2014 / Editorial / Environmental (Non-Pro)

The Place We Live

  • Photographer
    Aurelio Bormioli

Tiniteqilaaq is a small village in Greenland with nearly 130 inhabitants. The village is located in a wild and primeval landscape; its houses reflect the hard conditions where its people live. Built between rocks and ice, the houses are often brightly colored but they are weathered reflecting a continuous hard life. Nature often prevails and some houses remain as skeletal structures, empty shells getting sadness to the observers. Simple houses for simple people, living on hunting and fishing: maybe a plain life but not so easy! - Greenland 2011 -

Aurelio Bormioli was born in Savona in 1969. Since he was a child, he was interested in photography thanks to his father who was an amateur photographer. As years went by, he attended workshops with many famous sector experts, such as Ivano Bolondi, Pino Ninfa, and Ernesto Bazan. Nowadays, he works with a professional Nikon equipment, although he usually uses films as well, especially Hasselblad and pinhole cameras, that are strongly admired by Aurelio.