the shaded gardens of Bucharest

• Photographer
  Margrieta Jeltema, Italy
• Website
  https://www.margrij.com
• Instagram
  @margrije

The Shady Gardens of Bucharest.
Tiny and large parks are everywhere in Bucharest, huge trees align the
streets. 
Under the shady branches families gather, children play near
fountains, mothers feed their babies, a grandmother reads a book for
her grandson, a woman sits knitting, an old man sleeps. 
Stories about growing up with friends in one of the little parks how their
own children now meet their friends there almost every day. 
Especially in summer the parks are an oasis, a family place, a living
breathing shelter. 
The harshness of the summer heat and the chaos of the city seem
faraway. 
The trees that grow unrestrained give shadow, a sense of freedom and
feeling of belonging.

Margrieta was born under Northern skies, in the Netherlands.
Her work embraces poetry, sculpture, but her main creative outlet is photography since her father showed her how to print in his self made darkroom in the attic of their house.
She uses analogue cameras (from 35mm to whole plate).

She makes silver-gelatin (contact) prints, albumen prints and various experimental prints, as well as hand-colored ones.

She lives and works in Bolsena (Tuscia), Italy

Awards Her books are available at “DagDroomBoek editions”.
https://www.margrij.com/dagdroomboek-editions