A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
471: Rain storm in downtown
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© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2013, 2017
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A selection of photographs taken in Brazil in 2014.
Part 48:
São Luís (MA) – St. John statue
Maranhão (MA) – Horse taking shelter during downpour
Barreirinhas (MA) – Boats on Preguiças River at night
São Luís (MA) – St. John statue
Maranhão (MA) – Horse taking shelter during downpour
Barreirinhas (MA) – Boats on Preguiças River at night
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2014, 2017
A selection of photographs taken in Brazil in 2014.
Part 33:
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Raindrops in the cloudy sky
Rio de Janeiro (RJ) – Casa do Maranhão
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Skyline and raindrops in the sky
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Raindrops in the cloudy sky
Rio de Janeiro (RJ) – Casa do Maranhão
Belo Horizonte (MG) – Skyline and raindrops in the sky
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2014, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
007: Three Sisters Butte
Following Grand Canyon, Monument Valley was the next stop in our round trip through South-West USA. The distance between the Canyon and the Valley was a three-hour drive over a distance of almost three hundred km. The thirteen square km Valley is part of a Navajo Tribal Park. It hardly every rains in Monument Valley, but we were confronted with a rainy day there. Instead of the sun shining abundantly, with a lightly clouded sky, the sky was covered with heavy clouds. We saw a scenic panorama that was very different from the standard images that we were used to see in touristic folders or magazines. We were toured around the valley by a Navajo guide. The picture shows the Three Sisters Butte, three thin pinnacles that are eroded remnants of a narrow ridge. The heavy clouds provided a different image of the rock formation: darker, deeper colors, against a bluish-grey sky.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 1999, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
327: Driving in a flooded street
The tropical summer in Belo Horizonte is warm and very wet, while the winter is cool and very dry. The raining season begins in September, after months without rain, with abundant rainfall in the months of November, December, January and February. On some days, especially in the summer months, threatening thunder clouds dominate the sky. Cloudbursts follow, and the effects are immediate: the sewer system can not cope with the abundant rainfall, the streets become flooded. It is better to avoid these streets, but some daredevils, however, continue their ride through the water.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2011, 2017
A selection of photographs taken in Brazil in 2009.
Part 24:
Barra de São Miguel (AL) – Rain
Gunga Beach (AL) – Leafless tree
Alagoas (AL) – Muddy dirt road
Alagoas (AL) – Sugarcane field
Barra de São Miguel (AL) – Rain
Gunga Beach (MG) – Leafless tree
Alagoas (AL) – Muddy dirt road
Alagoas (AL) – Sugarcane field
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2009, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
252: Red river
Minas Gerais hosts a wide variety of breathtaking landscapes. The north and west are dominated by dry savanna-like plateaus, while in the south and east a tropical mountain climate predominates. The mountains in the latter regions are intersected by numerous rivers, creeks and streams. One of the largest rivers in the country, the São Francisco River, originates in the mountains of Minas, and flows into the Atlantic Ocean about three thousand kilometers away. In the wet summer time, abundant rain showers could transform the streams and brooks into raging rivers. The withered landscape, caused by a long dry period in winter, changes into a fresh green composition. The reddish brown rising rivers are stained by the iron-rich sand they carry along. During a dry interval, the river appears to be calm, like a mirror, as shown in the picture.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2010, 2017
A personal selection of photographs with their stories.
011. Cloudburst
MAY 2005: Cloudburst
Late May 2005, I took the bus from Belo Horizonte to São Paulo, a relatively short journey of about nine hours. The highway heads south through the huge state of Minas Gerais (about the same size of France and Switzerland together), and cuts through the state of São Paulo towards the Atlantic Ocean. The six-month-long raining season was almost ending, but we caught a real cloudburst on our way. The water flowed along the windows, providing a different view of the landscape as seen on the photograph above.
© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2005, 2014
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