80 images of the vendemmia 2004

The award winning barganews photographer O'Connor has been out and about this month capturing images of the vendemmia in the vineyards around Barga. He photographed the whole process from start to finish but with one thing slightly different .... let's hear what he had to say about the project:

"I wanted to show a traditional vendemmia with treading grapes in wooden barrels and all that kind of stuff but with one difference.... keeping the plastic in the frame.

The bigonci, the wooden containers that were used to carry the grapes in from the terraces, have long since been discarded for the lighter plastic ones. (they are far easier on the shoulders)

These have now become part of the "traditional" tools for making wine on a small scale up on the side of the hills. I wanted to see if I could make interesting images where the plastic did not jar with the surroundings.

You can see how he got on here