Here are the 50 stories selected by TTA 2024, TRAVEL TALES AWARD. The winning Stories and the various prizes will be chosen from the 50 works.
here are the direct links to each story, by alphabetical order surname Authors. below you can browse some galleries, sorted randomly.
Ecco le 50 storie selezionate TTA 2024, TRAVEL TALES AWARD. Tra i 50 lavori saranno scelte le Storie vincenti i vari premi.
Ecco i link diretti ad ogni storia, per ordine alfabetico cognome Autori. Sotto potete sfogliare alcune gallery, richiamate casualmente.
The 50 finalists stories: lista autori qui
Ivano Adversi – Orthodox Easter in Maramures, Claudia Alberti – Bali cooking, Sara Aliscioni – Meta/East, Sarah Baldo – Being young in Afghanistan, Maura Bartoli – Blue, Fabrizio Bertolini – The magic of Etna, Stefano Bianchi – Nepal, Stefano Bianchi – kirzichistan, Soumayan Biswas – Macular vision of Women in Stem, Fabrizio Crippa – The Potosì mine, Bolivia, Daniela De Rosa – A Rom House, Loris Delvecchio – Mongolia, Roberto Farina – Mentawai, Genny Ferro – Men, Flavia Fontana Giusti – Mexico City, Roberto Gregori – salt for life, Paul Kuntal – faces of puskhar, Vianney Le Caer Bazaar, Rosario Lo Presti – Blues in the night, Sandro Lombardo – Ipanema walk, Roberto Manfredi – Sicilian Easter, Alessandra Manzotti – Extreme living, David Marciano – Makha Bucha Day, Francesco Merella -The mirage of Ethiopian gold, Ilaria Miani – Queros, Pia Parolin – Wow Uae, Nikita Payusov – The Arbaeen Pilgrimage, Francesca Pompei – night in Japan, Mariana Rodriguez Barros – A travel to the origins, Ale Romiti – Sunrise on the Fish Market – Syntography, Luigi Rota – Turkey, Maria Cristina Serafini – Journey between real and unreal – Syntography, Alessandro Servalli – Alpine nights, Ignazio Sfragara – Kumortuli, Ignazio Sfragara – Seoul, Paola Signorelli – Through the window- Baja California on the road, Ettore Simonetti – My India – Syntography, Ettore Simonetti – Amazzonia – Syntography, Ettore Simonetti – Tuareg – Syntography, Kid Stardust – Antarctica, Tommaso Stilla China, Lia Dondini Taddei – camel market, Caterina Taglienti – Theyyam, Anne Tasnier – Xingu, Luciana Trappolino – The last guardians of the forest, Claudio Varaldi – Ivrea Carnival, Sergio Volani – Varanasi, Sergio Volani – Gujarat, Sergio Volani – The last charcoal burners in Calabria, Cristiano Zingale – Arkadag.
Sandro Lombardo – Ipanema walk
Dedicated to German Lorca (Brazilian photographer). “Acontece au faz acontecer?” – Does photography record what happens or does it contribute to making it happen? Like a flaneur I walk along Ipanema and Copacabana, wandering unhurriedly. Watching, hoping to see, like a visionary. Passeggiata di Ipanema Dedicato a German Lorca (fotografo brasiliano). “Acontece au faz acontecer?” Continue Reading
Claudia Alberti – Bali cooking
A sort of street food kitchen in Bali where you can eat on the street side in special sites or you can use a chair next to the kitchen. A typical Indonesian street food cuisine, luxury does not exist. The premises are rundown and the ingredients can seem so. It is noticeable and permeated in Continue Reading
Maura Bartoli – Blu
On the slope of the hill the village stretches,Sly cat with many shades of blue:cobalt blueultramarine blue,turquoise blue,peacock blue.Stairs descend steeply and climb slowly,Egyptian blue horizons run free on the walls,sapphire blue,embracing earthenware roofs damp with rain.Ochre frames enclose Prussian blue shutters,Crimson blue and cornflower blue splashes reelon white plaster,shiny pebbles reflect cerulean skiesand steel Continue Reading
Ignazio Sfragara – Seul
I recently traveled to South Korea and visited the city of Seoul. Counting the suburbs, Seoul is a megalopolis of over 25 million inhabitants, very modern and frenetic, but incredibly orderly, civilized, livable. It does not give the idea of an oppressive metropolis as there are many green spaces, many areas with low houses, alleys, Continue Reading
Alessandro Servalli – Alpine Nights
CalmStormBefore and afterCalm Time to thinkTime not to thinkSuspended time Forest immersed in snowHeadlampTwo… four… six lights… eyes!Staring at me from the darkRoe deer?Deer?Wolves? Time to contemplate CalmaTempestaPrima e dopoCalma Tempo per pensareTempo per non pensareTempo sospeso Foresta immersa nella neveLampada frontaleDue… quattro… sei luci… occhi!Mi fissano dall’oscuritàCaprioli?Cervi?Lupi? Tempo per contemplare
Roberto Farina – MENTAWAI
Mentawai, a disappearing people. Little known to the world, the animist Mentawai people live isolated off the coast of West Sumatra. Sincere and cheerful, they welcome me with big smiles and it is not difficult to establish an empathetic relationship with them. Aman Jano is a shaman and leader of his small clan: during the Continue Reading
