Galicnik’s Wedding I was lucky enough to attend the wedding in Galičnik, a village with stone houses in the heart of North Macedonia. They are celebrated only two days a year, in July, but what happens in those hours remains engraved inside. It is much more than a wedding: it is a journey through time, Continue Reading
SOUTH AFRICA: THE “RAINBOW COUNTRY” WITH SOME SHADES OF GRAY A journey to discover South Africa, understanding concretely what this nation has in terms of natural beauty and wildlife but also noting the social mechanisms that lead it to be one of the most problematic lands in the world in terms of crime and inequality. Continue Reading
The Disappearing Pulse of Water The Pantanal is a place I have known and loved since 1986, first as a tropical ecologist, then as a photographer. This immense wetland, once vibrant with life, is drying out. This series is a visual travel diary, a personal chronicle of a vanishing paradise. It begins with the silent Continue Reading
The Soliga tribe’s battle for water The Soliga tribe, indigenous to the Biligiriranga Hills (BR Hills) of Karnataka, India, has a rich cultural heritage deeply intertwined with the forest ecosystem. Traditionally, their livelihood centered around shifting cultivation and the collection of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) such as honey, gooseberries, bamboo, wild turmeric, and coffee. In Continue Reading
Sardinian Carnival This project is inspired by my travels through Sardinia over the past few years. The Sardinian Carnival does not reflect the theme of joy and color, as we mainlanders are used to, but rather highlights the strong and deep connection with the agro-pastoral world and its rites, which have ancient and mostly mysterious Continue Reading
The Charcoal Burners Of Serra San Bruno On the mountains of Serra San Bruno in Calabria there are the last charcoal burners, who still proudly practice the ancient activity of producing natural charcoal with traditional methods, a passion that has been handed down from father to son. The difficult work begins with the collection of Continue Reading
A glimpse of Delta Daily life, work, the memories of a small community of fishermen who raise mussels and collect clams in the extreme tip of the Po delta. Every morning in the silence of the pocket, the fishermen begin their activity related to the water and the sea. The rhythms of the people who Continue Reading
Easter in Maramures Located in the far north of Romania, the Maramures region seems to belong to another world out of time. Life still follows a very ancient rhythm in traditions and in the way of experiencing the holidays, now almost disappeared in other places. There is a strong sense of belonging to the Orthodox Continue Reading
ISTANBUL Where am I? I can’t figure out not only in which country, but also on which continent. I know that I am in a city (or rather one could call it a megalopolis) that has a unique geographical position; in fact, with all its grandeur, it extends between two continents: Europe and Asia and Continue Reading
Looking for aurora The Northern Lights, also known as the Northern Lights, appear at night when the sky is dark. They are like a celestial ballet of lights dancing in the night sky, with a palette of colors ranging from green to blue and sometimes even pink and purple. In ancient times it was thought Continue Reading