From the Red Square of Sankt Gallento the kayaks in Zurich Bärengraben canal. Red is in the air
Kayak queuing
Roma Square Modena
Fit balloons in Zurich downtown
The Red Square, Sankt Gallen
Tuk Tuk of Zurich
Pictures shot in Zurich and Winterthur.
Click each picture to zoom in.
Red umbrella in Zurich West
Red car in Tunnelstrasse
Red chairs in Zurich Werd
Something red
Red tree in the Swiss national museum
Red light cinema along the Limmatt river
Pictures shot in Zurich. Click each picture to zoom in.
Protection for human rights, bio-diversity, history and tradition. Protection is a word with several meanings in Guadeloupe. A recent history of blood shed to fight slavery and of worker immigration from all over the world, well documented in the museum Memorial ACTe, is at the base of Gwada modern society.
Entrance to the red-light district, Pointe-Ã -Pitre
The Memorial ACTe, part of UNESCO’s Slave Route Project, Pointe-à -Pitre
Sunny umbrellas of Pointe-Ã -Pitre
A vanilla plant climbing an incense tree in the jungle of Sainte-Rose
Vanilla plants, incense trees, termite nest, singing cicadas… the delicate network of a tropical jungle
Waiting for the bus at Morne-Ã -l’Eau
The Cathedral Saint Pierre et Saint Paul , Pointe-Ã -Pitre
Coconut shop on the motorway, Les Abymes,
Click each picture to zoom in.
Previous and last episodes:
1. My lady of Guadeloupe
2. Sea life of Gwada (Guadeloupe)
3. La Métropole
4. Caribbean intangible cultural heritage
5. Guadeloupe on stage
6. I had a dream
Pointe-Ã -Pitre is the largest town of Guadeloupe. It is located on the eastern Guadeloupe island, named Grande-Terre. Guadeloupe island (aka the butterfly of Caribbeans) is indeed made of two main islands (wings), Grande-Terre and Basse-Terre, divided by a string of sea. Despite that fires, earthquakes, hurricanes and cholera have been afflicting the citizens of this town for the last 300 years, Pointe-Ã -Pitre is still there with its delicious, albeit decadent French colonial style. West from the central Place de la Victoire (victory on slavery, 1794) you find the modern commercial part. East of it there are artist areas, red-light districts and the modern Museum on Slavery.
If you are a photographer, keep it down when you move to the red-light district even in day-light. “F*ck you” sounds cute with a French accent but faces look still aggressive … not an area to visit by night, with or without camera equipment.
Historical five attics in downtown, desperately looking for renovation in Pointe-Ã -Pitre
A new, mysterious main gate leading to where? in Pointe-à -Pitre
Street corner with the usual barred doors, West-side, Pointe-Ã -Pitre
Scrap materials shaped into a house, East end, Pointe-Ã -Pitre
Red light district, Pointe-Ã -Pitre
Tilted-Bar, East end, Pointe-Ã -Pitre
Click each picture to zoom in.
Previous episodes:
Just above the horizon in Zurich-West. The blood moon is still purple in the blue light after dusk
The red moon across Zurich Niederdorf (old town)
Nobody to catch it? It looks so close!
Not passing unobserved through the Grossmünster
Temporarily pinned by the City Hall of Zurich
The beginning of the end of this red moon 2018, captured through the trees along Zurich lake. A red moon long-lasting enough to be hunted across the city, from Zuri-West to Lake Zurich
All pictures shot hand-held with Nikon D800 plus Nikon 70-200 VRII 1/15 sec, f/3.5
Click each picture to enlarge
Copyright 2011-2021 Lorenzo Borghi. All rights reserved
