Stefano Marinelli<p>In the countryside, there are rituals that have endured for hundreds of years, unchanged.<br>This elderly woman, her body bent by time and hard work, walks each day to meet her chickens - who roam freely across a vast open space.<br>She gathers a few branches and leaves, then returns to fetch the food she’ll give them, to complement what they’ve already foraged in nature.</p><p>The chickens, friendly and orderly, follow her all the while.<br>And watching them, I’m reminded of people who are no longer here - people who were part of my life for a long time, who lived those same rituals, even if hundreds of kilometers away.</p><p>Even as everything around us changes, there are places that never do.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/PhotoMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhotoMonday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/FotoMontag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FotoMontag</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/MonochromeMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MonochromeMonday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Countryside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Countryside</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Time" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Time</span></a></p>