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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
