ROBIN YONG
i Bagnanti di Senigallia

Let's go to the beach....a little sand between the toes always take away the woes...
i Bagnanti di Senigallia (The Bathers of Senigallia) is a whimsical street photo done on the side streets of Venice during the Venice Carnevale. The Venice Carnevale is characterised by masked costumers but local Italians actually prefer costumes with painted faces. This is a family portrait of my friend Anna Marconi and her family.
The costumes have a 1920s feel about them and the photo was done using just natural lighting alone. But wait...Their clothing look really thick and bathing suits made of…wool? You are right. In the 1920s, the idea of going to the beach and actually getting into the water to swim was still relatively new. Functionality in swimwear was not as important as fashion, so the prevailing theory was that wool would help keep people warm. It is amazing to see how much things have changed over time...

Author
Robin Yong is a Travel Medicine practitioner and a multi-award winning Travel and Commercial Photographer, trained by acclaimed American photographer Jim Zuckerman, the world famous Venetian Masks Florine Houee and Danielle Massart, and legendary Hollywood photographer Greg Gorman. He enjoys traveling to exotic destinations to befriend and photograph the locals. He is best known for his fairy tale-esque worldview work on the Omo Valley tribes in Ethiopia, the Venetian Masked models in Venice, the Bokator boxers of Cambodia and the Maikos of Kyoto. He calls these works his Travel Portraits, his Art of Travel Medicine. For most of his works, he does not use flash, reflectors or artificial lighting, depending solely on natural lighting alone.

Website
https://www.robinyongphotography.com/

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