Working in Rio. 

A week before the Olympic Games Rio 2016 was about to start I got the opportunity to travel and work together with Kenneth Nguyen at a photo og video production assignment. The result should serve to transmit the experience of the Olympic Games in this dream destination. It was an absolute unique experience, and I must say that Rio as an olympic host has everything to be proud of. This I'll get into in an other post.

Not a beach post.

For this post I decided not to show the regular landscape pictures of the sugarloaf mountain, the christ or the beaches because really... it's easier to just google it. Instead I want to take you with me to Recreio. One of my dearest places in Rio, solely because of a special family I know there. I've already written about them on my old blog.  But let me get straight to the point.

One of the photo series that made me develop my heavy interest in doing reportages, visual storytelling and portraits is the visual story of my dear friend's littlesister that became a mom at the age of 16. I followed her pregnancy from week 28 till after she gave birth to Victor Zendy. It moved me that she allowed me to portray this very personal process of hers and it's this feeling I cherish the most when photographing. Trust, honesty and intimacy. 

Today Victor is almost two, the cutest thing I now, calls me tia (auntie), and loves Hulk. Check out the story here, and please be aware that the quality of the pictures are awfully compromised, which is one of the main motivators for me to start this site. 

I had one demand for this whole trip. It was to go see Radhe and Victor + the rest of the family. Here are some photos <3

In the age of two Zendy both gives out plenty of hugs and kisses..... and fist pumps like a real Brazilian.

Powerwoman.

This is Radhe's grandmother and mother of many children (forgot the exact number but around 6-7?). She is somewhere in her 70'ties and runs the local restaurant. Won't start to talk about how good her food is. Last year when I was back in Brazil together with my dear friend Paulo del Valle, we also visited Recreio. At that time she was in bed with a broken leg and looked tired and awful. How soothing it was to see her with full speed and even more beautiful and colorful than ever before. 

Lovesquad. It wasn't Kenneth's first time in Recreio either. He visited the family on his own back in 2013 on a work trip to Rio. 

Nicholas. 

To the far left we have my great friend and cousin of Radhe, Isla.

Radhe.

My heart can't get over her and him.

The saddest part is when we have to leave again and I never know when I will see them again. Until then Fabres ♥

So amor e saudade.  
 

Geit. 2016

Some months ago I did the lookbook for the new danish brand GEIT COPENHAGEN. It just had it's offical launch so I thought I would share the final result.

Idea.

The aim was to create a simple, natural and organic look and universe. 
It was an intense but really great day of shooting together with a loot of lovely ladies in the Botanical Garden in CPH. I remember it as the first really hot summerday, and we were sweating our asses of. The ice cream weren't actually a part of the styling plan but ended up being a prop.
Anyway, it's so damn lovely to see the final result. And it makes me proud of my own progress. Hope you will like it. Take a look in the bottom of the post for more info and details. 

Look book for GEIT Copenhagen
Photography and art direction by Alona Vibe
Make-up and hair by Mickaela Berman
Model is Fie Fenneberg at Unique models
 

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The actual travel. 

This the second post from my trip to Italy with my dear friend Anne-sofie. Back home in Copenhagen I was completely run over from having one too many things to solve before the departure and I almost missed my flight in Copenhagen because of that. So the trip was off to a bit of a stressfull start.  

NAPOLI (NAPLES)

Pizzas

The good thing about Napoli is the pizzas though. I've never had better pizzas. Seriously. We both had food-orgasms due to the perfect sourdough, stone oven baked crust and the always tasty toppings.

A major traveling tip: If you don't use the app Yelp yet, you should go sign up ASAP! We used Yelp through out the whole trip and it was priceless when navigating towards great food experiences. We had luck that the reviews of restaurants in Napoli were mainly written by locals or italiens, which brought us to the best of the best. Probably the reason why we only had amazing pizzas!

THE CITY

We flew out late to Rome, stayed for the night and went on a two-hour long train ride from Rome Termini station to Naples early morning.
To be honest I don't like Napoli. For different reasons I took close to zero pictures. Bits and pieces of the city are pretty, but the overall atmosphere is very gloomy and sinister. The city has a dark (and interesting and complex) mafia-history and you can sense that constantly. On one hand it motivated me a lot to portray it, but I wasn't in a very courages state of mind. With past experiences I've learned that I shall always respect my limits  in terms of risking it for pictures. If I don't feel empowered that day, it's never going to end good if I neglect that feeling. Napoli has a lot of poverty and the crime rate is high. Unfortunately (but not surprisingly) I was robbed just in front of our hotel. It instantly ripped up in the trauma I have from the assault in Brazil and of course it affected the experience we had there - but I haven't actually met anyone that liked Napoli. Robbed or not.

SORRENTO

After a night in Napoli we were more than ready to head towards our main destination of the trip: Sorrento, the main city on the Amalfi coast.
We went by ferry with the company Alilauro directly from Napoli to Sorrento. We found and bought the tickets online and it was by far the fastest and most comfortable option. A general observation is that the infra-structure works really well in Italy and buying entrances or tickets online is very accessible which makes the commute much easier. 

Sorrento is pretty calm and a lovely city. But I would recommend any day to choose a hotel away from the very center to avoid it being too touristic. but there's no doubt that Sorrento feels less touristed than for instance Positano. 

Positano

Since I saw the movie Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) that was filmed partly in Positano I've been wanting to see this little old fishing village. So we did. Unfortunately Positano is a bit more touristed than I've expected, but can't blaim. It's a nice little coast city with a small beach, harbor and charming hill-side houses stacked on each other.

Almost every photo in this post is taken in Positano and I'll let them stand alone for a bit.

I had one of the the best ice cream popsicles I've ever had in Collina Positano Bakery. 80% dark chocolate and nuts covering a soft inner of vanilla ice cream and a dash of raspberry puré. So worth the visit.   

Anne-Sofie is one of the girls I know that rocks the best style. She always freakin knows what's cool, before everyone else knows. It's impressive and I really have no idea of how she does it. Also she is really talented at what she does (working in the field of design and tech). 

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