Alessandra Sanguinetti Orphan rhea (ñandu). Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2017.
“I said goodbye to my friend Maria and was on the highway on my way to Buenos Aires, when her son called me excitedly saying they h
(...) ad a surprise for me, and I should turn around and come back.
I was a few hours away by then, but I made a U-turn. On my return they were waiting for me with the table laid for dinner and this little orphan ñandu (a distant relative of the ostrich) standing on it like a magical centerpiece. We fed it small balls of bread soaked in milk, and after dinner, Maria, reading my mind, grabbed a blanket and held it up as a backdrop while I made this photo.”
– Alessandra Sanguinetti © Alessandra Sanguinetti | Magnum Photos
