Author: Arnaldo Pellini

Market

Black and White / Street photography / Travel photography

Ricordo che era Dicembre e che era un giorno di pioggia. Una pioggia fine che non si decideva a trasformarsi in nebbia. La città di Sapa era avvolta nelle nuvole invernali. Il cielo era grigio ma nelle strade c’erano i colori del mercato pomeridiano. Un uomo controllava una rete da pesca da usare in uno dei piccoli laghi della zona. Sua figlia gli stava vicino e osservava le persone che camminavano lungo la per strada. […]

In the province

Street photography

It was a rainy day. Gray clouds throughout the bus ride to the Southern province. It did not matter how far we left Ha Noi behind, the weather was not getting any better. At the same time, when we go there, there was this peaceful atmosphere typical of the provinces. Less motorbikes and cars in the streets. Just few bicycles and few people walking in the streets. One photo a day

My old hometown

Black and White / Street photography

‘What do you think?’, I asked. We had been for more then five minutes in the old piazza and she had not said a word. We had got here at the right time. The sun setting. The marble facade of the Cathedral turning to a light pink/brown tint. We walk a bit in the square. She took a deep breath and said: “It is nice to be back.” One photo a day

Wings

Black and White / Travel photography

The takeoff was smooth even though we had to climb through thick rainy clouds. The fields and trees on the ground disappeared very quickly. The clouds were very low. I looked outside the window and saw just fog. All of a sudden it all disappeared and we flew suspended over the clouds as the sun was setting. One photo a day