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A black hardcover book, Atlas of Imaginations of Venice by Stefanie Bürkle, is shown at an angle on a white background. The book features white text, a black elastic closure, and colorful page edges, hinting at its photographic content.
An open photobook on a white surface displays a two-page spread featuring a collage of four color photographs. From left to right, the images show a Venetian mask shop, people on a boat, a man's back covered in a large tattoo of Italian landmarks, and an aerial view of the Venice skyline including the Doge's Palace.
The back cover of a book featuring a photograph of a waterfront scene. A gondola with a red cover is moored in a canal in front of several houses and palm trees. One house is an ornate yellow villa, while another next to it is under construction. A black vertical band on the left contains descriptive text and a barcode.
A hardcover book titled Imaginations of Venice by Stefanie Bürkle, lying at an angle on a white surface. The cover features a photograph of a gondola with a red covering floating in a canal next to modern houses and lush green foliage.
A book titled Atlas Imaginations of Venice by Stefanie Bürkle, shown on a white background. The book has a solid black cover with the title and author in a white sans-serif font. It is propped open, displaying the back cover which features a color photograph of a building with palm trees, a text description, and a barcode. A black elastic band holds the book together.
An open book laid flat against a white background, displaying a two-page color photograph of a sunlit interior. The image shows a long corridor with a series of large, arched openings covered by sheer, light-colored curtains. A man in a dark t-shirt stands in profile on the right page.
The cover of the art book Imaginations of Venice by Stefanie Bürkle, published by Hatje Cantz. The photograph shows a black gondola with a red cover resting on the muddy bank of a canal. In the background are modern houses, including a large yellow villa and a home under construction, surrounded by palm trees.
A top-down view of a black book with a black elastic band holding it closed, set against a white background. The cover features white, vertically-oriented text that reads: Atlas Imaginations of Venice, and Stefanie Bürkle.
A two-page spread from a book or article. On the left, a photograph shows a bustling square in Venice, filled with tourists and pigeons in front of the Doge's Palace, which is partially covered by a large printed banner showing its own facade during restoration. On the right, the page features the title, Imaginations of Venice: An Art and Research Project, followed by text discussing tourism and the city's image.
A side-by-side comparison image showing two canal scenes. On the left, the bustling Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, is lined with grand, historic buildings and filled with gondolas and water buses. On the right, a quiet, narrow canal in Venice, California, is flanked by residential homes, grassy banks, and small boats, with ducks swimming in the water.
The Table of Contents from a book, displayed on page 5 with a minimalist layout. The content is organized into three columns: Page, Title, and Author. Sections include a Preface, Contents, and Appendix. The chapter titles, such as Venice, Spatial and Mirrors on the Water: Venice as a Brand, indicate the book's focus is on Venice. The appendix includes About the Artist, About the Authors, Index, and Colophon.
A diptych contrasting a bright, sunny Venetian-themed resort with the real Venice. On the left, a gondola floats on turquoise water by a replica palace. On the right, dozens of gondolas are moored and navigating the Grand Canal on an overcast day, with the Venice skyline in the background.
A diptych showing two contrasting interiors. On the left, an old, dusty room with a wooden staircase and heavy, rose-colored velvet curtains. On the right, a modern, polished marble lobby with tall green marble pillars, light gray curtains, and potted plants.
A magazine spread featuring a triptych of three vertical photographs. The left photo shows a narrow Venice canal at night with illuminated buildings reflecting in the water. The central photo captures a wide street in a coastal city at twilight, with palm trees and a colorful sky. The right photo shows a daytime view down another narrow Venice canal from the perspective of a boat.
A two-page book spread. The left page shows a wide shot of a symmetrical, light-stone institutional building behind a large plaza and a road. The right page features a collage of colorful, modern architectural details, including peach walls, a staircase, and a deep blue wall.
A book spread showing two contrasting photographs. On the left, a sunny, wide shot of a sandy beach filled with people, with hotels and the ocean in the background under a clear blue sky. On the right, an empty, windowless banquet room with red patterned carpet, beige curtains, and long tables covered in white pleated cloths.
A book spread displaying a triptych of nature photographs. On the left, dark, feathery seaweed dangles into murky, greenish water. In the center, a large, fluffy cloud is lit with pink and orange light over a silhouetted treeline at dusk. On the right, a large flock of birds flies in formation over the sea towards a distant island.
A split panoramic image contrasting the real Venice, Italy, on the left with its replica at The Venetian resort in Las Vegas on the right. The left side shows an overcast St. Mark's Square with construction scaffolding and crowd control barriers. The right side shows a bustling scene with replicas of the Doge's Palace and Rialto Bridge, a bright turquoise canal with gondolas, and the modern Las Vegas cityscape in the background.
The historic main gate of the Venetian Arsenal, featuring an ornate white marble entrance on a red brick building, is undergoing restoration. The area is filled with scaffolding, temporary fencing, and stacks of construction materials, partially obscuring the large marble lion statues that flank the entrance.
A two-panel image showing a contrast of scenes. On the left, a close-up of a temporary, angular red staircase behind a metal fence for an event. On the right, a wide view from a garden with palm trees overlooking a sandy beach and a calm sea with a pier in the distance.
Stefanie Bürkle. Imaginations of Venice
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Designed by: operative.space, Berlin
Edited by: Stefanie Bürkle
September 2025, 272 Pages, 288 Photos
Hardcover
152mm x 216mm
ISBN: 978-3-7757-6151-2

HATJE CANTZ VERLAG
Mommsenstr. 27
10629 Berlin
Germany
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Venice exists not only as a place but as a circulating image—reproduced endlessly, mirrored across the globe, and embedded in cultural memory. For over 25 years, Stefanie Bürkle has photographed both the city and its replicas, exploring how Venice becomes a projection for spatial desire. Venice unfolds not as a single city but as a network of imaginations—reflected in fragments, fictions, and facades. This volume brings together analog and digital photographs from her long-term archive, accompanied by texts by Kristina Lovaas. Additionally, there is a fold-out map of Bürkle's Imagination of Venice atlas. The publication is part of the artistic research project Imaginations of Venice, within CRC 1265 Re-Figuration of Spaces, Technische Universität Berlin.
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