A selection of photographs taken in Brazil in 2014.
Part 160:
Rio de Janeiro (RJ) – Tropical plant leafs
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2014, 2017
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A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
440: Sprouting plant
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© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2012, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
418: Yellow door
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© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2012, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
391: Anthurium flower
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© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2012, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
388: Green leaf in Inhotim
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© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2012, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
343: Heliconia plant
Heliconia plants are quite common in Brazil, especially in ornamental gardens and urban parks. This is how I met this heliconia plant at the Parque Municipal (urban park) in Belo Horizonte. The plant is family of the banana, and is named after the Helicon mountain (where the muses lived) in Greek mythology. The large, yellow and red, hanging bracts hide the flowers, which are very popular among the hummingbirds. Because of the difficult accessibility of the flowers, the plant is very dependent on these hummingbirds for the pollination. The plant also stores water and is loved in this way by a number of insects, including mosquitoes. As the Helicon mountain offered much inspiration to poets, this colorful heliconia plant offered me inspiration for this photo.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2011, 2017
A selection of photographs taken in Brazil in 2008.
Part 38:
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Yellow and green leaves
Belo Horizonte (MG) – UFMG Square
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Red flower
Bahia (BA) – Clouds covering a mountain
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Yellow and green leaves
Belo Horizonte (MG) – UFMG Square
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Red flower
Bahia (BA) – Clouds covering a mountain
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2008, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
253: Corncob
Belohorizontinos – residents of the city of Belo Horizonte – with a little money and a little free time possess weekend houses in the immediate vicinity of the metropolis. For mineiros – residents of Minas Gerais – a distance of over a hundred kilometers is still nearby for them. Therefore, many townspeople start their travel on Friday afternoon or evening to their weekend homes, far from the noisy and busy city. They take the weekend traffic jams for granted. I was befriended with a family who had such a house in a suburb of Belo Horizonte, in Santa Luzia. At a distance of about fifty kilometers. The house – some kind of bungalow – stood on a large lot that was full of plants and trees, along a riverbank. Also fruits and vegetables were grown there; the harvest was being crammed in the car on the way home. The corn cob in the picture was freshly harvested.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2010, 2017
A selection of photographs taken in Brazil in 2007.
Part 23:
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Plant in the shadow
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Lion couple
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Red ibis
Bahia (BA) – Horse and cart
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Plant in the shadow
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Lion couple
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Red ibis
Bahia (BA) – Horse and cart
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2007, 2016
A selection of photographs taken in Brazil in 2010.
Part 2:
Nova Era (MG) – Embarking the train
Minas Gerais (MG) – Train
Minas Gerais (MG) – Red river
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Cactus
Nova Era (MG) – Embarking the train
Minas Gerais (MG) – Train
Minas Gerais (MG) – Red river
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Cactus
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2010, 2016
A selection of photographs taken in Brazil in 2007.
Part 9:
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Bee on orange flower
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Palm tree flowers
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Plant
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Plant
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Bee on orange flower
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Palm tree flowers
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Plant
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Plant
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2007, 2016
A selection of photographs taken in Brazil in 2007.
Part 7:
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Purple flower
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Gorilla
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Mangabeiras sunset
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Gorilla
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Purple flower
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Gorilla
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Mangabeiras sunset
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Gorilla
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2007, 2016
A selection of photographs taken in Brazil in 2007.
Part 5:
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Green bug on red flower
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Detail of green leaf
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Waterplant
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Spider
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Green bug on red flower
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Detail of green leaf
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Waterplant
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Spider
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2007, 2016
A personal selection of photographs with thei.
189. Hummingbird
JULY 2008: Hummingbird
During my stay in Belo Horizonte, I was a regular visitor to the zoo and botanical garden. At least twice a year. My camera was my faithful companion. Generally, I first made pictures of plants and flowers in the botanical garden, then I made a walk along several animal shelters. I walked along the monkeys, elephants, lions, tigers, and the lonely gorilla. The botanical garden also has some – obsolete – greenhouses with a variety of plants from arid regions of the state of Minas Gerais, and from the arid northeast of the country. One of the greenhouses was covered with lush growing and blooming orange trumpetvine. There was a colorful composition of a clear blue sky with the green and bright orange of the vine. At the time I took a picture of this composition, a hummingbird was hovering over the flowers, looking for nutritious nectar.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2008, 2016
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
179. Imperial palm trees
MARCH 2008: Imperial palm trees
The famous Jardim Botânico (Botanical Garden) in Rio de Janeiro hosts more than six thousand – mostly tropical – plant species. One of the tallest and impressive species is the imperial palm tree. More than four hundred palm trees are planted in two straight rows that flank some principal paths in the Botanical Garden. It is believed that het Portuguese Prince Dom João VI himself had planted the ‘mother palm tree’ in 1809. The actual imperial palm trees are descendants of this so-called Palma Mater, which, incidentally, has succumbed to a lightning strike in 1972. Thirty years after the plantation, the Palma Mater started to flower and carry fruits. The then director of the Botanical Garden commanded to collect all flowers and fruits, in order to trying to maintain exclusivity of the imperial palm tree in the Garden. However, his policy wasn’t successful, and thus more imperial palm trees are found outside the Garden. Nonetheless, the imperial palm trees are very famous, and are now shown in the Jardim Botânico logo.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2008, 2016
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
169. Big leaf
MARCH 2008: Big leaf
One of my favorite locations in Rio is the Botanical Garden. This city garden, located between Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas and Tijuca Forest , houses a vast collection of tropical flowers, plants, herbs, shrubs, and trees. Typical for this botanical garden are the imperial palms in a long, double row that were originally planted along the way from the garden to the Guanabara Bay. Today, only the palm trees in the garden, and along an avenue in Botafogo still remain. From the botanical garden, the Corcovado Peak – with the statue of Christ the Redeemer on top – is clearly visible. From the neighboring Lages Park, a trail can be followed, to the Corcovado Peak. The botanical garden is a perfect site for taking amazing pictures. Not only of entire trees and plants, but also close ups. Like I took this photo of a leaf from a Philodendron species. The recently raked reddish brown earth under this leaf reminds me of a big nut.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2008, 2016
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
037. Cotton
AUGUST 2005: Cotton
In winter, you will find quite some white fluffs on the ground. They quickly become reddish gray of color, thanks to dust and the reddish brown earth. These are not dandelion fluffs, but cotton fluffs. In Brazil, you will find many cotton trees, even within city limits. This cotton white fluff created an interesting contrast against the deep blue winter sky.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2005, 2014
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