on paper (or web)
I have always thought that photography is much closer to literature and theatre than to painting.
F. Scianna
“Ride your stories,” with its play on the assonance between write and ride, is meant to communicate exactly this: our rides are stories to be told.
Writing and photography run on parallel tracks: they complement each other and help explain one another.
Thanks to my academic background, writing is never an issue—neither in English nor in French, besides my native language. On the contrary, it is a pleasure, and moving between these two disciplines gives me balance as well as deep satisfaction.
So, whenever there is an opportunity to write, I take it.
Bikeitalia
In 2025, after two years of photographic collaborations with Fiera del Cicloturismo, I launched a series of articles for Bikenomist’s online magazine, primarily focused on gravel events in Italy and abroad, taking care of both the writing and the photography.
Alvento Cycling Magazine
Collaboration with Alvento began in 2023 with a reportage on Vittoria Bussi. Following a first prize at their photography contest, the partnership developed into a more structured collaboration, starting with the POP! reportage in May 2024.
In the same year, I produced a Destinations 3 feature in Canton Ticino, a region where I maintain several ongoing collaborations, including Velocafé and Dead Ends & Dolci.
Alongside photography, I also regularly write the accompanying articles for these reportages.
Alvento #43
Reportage
interview with Sofiane Sehili, pictures and text.
Alvento #42
Cover and reportage
First Alvento cover is something.
Inside, a reportage (with Fabio Dal Pan, rider and writer) about the oldest barwoman in Italy, Anna, 101 in 2025.
Alvento #41
VIA Race, chapter II
The first ultra covered as team leader. 20 days on the road, 9500kms, 3 showers, and countless stories gathered from 100+ amazing riders.
Destinations #3
Shooting – Canton Ticino
A short shooting that weather furtherly shortened. Actually, a marathon! Thanks to local guides Giona and Davide of Velocafé, we discovered peaceful cols and great food in the region
Alvento #36
Dead Ends & Dolci, pics and words.
A small, cozy ultra: 400km and 10.000m elevation with 6 chekpoints to ride in whatever order, around a basecamp.
Alvento #35
VIA Race, chapter I
Yu never forget the first ultra. From Nivolet to Giovinazzo, 10 days in a tiny car with Ryan Le Garrec to cover this extraordinary adventure.
Alvento #30
Vittoria Bussi: 50.257.
Words by Stefano Zago. For a year, I followed Vittoria in her record project: altitude training on Etna, biomedics tests, family life, mechanics across Italy, and of course velodromes.
Miscellanea
French and English magazines, websites, and blogs: a collection of published photos and words.
Sofiane Sehili for PEdALED
Face to face with Sofiane, at his home, to know him better after his incredible misadventure.
Sofiane Sehili / Der Spiegel 17/2026
Bikepacking.com weekend snapshots
Since 2022, a few pics have been selected among “weekend snapshot” collections.
Sofiane Sehili / Raw Cycling Magazine
Sofiane Sehili and the freedom of riding forward (ESP/ENG)
VIA Race / Cyclist France
Thanks to Sophie Gateau, Cyclist Fr published a longform on VIA alla collega Sophie Gateau, la testata francese ha pubblicato un ampio reportage dell’evento.
New York Times - "I could not go backwards"
Jacob Whitehead’s interview on NYT sport journal, with a selection of pics by Matteo and me.
Turin Hills / Bikepacking.com
Turin Hills is both a gravel event and a permanent route. A great team for a nice project, prized by bikepacking.com as best overnighter.
Together with Luigi, Giulia, and Francesco, we take care of the communication of this project by Roberto “Bob” Bonofiglio.
Vittoria Bussi / Non conosco altro modo di vivere
A year of life condensed in her autobiography.
Incoming!
More projects incoming!