#torcello

Torcello Island just north of Burano was once more populous than Venice itself. The Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta founded in the 7th century contains striking 11th century Byzantine mosaics. The snow-capped peaks of the Alps provide a backdrop.

Torcello, Venice, Italy - March 2026

This is photo number 241 of 366.

Torcello. Chiesa di Santa Fosca

In a photograph I kept long after our divorce, she is seated, gesturing to the boyfriend before me, in Italy. Torcello, I imagine. He has been cut out. She wears a soft, light, sleeveless dress that became my favourite. I liked its touch, how it touched her. She gestures from her wrist, her forearms upright on the table. Her quick brown eyes ignore the camera and hint of something worthy of her smile. I kept it in a leather box on my dresser and took it up again every so often. Eventually I knew enough to give it to our son.

(Torcello, Venezia)