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Have you ever heard of steampunk fiction? It is a literary genre that flourished in the mid 20th century and includes works by H. G. Wells, Jules Verne, Philip Pullman, Scott Westerfeld, and China Miéville. Steampunk stories combine a strong fascination with steam-powered technologies, backgrounds typical of the 19th British and American industrialized societies and futuristic traits.
![lady in steampunk outfit during photo shooting in Venice Young lady in steampunk outfit during a photo walk in Venice](https://web.archive.org/web/20131212034803/http://www.photographervenice.com/img/s9/v90/p1570678748-2.jpg)
Steampunk fiction also influenced music, home-décor, fashion and lifestyle. Today the steampunk movement is still very popular and its fans organize parties, concerts and festivals.
They wear steampunk outfits which combine clothes typical of the Victorian era such as gowns, corsets, petticoats, bustles, top hats, spats and military-inspired garments with technological and fantasy accessories such as timepieces, parasols, flying goggles, and ray guns.
![steampunk story shot at Rialto fish market in Venice during photo portrait Young men running at Rialto fish market during photo shooting in Venice](https://web.archive.org/web/20131212032140/http://www.photographervenice.com/img/s8/v83/p1570676490-2.jpg)
Nikita and Anna, a couple that hired me for an informal photo walking tour in Venice, decided to stage a steampunk love story in Venice starring themselves as main characters. They informed me in advance about the plot so that I could think about a suitable itinerary in Venice for our photo shooting in Venice: we started from Lista di Spagna and strolled in the Cannareggio (including the Ghetto area) and Rialto districts.
![young men shot during steampunk story photo reportage in Venice Young men shot during photo shooting in Venice of a steampunk story](https://web.archive.org/web/20131212040704/http://www.photographervenice.com/img/s8/v74/p1570666616-2.jpg)
Their outfits were really gorgeous: Victorian-styled, colorful and elegant garments with technological accessories. This photo service in Venice gave them the chance to discover some less known Venetian areas and I could shoot several creative and colorful couple photographs.
![steampunk lady shot during photo portrait in Venice young lady in steampunk outfit runs in a alley during photo portraits in Venice](https://web.archive.org/web/20131212035718/http://www.photographervenice.com/img/s9/v92/p1570672952-2.jpg)
For further examples of photo shootings and couple portraits in Venice see my website.
Shooting a steampunk love story in Venice: a photo walk in fantasy outfits https://t.co/VMLvRQqlhR