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
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
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
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
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
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
Ale Romiti – Sunrise on the Fish Market – Syntography
“Dawn on the Fish Market: A Mosaic of Life and Tradition” – Syntographies As the first light of dawn tinges the sky above Tsukiji pink, fishing boats return to port, marking the beginning of a new day in Tokyo’s liveliest market. The images immortalize this crucial moment: the fish, harvested with dedication during the night, 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
Luciana Trappolino – The last guardians of the forest
In a clearing, in the heart of Cameroon’s African equatorial forest, lives one of the last groups of the Baka Pygmies: one of the oldest peoples in Africa. Their organization is centered on the family or on communities of a few families in which important decisions are made by the whole community, eliminating the need 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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