Ignazio Sfragara – Kumortuli
From 2018 to 2024 I visited this very characteristic and peculiar neighborhood several times, which fascinates and excites at all times. My short series tells some aspects of this area and the atmosphere you breathe while crossing it. Kumartuli, (“Kumor” means “potter” and “Tuli” means “locality” in Bengali) is located in the northern part of Continue Reading
Ettore Simonetti – My India – Syntography
I have always been fascinated by Indian culture, so rich and different from ours. Its thousand-year history, vivid traditions, breathtaking landscapes, all this has always aroused my curiosity. I therefore decided to embark on a virtual journey through this fascinating people, immersing myself in its many facets. Not having the opportunity to travel physically, but Continue Reading
Ettore Simonetti – Tuareg – Syntography
The Tuareg, a nomadic people of the Sahara, live in a unique matriarchal social structure, where women, unlike men, do not wear a veil on their faces. They speak Tamasheq and use an ancient writing system, Tifinagh. Their economy is mainly based on pastoralism and the Trans-Saharan trade in goods such as salt and spices. Continue Reading
Francesca Pompei – night in Japan
Maybe it’s because I’m a lover of Blade Runner, maybe it’s because like my whole generation I grew up with those “old school” Japanese cartoons that helped make me a fan of the cyborg aesthetic, maybe it’s because of the exhausting humidity that impregnated the days, but the trip to Japan, longed for a long Continue Reading
Cristiano Zingale – Arkadag
ARKADAG Where is the highest concentration of buildings clad in white marble located? You will almost certainly think of Dubai, but know that the answer is wrong! Most likely you will then think of our beautiful country… but you should know that even in this case your answer will be wrong. Let’s try another question: Continue Reading
Sara Aliscioni – Meta/East
In a country squeezed between Romania and Ukraine, between the European Union and Russia, the last have a home.One wonders about what Moldova is today, that is, an autocracy where strong men they direct and control the disappointed, frustrated, impatient masses waiting for reforms.The last are the protagonists of the empty squares and specter of Continue Reading
David Marciano – Makha Bucha Day
The Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple, located on the northern outskirts of Bangkok, immediately strikes for its large golden dome that represents a rising sun but looks more like a modern flying saucer. The Makha Bucha is one of the most important Buddhist festivals and celebrates the event in which the Buddha, when enlightened, begins to Continue Reading
Ivano Adversi – Orthodox Easter in Maramures
In the Maramures region, located in the north-west of Romania, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with great devotion and joy. The celebrations begin on Good Friday, with the procession of Christ’s tomb through the streets of the town. The women prepare ritual breads, decorated with colored eggs, called pasca and cozonac, and bring them to church Continue Reading
Anne Francoise Tasnier – Xingu
XINGU, immersion in indigenous Amazonian lands The XINGU people are a group of 16 Amerindian tribes speaking four different language groups, who live on the upper reaches of the Rio Xingu, a tributary of the Amazon, in the Brazilian federal state of Mato Grosso. However, the survival of the Xingus is continually threatened by deforestation Continue Reading
Tommaso Stilla China
The awareness of the existence of a superstructure of universal moral principles, a nemine harmere elevated to an ethical and moral principle valid for all men, and which transcends and pervades individual cultures, has conditioned all my travels, directing my photographic research towards the discovery of that fantastic world, still genuine and authentic, steeped in Continue Reading
Paul Kuntal – faces of puskhar
This story of images were captured during my multiple visits to the desert town of Pushkar in Indian state of Rajasthan during famous Camel fair. Though Pushkar is famous for the camel fair, but it is the simple and nomadic life-style of those herders who come to the camel fair what interest me the most. Continue Reading
Milan Hristev Fish Market
Award The best travel photographer and storyteller in the current edition of the photo salon Fine Art Photographer Milan Hristev, AFIAP · Bulgaria The partnership between Photo Salon Plovdiv and the Travel Tales Award event continues.The winner chosen by TTA and announced above will participate in their contest in 2025. Two of the finalists (winner Continue Reading
