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Family snapshots for granny’s 80th birthday [Parma, 2011]

21 August 202329 September 2024Posted in blog, Personal & othersTagged blog, elena arvasi, family, parma, photography portraitureLeave a comment

It feels strange to look back at these photos and realise that they were taken 12 years ago! It was the 30th May 2011 and my grandmother passed away a year and a half ago and in these snapshots she was celebrating her 80th birthday (well, as you see, chocolate cake has always been a big family hit!). Still, it’s reassuring to see that Grandma had fun (yes, she always loved dressing up and taking the role of an actress!).

I am very happy to have kept these visual memories and I know that she would be glad to see them posted on my blog!

Family shoot [Casalbaroncolo, 2011]

17 August 202328 July 2025Posted in blog, Kids & familiesTagged 2011, blog, elena arvasi, friends, Kids & families, photography portraitureLeave a comment

This is an old shoot from my early years in photography (dated April 2011), so technically speaking, you might find that the quality and the editing are not that outstanding 🙂 however I really love the spontaneity and the freshness of the pictures..as well as the subjects!! Enjoy this memory!

and now that’s what has always been my nemesis (driving me crazy!)…aka getting the subjects prepared for a group composition!!

Thanks for this shot, Cri, as a good recap of a lovely afternoon!

The oldest picture in my (rescued!) archive, together with my unified website [Parma, 2011]

13 August 20236 November 2025Posted in blogTagged 2011, personal, photographic blogLeave a comment

As previously mentioned on my instagram account, in 2022 my old photo archive was sort of miraculously rescued, thanks to Syntex Informatica, so now I can finally try to get everything together: the old & the new stuff on the same website (www.elenaarvasi.com will replace elenarvasi.com). This will be my final effort to UNIFY my work!

Curiously enough, he oldest image I found (catalogued under January 2011, even though I had taken it in 2009) is not a pretty landscape or a gorgeous portrait. It is a snapshot of the title of an article by Chiara Lubich, the founder of Movimento dei Focolari. Not highly artistic but it is worth sharing it, as her words are still powerful and beautiful.

“Sono Grazie” = “My name is Thank You. When I come knocking at your door and you ask my name, I won’t tell you my name. I will just say: My name is “Thank You” as I am thankful to you, forever and for everything”.

My return to blogging! [Edinburgh, 2023]

12 August 20233 November 2025Posted in blog, Personal & othersTagged personal, photographic blogLeave a comment

The past few years I have been through a rather trying phase of my life. I have been questioning myself, my choices, my future and my photographical activities. I haven’t really been active with the camera but I never gave up. Recently I sold most of my Nikon equipment with the refreshing intention of transferring to a mirrorless Canon (R6 Mark II you are on my bucket list!!).

A friend (Antonia!) told me once that I should combine my photography with my blogging so here I am back. And, hey, I am happy to receive any comments about this old photo (taken at the end of Uni) even though it looks like it was stolen from my high school photo album 🙂