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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Flavia Fontana Giusti – Mexico City
I took this series on Mexico City on the first week of February 2024 during a practically improvised trip, with a Yashica Mat EM on Kentmere film. I live in Madison, Wisconsin, in the North American Midwest, and the winters, while nice, are cold and dark, and now that I’ve known them for a few 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
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
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
Nikita Payusov – Arbaeen Pilgrimage
The Arbaeen Pilgrimage, one of the largest annual gatherings in the world, is a significant event in the Shia Muslim calendar. It marks the end of the 40-day mourning period following Ashura, the day Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, was martyred at the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE. Millions of pilgrims 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
Stefano Bianchi – Kirzichistan
Kyrgyzstan, the former Union Republic of the Soviet Union, did not achieve independence until 1991. Located in Central Asia, it takes its name from the Kyrgyz, a people of Turkish-Mongolian origin with strong nomadic traditions; traditions still maintained today, when in summer many families move to the pastures with their cattle and live for a 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
Claudio Varaldi – Ivrea Carnival
between folklore and tradition: 50 carts, 9 teams on foot, 12 thousand orange-throwers and above all (everywhere) 11 thousand quintals of oranges The Carnival of Ivrea is one of the most famous and original events in Italy, located in the picturesque Piedmontese town of Ivrea. This unique event stands out for its particular tradition linked 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
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
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
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
Roberto Gregori – salt for life
The area of the Little Rann of Kutch (state of Gujarat, India), in ancient times was a shallow bay of the Arabian Sea. As a result of seismic movements, the surface water has retreated, but remains in the subsoil with a salinity level 4 to 6 times higher than that of the sea. At 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
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
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
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
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
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