Rebecca Ann Hughes is a freelance journalist in northern Italy.

glassblowing on the island of Murano
Procuratie Vecchie
A billboard for Balenciaga on a church in Venice in 2017.
The dilapidated facade of Palazzo Priuli Manfrin, Venice, photographed in 2015.
Funghi business: still from The Truffle Hunters (2020; dir. Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw).
The view from Santa Croce in Florence.
The MSC Magnifica seen from a canal in Venice in June 2019.
Detail of Self-Portrait with Madrigal (c. 1578), attributed to Marietta Robusti. Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence
In hibernation: covered gondolas line the shore in Venice in December 2020.
Fiddlesticks! The art of bead-stringing in the 21st century.
Agnese Tegon working in the furnace.