Stories from Züri Escape: surveying fails, cemeteries on AirBnB, and Kierkegaard
Short stories from the field: people, places, and cemeteries, with some reflections on all this.
Shooting in the snow, “work the scene”, and the McDonald’s of sport photography
A weekend with Sportograf and a couple useful challenges.
Palprints: fundraising campaign in support of the civilians of Gaza.
As this is an important topic, I’ll be very quick: along with 60+ photographers, I’ve contributed to the photographic print sale organized by RiseUp Duo and Alessandro Simonetti, in collaboration with Africathletics Onlus. how it works The photographs donated to Palprints are for sale at €100 each as Fine Art prints (you can check details …
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Reportage / A very different day: on a freight train, at dawn, towards the sea [+ LR preset]
When they ask you if you want to hop on and take photos on a freight train, departing at dawn and arriving at the sea, you can’t say no. You can only say thank you, wake up in the middle of the night, head to the train depot, and then photograph everything you can. No …
Hyrox Torino 2024 [Sportograf]
February 03, Turin [IT ] A full day of indoor competitive fitness (!!) with 4.500 participants (some of them doing several races). My spot was the second challenge, aka Sled push. We had countless waves of 40-55 athletes coming in all day long, with 1-2 minutes break in between. I had the Em1 III with …
Tour operator Outdoor-TMM, Barolo-Vicoforte
May 2023, Alba-Bra (IT) A full day shooting from an E-bike for a young tour operator, Outdoor Tramontiemare, offering a 3-days trip from Barolo to the Ligurian sea. Our target – I worked along Marco Rimondi who took care of the videos – was to get material for general promotion of the project, both for …
Upcycle Trail Weekend
November 2023, Milano The now classic meeting to understand gravel & trail trends in Italy, Upcycle Trail weekend is now 10 years old. The formula is the same: expo, presentations and talks on saturday, and 3 gravel rides on sunday. What was good, or easy A full weekend of cycling-related stuff and a 100k gravel …
Mountain gravel explorations Ep.1 / autumn ’23
What? This year has not been very generous in gravel rides and trainings (less than 2022 or 2021), due to a mix of increased shooting commitments and family commitments. However, the few rides – except for the lonely explorations in Valchiusella – has been in great company and in spectacular places. As usual, I brought …
Ciclocentrico 150 S-miles: nice weather is a state of mind (yes, it is)
September 2023, Avigliana/Torino (IT) Three routes (from 225 to 500km) stretching all over Piemonte, about 130 riders of all kind, a gravel ride of one-to-three days, plus a minivan and a bike to shoot the whole adventure. This is 150 S-miles unsupported event – “nice weather is a state of mind”. Indeed, it is appropriate, …
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