The best of both worlds? By Camille FERNANDES & Camille NIGON

The daily to and fro

The peaceful path

We took the first photograph in Malintrat. It was a cloudy, nippy, mid-September, morning. We could feel a slight breeze and it was wet. We chose black and white to emphasise the negative aspects of the scene. We see a road with lots of traffic. We were tired and the noise and pollution put us in a bad mood. Drivers were impatient and used their car horns. It was grey and ugly. In the background is the ‘Poste RTE’, founded in 1950. It has a high voltage (up to 63,000 Volts) so it is a little bit noisy too. It both produces and distributes electricity so it is an important service provider of the area. Our title for this photo is: The daily to and fro because it shows a moment that lots of people repeat each day; they go to work, take their children to school, whatever...

In the evening of the same day, we took the second photograph; it is completely different though it was also taken in Malintrat. We gave it the title: The peaceful path. Even if it was still cloudy with a little bit of wind, the temperature was now unusually mild. Nature’s greens and browns dominate. We felt free and happy and could hear the birds.  This is a nice place to go for a walk to. You can relax  there after a hard day’s work.

Malintrat is a place of contrasts; you can have negative or positive feelings there, depending on the spot you are in and the time of day. Malintrat is a dormitory town; it has both rural and urban features. That is why we like our town.