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Hi, I am Arnaldo.

I am based in Tampere (Finland) and am an enthusiastic photographer and writer. I have spent two decades working in middle and low-income countries as a researcher and consultant on democratic governance and social development. I have lived in Nepal, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Indonesia through my work. Living in these countries and travelling in many more has put me in touch with different languages and cultures.

I work as a researcher/consultant in international cooperation. My work has brought me to live for several years in Nepal, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Indonesia. In 2018 I co-founded Capability, a social enterprise focused on systems innovation and the design of adaptive portfolios to tackle complex development challenges. I write about my work on Knowledge Counts.

This blog is a journal that has evolved over the years. When I started it in 2004, I wrote mainly short posts. Then, I began adding photos to my posts at some point.

There have been long periods where I have just posted photographs with a simple title. I have had periods where I posted only black and white pictures. Sometimes when I posted only colour photos. There have been times when I did not post anything for weeks.

So, an irregular journal that has followed my life and my moods. The constant theme are the places, people, and landscapes that I have seen and where I have lived in different parts of the world and which I have described through words and photography.

Photos & Words

meditations on places and life through photos and words

La piazza

31 December 2022
by Arnaldo Pellini
Street photography
La Bertazzola, Cremona 2022

So, let’s finish the year by bringing this trip to Cremona to an end for now.

I see you all in the new year starting maybe in Helsinki. Let’s see.

Happy new year everyone

Cathedral

30 December 2022
by Arnaldo Pellini
Street photography
Il Duomo, Cremona 2022

Buon compleanno

Intermezzo: human presence

29 December 2022
by Arnaldo Pellini
Uncategorised
Lines, Niinikumppu, 2022
Greenhouse, Niinikumppu, 2022
Ice decoration, Niinikumppu, 2022
Old sauna and wood storage, Niinikumppu, 2022

Intermezzo: Forest in black and white

28 December 2022
by Arnaldo Pellini
Forest
Birch trees, Niinikumppu, 2022
Randomness, Niinikumppu, 2022
Standing still, Niinikumppu, 2022
Tree line, Niinikumppu, 2022
Up on the hill, Niinikumppu, 2022
Clearance, Niinikumppu, 2022
White landscape, Niinikumppu, 2022

Columns

28 December 2022
by Arnaldo Pellini
Street photography
Columns, Cremona, 2022
Columns, Cremona, 2022

Palazzo

28 December 2022
by Arnaldo Pellini
Street photography
Palazzo, Cremona, 2022

Intermezzo: Forest walks

27 December 2022
by Arnaldo Pellini
Forest

I am posting every day one of the photos I took last November in my hometown, Cremona.

I am in Kitee, in the province of Karelia (Eastern Finland), for the holidays, and I though I would post as a kind of intermezzo to the photos from Italy few photos from the walks I do in the countryside.

Closed to traffic

27 December 2022
by Arnaldo Pellini
Street photography
Via Gerardo Patecchio, Cremona, 2022

Entrance

26 December 2022
by Arnaldo Pellini
Street photography
Entrance, Cremona, 2022

Violin making

25 December 2022
by Arnaldo Pellini
Street photography
Violin maker, Cremona, 2022
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