Marco Secchi 📷
@marcosecchi
📸 Photojournalist @GettyImages | Educator Venice | Budapest | Transylvania Street & B&W Photography | Leica enthusiast Learn, shoot & explore ↓
Budapest after the rain, when the streets begin to reflect the city back at itself. The city rarely offers the same photograph twice. The secret is knowing when to stay out a little longer. #Budapest #LibertyBridge
Venice Beyond the Obvious More than 260 carefully chosen places, from atmospheric corners and artisan workshops to cafés, gardens and remarkable views. www.rexby.com/marcosecchi/...
Colour is easy. Black and white demands decisions. Budapest is the perfect classroom for that challenge. Spend a day with me exploring one of Europe's most photogenic cities www.msecchi.com/budapest-pho... #Budapest #PhotographyWorkshop #BlackAndWhitePhotography #StreetPhotography #Leica
"I spent an hour looking for an interesting subject in Sveti Lovreč. The cat found a better location first." #Leica #LeicaPhotography #StreetPhotography #CatPhotography #Istria #SvetiLovrec #Croatia #TravelPhotography #DocumentaryPhotography t 📷🐈⬛🟨
Oprtalj , one of those small Istrian hill towns where the silence, the cypress trees, and the changing light do half the work for the photographer. I only had to recognise the moment. Shot while wandering through inland Istria.
Long-exposure photography teaches something most of us forget: stillness reveals what motion hides. Hold the shutter open long enough, and crowds disappear, water turns to silk, the essential remains. What's still there when the noise blurs out is what actually matters this week
Photography is never neutral. This is one of those moments where that becomes clear. Venice Biennale Arte 2026
Soviet War Memorial, Szabadság tér, Budapest, commemorating Red Army soldiers who died during the Siege of Budapest, 1944–45. This is a link to my Budapest workshops www.msecchi.com/budapest-pho... #budapest #szabadsagter #libertysquare #hungary #sovietwarmemorial #ww2history #seigeofbudapest
The Hungarian Parliament building is seen across the Danube River with a man sitting on the bank, in a monochrome composition. The Neo-Gothic landmark, completed in 1904, remains one of the most recognisable architectural symbols of Budapest. #budapest #leica #blackandwhite #monochrome
I’m curating my work and inspirations on Flipboard. Join over 30,000 followers exploring Leica photography, black & white, and film, along with travel stories from Italy (Venice, Milan), Slovenia, and Budapest. If you enjoy photography or slow travel, take a look: flipboard.com/@msecchi
Follow me during a 3-day workshop as I take my camera through the streets and coastlines of Istria Fishing villages with peeling paint, hilltop towns catching the golden hour, Roman ruins quietly holding their ground against the sea breeze. instagram.com/msecchi
If you’ve ever stood in front of a crumbling wall and whispered about the 'micro-contrast' or 'texture' while your workshop group looked at you like you were mad... this one is for you. Photography isn't just a job; it's a dialect. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve pointed at recently?
Some mornings, Venice gives you nothing but grey skies and a ghost of a boat. That's usually when the best photographs happen. Punta della Dogana, Leica, patience. #Venice #Leica #MoodPhotography #DocumentaryPhotography #ItalyInBlackAndWhite
New on Substack: The Architect’s Eye. I’m breaking out the red pen today to dissect composition. We are looking at the skeleton of an image, the geometric precision required to lead the viewer’s eye exactly where you want it. marcosecchi.substack.com/p/lesson-8-a... #Photography #Composition
March itinerary: Venice → Istria → Venice. While I am at capacity for workshops during these dates, I’m carving out time for coffee and real conversation. If you're in the neighborhood between the 6th and 20th and want to talk shop or life, get in touch. Let's ditch the screens for a bit.
Something I did not expect when I started writing on Substack. Through the Lens has quietly become a Substack Bestseller. Thank you to everyone who reads, responds, and supports the work. It means more than you might think. If you’re curious, you can read it here: marcosecchi.substack.com
San Marco, twice. Once in stone. Once in water. On mornings like this, Venice offers you the photograph without resistance. No drama, no performance. Just alignment. Architecture, light, and stillness . #photography #venice #leica #blackandwhite #monochrome #italy #marcosecchi
There is a specific kind of silence that only comes with Venetian fog and high water. While the city sleeps, the piazza belongs to the few who don’t mind getting their feet wet. 🌊🐕 #Venice #StreetPhoto #Fog #leica #Italy #PhotographyWorkshop
First workshop. Carnival 2026 Venice did that thing it does when you arrive early enough, blue hour still holding on, the arcades glowing, water turning the whole square into a mirror. No crowds yet, no rush, just masks, reflections, and that quiet agreement that this is worth waking up for.
I didn’t start this to build an audience. I started it to think in public. The audience came later. marcosecchi.substack.com
Venice, after hours. Lost toys, working boat, Rialto doing its thing. Nothing staged. Everything real.
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The kind of evening where everything slows down. A church tower, a snow-covered street, and the sun disappearing like it has somewhere better to be. Southern Hungary, under 100km from Budapest, suddenly feels like a postcard you can actually step into. 🕯️❄️ #leica #gettyimages
The first frame is from my Getty Images set. A ferry crossing a lake that’s nearly solid, fog dissolving the horizon, birds floating on shards of ice like tiny punctuation marks. Everything muted, everything calm…the kind of winter that slows time down.