‘The rainbow of colours reminded me of my childhood’: Guillaume Lavrut’s finest telephone image | Images

Guillaume Lavrut was visiting the small French city of Aurillac together with his spouse and three kids when he took this picture. The household have been in search of souvenirs collectively and exploring the streets after they occurred on a cover of umbrellas. Aurillac is house to one of many world’s oldest umbrella factories and is regarded by many because the umbrella capital of Europe. For Lavrut, nonetheless, a go to to Aurillac is about returning house.

“My family are from there, so we go every summer. It’s so difficult to reach that we need at least a day to get there, but it’s worth it,” Lavrut says. Its peaceable, relaxed ambiance provides one thing completely different from their properties in Paris and Nantes. “The capital is constantly bustling, and Nantes can be busy at times, too, but Aurillac is lost in the mountains, and nature is omnipresent.”

As his spouse and kids entered a store, the reflection of the umbrellas on this puddle caught Lavrut’s eye. It had been raining earlier that day, however the sky had cleared and the solar was shining. He held again to seize it on his telephone, later modifying the lighting utilizing the VSCO app.

“The perfect blue sky and the rainbow of colours reminded me of my childhood, of puddles we used to jump in,” Lavrut says. “It felt like I had found a little portal to a peaceful place.”