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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