Sarah Baldo – Being young in Afghanistan
What are the prospects for young people in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime? After experiencing an easing of restrictions during the presence of Americans, with the possibility for girls to have an education, since 2021 the return of the Taliban has imposed a stricter application of sharia, preventing young girls from continuing their studies beyond Continue Reading
Fabrizio Crippa – The Potosì mine, Bolivia
The Potosì mine, located at an altitude of 4000 metres and created by the Spanish in 1545, produced so much wealth that it became one of the largest in America. It is still active today and more than 10000 people work there every day, many of them minors. Every day, some 5000 tonnes of ore, Continue Reading
Pia Parolin – Wow Uae
United Arab Emirates full of contrast, art, cultures, something between the Truman Show and the brutal reality of capitalism, impressed, surprised between wide deserts and tall skyscrapers, a desert dream or an artificial life of illusions? WOW UAE! Emirati Arabi Uniti pieni di contrasti, arte, culture, qualcosa tra il Truman Show e la brutale realtà Continue Reading
Roberto Manfredi – Sicilian Easter
“At Easter, every Sicilian feels not only a spectator, but an actor, first sorrowful, then exultant, of a mystery that is his own existence” So said the writer Gesualdo Bufalino. Popular participation in the rites of Holy Week, in Sicily, is widespread in all segments of the population, sometimes transcending religious faith; But what is Continue Reading
Alessandra Manzotti – Extreme living: The Winter Migration of Eagle Hunting Nomads of Western Mongolia
Western Mongolia is a vast region characterized by diverse ecosystems. Its landscape ranges from snowcapped mountains to alpine meadows, to vast steppes and deserts. It covers an area of about 340,000 square Km. It is a sparsely populated area, with a big portion of the population still leading a traditional pastoral nomadic life. One of Continue Reading
Maria Cristina Serafini – Journey between real and unreal – Syntography
The photo I didn’t take was actually born from my inner journey, which could be real or imagined, among the landscapes that I have mentally visited or that perhaps I have dreamed of. I have always been fascinated by the idea of a large space, a sort of mental projection with a passage, a gate, Continue Reading
Daniela De Rosa – A Rom House
“Thank you very much, thank you very much”. These are the only words he can say in Italian. He learned them by coming to Italy, where he goes a couple of times a year to beg, when the family needs money. It is a Rom family, made up of the usual elements that run through Continue Reading
Sergio Volani – Gujarat
Gujarat, a state located in the northwestern part of India, on the border with Pakistan, is a land rich in history, culture, and an important industrial reality. My tour in Gujarat was mainly aimed at the tribal realities that populate the area. Rabari, Gamit, Warli, Kunbi, Bhil, Konka, Rathwa, Dhanka, Kathodi, Garasias, Jath, Bajana…. and Continue Reading
Ettore Simonetti – Amazzonia – Syntography
The project of images on the AMAZON was born from the desire to explore and present the ecological and cultural richness of the Amazon. This work aimed to combine information research and artificial creativity, exploiting the advanced potential of artificial intelligence to generate images that illustrate the vastness and complexity of this unique ecosystem. Through Continue Reading
Loris Delvecchio – Mongolia
Mongolia should be explored outside the borders of the capital, Ulaanbaatar. It is out there that there is a microcosm of different landscapes and climates of which the eye and the heart never tire. It is out there that you have to pay attention to its inhabitants, their looks and their kindness. Their nomadic nature Continue Reading
Sergio Volani – The last charcoal burners in Calabria
Near the village of Serra an Bruno, in the Calabrian mountains, the last charcoal burners who dedicate themselves to the production of natural charcoal still resist. An activity that characterized the economy of many mountain areas of Calabria until a few decades ago. An ancient job, carried out by a few families, who hand down Continue Reading
Paola Signorelli – Through the window- Baja California on the road
“Through the window: Baja California on the road” is a collection of snapshots capturing the poetry of a journey through a wild, authentic, and contrasting land. Each shot is an ode to the fleetingness and unpredictability of what unfolds beyond the car window, inviting contemplation of the beauty of a world in motion, where desert Continue Reading