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.
Mariana Rodriguez Barros – A travel to the origins
“After I finished my daily tasks, I started writing my little message to my unforgettable Tatu. Where I raised my dear children! Who are my jewels. Today I live without hope of living here as I used to. I come in hurry without even one night sleeping in this room, that peaceful sleep. I see 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Caterina Taglienti – Theyyam
The drums spread millennial rhythms. The drums spread millennial rhythms. We are in Kerala, a state in southern India, in the Malabar Coast region. Here the cult of Theyyam is still alive, an ancient rite that according to some dates back to the Neolithic period. An intense ritual, rooted in the natural world. In over 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
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