Francesco and Viola were both…lively! She was a cheerful cutie pie, all action and with a strong character, whilst he seemed to be more composed, reserved and thoughtful. However, the level of energy they spread around when they were playing together was unique, you can tell! Enjoy these lovely photo memories dates August 2017 and Thanks to Valentina and her young family for posing in front of my lens!
Simone showed this clever, adult and funny personality’s side and was brilliant and quick with the ball, whilst his little brother Samuele seemed to fully enjoy a few hours of freedom in the park! This little one was all giggles and smiles, and intentionally trying to get all of his parents attention! Enjoy these lovely memories dated July 2017. THANK you, Mora family, for posing in front of my camera!
I find that a black & white editing often gives to children’s pictures something more than just an extra vibrancy. It seems to me that it allows them “to shine” more, fixing them in time, in a more powerful way than colour photos. I was delighted to observe and to capture Diletta’s family deep bond and their mutual, strong love one for the other. After all, little princess Arianna was the glowy star of the shooting, as expected! Enjoy these lovely photo memories dated July 2017!
“All the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow” – Leo Tolstoy
During my career as children’s photographer, I have rarely met a 1 year old baby being S O expressive! Francene was really one a kind! She was not only pretty, funny, cuddled and incredibly loved by her proud parents, but also she became like a young actress on stage, the moment after I took out my camera from the bag! Enjoy these cut and lovely photo memories! And Thanks to the Arellano family for posing in front of my lens!
During the dry summer season, it was a pleasure to take the camera in my hands to witness Adele & Cloe’s playful beauty and complicity. These girls ARE stunners, like their beautiful momma! A big Thanks to this family for braving July’s heat!
“Summertime is always the best of what might be” – Charles Bowden
From my photo archives, back in the summer of 2017, Kristjana had just had her second baby boy. Luigi, the first one, was a beautiful little explorer, curious and relatively outgoing so it was quite easy to take them some candid shots in the park!
“Play is the highest form of research” – Albert Einstein
It was a pleasure to witness Zoe & Zeno’s busy activities in the garden! Enjoy these lovely shots, taken in June 2017!
Not having brothers of my own, I was never familiar with the world of young boys however, I was positively impressed when I went at Elena’s (a family friend) compound and had a full immersion in her world! Elena has 5 boys who, back in 2017, when these pictures were taken, were between 17 and 4 years old. I observed a few hours of their rough games “en plein air”, whilst we were having a chat and coffee and I reckon that it was very physical, it could be intense as the boys would bicker easily, but at the same time it was quicker, more immediate and less complicated than young girls play sessions! Enjoy these lovely photo memories! P.S. Some of their snapshots were featured on PhotoVogue, well done, boys!
“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies” – Aristotle
Analog shots
A portrait dated 2017 of a dear friend, Marianne (1938-2021), who was my German teacher. She is now in heaven, however her unwavering sense of helpfulness, her mental strength, intellectual honesty and industriousness remains amongst us as her legacy.
Arianna was almost 2 years old when I took these shots of her (with an old film camera) and she totally was in the game: she was such a tiny, shining poser! The image (below) where she is carrying the bag wins it all!
I met Anisa in 2017, via a a mutual friend. She is a year younger than me and she always impressed me with her sweetness and resilience, there is so much light in her soul! Enjoy this beautiful photo memory which I cherish as I believe is one of the most outstanding services I have done.
Agata was 2 months old when I met her with her super momma Angela and granny. She was tiny but really present! With her little eyes she would brows around, trying to determine what kind of situation it was. Even though it was a late afternoon of early June, we did maximize the timing of the shooting as it was hot. We were lucky enough to take profit of a gorgeous summer light, fighting a bit to find some shadows. Enjoy this beautiful memory!
Annasole and Emi were born six weeks apart and were totally unaware of the photo shoot we had planned for them. For not knowing each other and being so small, I must admit that their interaction had been quite convincing and above all peaceful! A sincere Thanks goes to Elisa and Tomomi for their openness and for allowing their two little princesses to pose in front of my lens in the beautiful Botanical Garden!
“Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second” -Marc Riboud
I couldn’t agree more with this quote, especially when so much life and joy are running around you and your camera!
Elena Arvasi Portrait Photographer 