely on natural lighting alone. The photos are often dramatic, colourful and extremely beautiful.