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.
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
Luigi Rota – Turkey
A country that offers many experiences and strong emotions, offering the possibility of creating a very rich and varied photographic reportage on a trip. This series of images tries to summarize the beauty of this land and the variety of things to see and discover, ranging from large urban centers to large landscapes full of 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
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
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
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
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
Sergio Volani – Varanasi
Varanasi, or Benares, is one of the seven sacred cities of India. Located along the Ganges River in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, it is one of the oldest cities in the world and represents an important spiritual and cultural center in India. The famous ghats along the river, are places of spirituality and 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
Soumayan Biswas – Macular vision of Women in Stem
One must need air & water to survive, grow & live on this planet. If we consider air as education & water as the equality of our society, we need both of them run simultaneously & smoothly to survive, grow and to breathe our society. But, in reality the situation is exactly adverse, whereas the 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
Ilaria Miani – Queros
The Q’eros live in remote villages located on the Andean chain in the Cusco Region, in the province of Paucartambo, Peru, at an altitude of about 5,000 meters. above sea level. They are known as the last direct descendants of the Inca people and custodians of their ancient knowledge. The Q’eros are priests, healers, shamans Continue Reading
Lia Dondini Taddei – camel market
A few kilometers from Cairo there is one of the largest camel markets (actually they are dromedaries but here they are more generically called “camels”). Visiting this market is like taking a dip in the past. A huge open space is home to hundreds of camels. The grazing light in the early morning, the dusty Continue Reading
Kid Stardust – Antarctica -Syntography
In 2023, I had the unique opportunity to join a scientific expedition to Antarctica. My task was to document, through photography, the effects of global warming on icebergs and the vast ice sheets, highlighting the devastation caused by their melting. The mission was as fascinating as it was challenging, and its implications would accompany me Continue Reading
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
Genny Ferro – Men
Men is a series of black and white images, mostly portraits and street scenes, part of a larger photographic project I created during a strongly desired journey, which took place during 2023 and led me, through the sunny and silent cities of Rajasthan or the large and populous ones along the Ganges, in the distant Continue Reading
Fabrizio Bertolini – The magic of Etna
Mount Etna, the highest active volcano on the Eurasian plate, is known for its spectacular eruptions of lava and lapilli. In quiet periods, Etna is always fascinating, full of surprises and easily accessible: a state road through desert landscapes takes cars up to the 2,000 meters of the Sapienza refuge, with parking in the middle 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
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
Francesco Merella -The mirage of Ethiopian gold
On one of the last trips to Ethiopia, my friend and guide Asnenafi Demoz told me about a tribe in the northwest of Ethiopia who lived on the proceeds of the search for gold found by digging huge holes along the bed of the Kibishi River along the border with South Sudan. I decide with 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
Rosario Lo Presti – Blues in the night
The photo report entitled ‘Blues in the night’ was taken in 2023 on the occasion of my first trip to Mississippi. The sequence of photos aims to capture the atmosphere of the blues festival that takes place in the Mississippi Delta, inspired by the charm of the night silence interrupted only by enveloping music. For Continue Reading
Vianney Le Caer – Bazaar
Bazaar is an ongoing photo series I have started eight years ago. Over this period of time, I have visited and photographed market places across over thirty countries and territories. I have tried my best to stitch together disparate cultures through my own visual language and esthetics. I hope this will resonate with you. Bazaar 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
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
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
Stefano Bianchi – Nepal
Nepal, a small South Asian country located between China and India, is landlocked and has a predominantly mountainous territory. What strikes the traveler are the countless sites declared World Heritage Sites, including the temples and the valley of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, the Stoupa of Boudhanat, Lumbin and Patan: despite the still visible damage caused by the 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
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
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