The Story Behind the Image
I love snowmen. They always smile! Making human-featured characters out of snow is said to date back to the Middle Ages, when in Europe townfolks would make them in the narrow streets of their small villages.
Click here to see more snowmen and to order my Snowmen Christmas Cards – income entirely devolved to Africa Surgery.
I photographed these beautiful angels in a church in the Italian town of Merano, in Alto Adige. The peculiarity of this alpine region is that, while politically part of Italy, it is culturally Austrian. German is the official language and architecture shows the same kind of influence. These angels are a prime example.
Click here to see more of my Christmas Angels and to order some of the artistic Christmas Cards I made with these images. My income from the sales is entirely devoted to Africa Surgery, a Morristown-based charity that provides health care to needy people in remote areas of Sierra Leone.
Mopti is in Mali, West Africa, on the Niger River. It is here that one can catch a boat ride to Timbuktu, three days of navigation away by pinasse. I arrived in Mopti when the river was dry. Because of that, nobody would take me to Timbuktu. I decided to remain in Mopti and enjoy the sunset over the river water.
Click here to see my “Sunset over the Niger River” collection.
I was traveling across the border between Burkina Faso and Mali. The last town on the road on the Burkina side is Ouahigouya. There was a lively market. This woman was shopping for fresh produce. Her hand looked beautiful on the peppers. Here is my photograph of that special moment.
I was in Wagah, Punjab, India. That is the only place where one can cross the border on the road between India and Pakistan. I was a spectator to the world-renown ceremony for the lowering of the flag, taking place every day both on the Indian and on the Pakistani side.
A young girl was sitting near me. I was stunned by the beauty of her green eyes. I think they are the most beautiful green eyes I have ever seen in my life.
Sergio Burani is a Travel Photographer who loves to make lots of great photos in lots of great places all over the world. Wine and food destinations are his specialty.
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