These Beautiful Photos Show What Growing Up Around the World Looks Like
Italian photographer Massimo Bietti takes stunning portraits of kids and families the world over.
Jack Shepherd
All photos courtesy of Massimo Bietti via Instagram
Massimo Bietti is a photographer with a special gift for portraits of childhood and family life. Because he’s a world traveler, this means that he’s collected an absolutely gorgeous portfolio of pictures that show what growing up is like in different countries, from Ethiopia to Malaysia to India to Norway to Russia. His photos of kids at play or at rest in different countries are beautiful, joyful, and uplifting, and each one shows us something familiar — the simple joys of childhood — in a different part of the world.
Here are a few of Bietti’s delightful portraits, and if you’d like to see more of his incredible work, you can follow him on Instagram.
Tanna Island, Vanuatu
Semporna, Malaysia
Papua New Guinea
Varanasi, India
Baldeo, India
Semporna, Malaysia
Terekeka, South Sudan
Kautokeino, Norway
Nandgaon, India
Barsana, India
Omo Valley, Ethiopia
Yamal Peninsula, Russia
Baldeo, India
Kathmandu, Nepal
Omo Valley, Ethiopia
Papua New Guinea
Semporna, Malaysia
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Sylhet, Bangladesh
Yamal Peninsula, Russia
Vrindavan, India
Cambodia
Yamal Peninsula, Russia
Semporna, Malaysia
Sundarban, Bangladesh
Don Det, Laos
Yamal Peninsula, Russia
Semporna, Malaysia
Yamal Peninsula, Russia
Don Daeng, Laos
Anjaneri, India
Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Trimbakeshwar, India
Sapa, Vietnam
Chiang Mai, Thailand
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