Imaging USA 001: Aerial View of SAN DIEGO (CA)

A personal selection of photographs with their stories.

001: East Harbor Drive

In 1999, I was attending a large scientific meeting in San Diego. It was my first stay in the United States. When I arrived at the airport, I got trouble to direct the cab driver to my hotel, because I was pronouncing ‘Ej Cajon’ in the English way, and not in the Spanish way, as it should have been. For me, it was a pleasant stay in the American border city. I enjoyed my visits to Balboa Park, where I was amazed to see many buildings in the Spanish colonial style. I frequently visited Seaport Village Shopping Center, where I took a decaf (with some refills), when I was preparing my schedule for the following day at the scientific meeting. The picture shows the East Harbor Drive with Children’s Park on the left, and the Marriott Hotel on the right. The San Diego Convention Center is located behind the hotel. 

© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 1999, 2017

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Imaging Brazil 316: Sunset-Colored Tree Silhouettes in Belo Horizonte, MG (2011)

A personal selection of photographs with their stories.

316: Tree silhouettes

The Pampulhacampus of the Federal University in Belo Horizonte (UFMG) is particularly large, more than five square kilometers. The faculties, schools and institutes are spread over the green, wooded area. Every day there are about fifty thousand people, equal to the population of a small town, in the campus. Due to the vastness it is sometimes lovely to walk along or through the green areas. Natural forest trails give you the sensation of being in a natural park, far away from the urban noise. In the small forests it is possible to meet small monkeys, or small and medium rodents, or even a large lizard. The picture was made near the main entrance, during a colorful sunset, with the tree branches turning black against a reddish purple sky.

© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2011, 2017