Copiapò is a small town in the middle of the arid Atacama desert, on the northern side of Chile. It lays in a valley surrounded by hills made of just sand and stones. Stepping out of the airplane door a lunar landscape opens before one’s eyes. (read more after the pictures.) The economy…
A photographic diary of a journey to northeastern Brazil.From the favela of Recife to the vast territories of Piauí during the electoral campaign for the election of the President of Brazil. A two parts journey. (read more after the pictures.) The first part takes place in Recife, hosted by the Pé No Chão…
Kyoto, January 2020. Featuring @_karakusakimono ————- Click on the images to enlarge ————-
A solo journey with my new Leica M10 (read more after the pictures.) Black and white gallery – Click on the image. Colour gallery – Click on the image. Rimini is a very famous place for summer vacations, for its many kilometers long sandy beach and for its night life; during summer it…
A short film about Nishinari, the area of Osaka’s homless.
Japan. Cherry blossom, sushi, the bullet train. The usual picture of a geisha, real or a fake. The usual stereotypes. Since my first time in Japan, almost twenty years have passed. For almost eight years I have been living there. I cannot count how many times italian friends asked me if I was tired of sushi…
Americamura (that translates in “american village”) is a small district of Osaka, connected to the large shopping and entertainment area of Shinsaibashi.Americamura, or most comonly Amemura, is the place for cheap,casual or alternative fashion. It is also a good place for cheap junk food. It is a good place to spend a day walking through…
CHAPTER I: TSUNAMI TWO MONTHS LATER CHAPTER II: TWO DAYS ON FUKUSHIMA CHAPTER III: FUKUSHIMA 2.0 TSUNAMI TWO MONTHS LATER Two months after the tsunami that hit the north east of Japan, I left Kyoto to join a group of volounteers of Caritas Japan (link). Purpose of the trip was, mainly, to help local people,…
If you get the subway at Shinsaibashi, in few stops you reach Dōbutsuen-mae station. When you get out, Osaka’s landscape has completely changed.No more trendy young people doing “bura-bura” (hanging out), Shinsaibashi’s and Dōtonbori’s big billboards are gone, department stores turned suddenly into small old fashioned shops.Walk a few hundreds meter south and you are…
In 2008, thanks to Yasu Suzuka (http://www.yasusuzuka.com/) and PPAS (Pinhole Photo Art Society http://ppas.jp/) I took part in a group exhibition in Mombetsu (Hokkaido, Japan). It was february, freezing cold.On the way back home I put the pinhole adapter on my DSLR and shoot Hokkaido’s landscape.Here are the results. IMAGES.
This is a series of four images of Hiroshima A-Bomb Dome (or genbaku dome, in japanese) taken in 2008 using a pinhole camera.The intent was to reproduce the instant of the explosion.Pinhole camera often gives an unpredictable result. Blur is its main feature and it is used to create “dreamy” images. But I thought that…
Here is a group of images shot in 2007 with the help of my good friend Domenico (or Nico) Busnelli.We used to travel together in Middle east and Africa taking part in charity projects. He used to dress up as a clown to cheer up local kids. A sort of Patch Adams on the road.Images…
Misuterareta is the japanese word to say abandoned. This is a series of images taken right after my divorce.Taken in 2007 using a DSLR with a pinhole adapter. Model: Domenico Busnelli. IMAGES.
I took these pictures during a journey in Malawi in 2005. I traveled with volunteers working in the area of Mangochi. They drove me through small villages to help people suffering of aids and malaria, we visited hospitals and missions.This trip was possible thanks to the Municipality of Paratico. Paratico is a small city not…
In 2004 I had the chance to be guest in one of the first Centre for Dsabled Children in the Middle East.“Our Lady of Peace” is in the south area of Amman, Jordan. It has been realised thanks to Latin Vicariate and strongly sponsored by the Queen of Jordan.Italian ANTEAS, an association connected to the…
In 2003 I spent a couple of weeks in Kathmandu with a japanese friend who often visits Nepal to help charity organizations.Some of the images are just about the place, but a few were realized thanks to the support of ROKPA.Rokpa is an international non profit organization that operates in Tibet and Nepal.Here is their…
I took these pictures between 2000 and 2002.At first it was just a trip to Romania. We wanted to have some relax and spend some time taking pictures.We had a unique experience during our first visit. Romania is great and people are fantastic. We had been guests in a funeral, taken underground in a mine…
This time Beni and Akou played in Osaka. It was a good chance to listen to some good music and test my new M9!!
Beni&Akou, great friends and great musicians. They played at Modern Times, in Kyoto, on april 1st and I had the opportunity to shoot some photos of their live.Don’t miss them if you are in Kyoto. Akou (vocal) / Beni Zamza (piano) / Saito Keishiroh (bass) / Asada Manatou (sax) / Hiroshi ‘Dunhill’ Mizukami (drums)
