WELCOME TO ABLONDI-PHOTOGRAPHY, THE HOME OF  WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER MELISSA ABLONDI ALVES

Photography is an art of observation.

It has little to do with the things you see

and everything to do

with the way you see them.     

   Elliott Erwitt

When the soul is dancing, I want to capture it. Particularly when photographing children; their souls dance when they play. They are the happiest and make the best subjects when they are engrossed in their own world; their imagination. Becoming a keen observer of children at play allows me to capture their joie de vivre; the purest emotion. 

As they get older, the way they view the world can be seen through their eyes, in their eyes; serious and thoughtful or playful and energetic. The magic is when that moment is frozen in time.