New York City New York

There’s a big Russian grocery store on the edge of Brighton Beach, deep in Brooklyn, off the Q train, near…

Nothing Happens Twice

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The landscape that surrounds my home in Sweden can be misleading. The bird activity it contains is diluted by the…

The Noguchi Museum New York

Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) was one of the twentieth century’s most important and critically acclaimed sculptors. Through a lifetime of artistic…

The Place Tuscany and Corsica

At the entrance to the church, the dark, towering door. Closed, it looks as if it’s leaning backwards; it makes…

Time Flowing in Two Directions Ethiopia

A little bit more than a century ago, the Empress of the Ethiopian Empire Taitù Batùl founded the city. In…

A Moveable Feast Tuscany and Corsica

Beyond the trembling plain of the northern Tyrrhenian and the intricate rocks which start the island, past the schist smoothed…

Ethio Jazz: Basic Coordinates to Get Lost in the Music Ethiopia

“As musicians, we should go back, all the way back, because you’ll always find something very interesting.” Mulatu Astatke In the…

When Danger Approaches Sing to It

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Amy Hempel is 69 years old and has recently discovered the beauty of tattoos. On one leg she has inscribed…

Incomplete Encyclopaedia of a True Story

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“I’m too fascinated to be afraid.” Anni Albers What we know about Nancy is that she was born in America…

The Great Void Tuscany and Corsica

The boundless province with its contradictions was our playing field. No one quite knew what the goal was or which…

We Are All Brothers And Sisters Ethiopia

After all, biologists have finally proven it to be true, something that philosophers have always dreamt to be true. And that is the fact…

In Conversation with Dr Berhane Asfaw Ethiopian Palaeontologist Ethiopia

We Are All Brothers And Sisters Ethiopia

A film by Cartographywith Lale Biwa, junior elder of the Kara tribeDirected by Luca De SantisMusic by Roberto Paci Dalò…

Iguazú Argentina’s Mesopotamia Argentina

Juan Pablo Culasso has been blind since birth, yet he is one of the few birders capable of identifying almost…

Moulting to divest Jordan

“It’s a poem that speaks ofchange as death and rebirth; my mother, who was about to die while I was…

Gimme emotions!

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Fashion is the most un-sustainable of all industries, which is why the current obsession with sustainability makes me suspicious to…

In Praise of the Fruit of Life

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Casting by PATRICIA VILLIRILLO Hair & Make up by CLAUDIA MALAVASI Set Design by FABIO NEGRO COUSSA Stylist’s Assistant SOFIA…

Echo

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Set Designer MARTINA LUCATELLI and LEANDRO FAVALORO, Assistant Set Designer ALESSANDRA CHIARELLI

Les Vases Communicants

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Model GEORGINA GRENVILLE – Fashion, CHEN Y – Urban, KIM – PopHair Styling by ASTOR HOXA – CloseUpMilano using Officina…

12.25

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Model ELETTRA CINTI, The Fashion Model Management Photo Assistant GRETA TOSONI

Wolf Among Wolves

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Model FRANCESCA CIOFFI (MONSTER), Casting by FEDERICA CIUCI PRIORI (SIMO  BART CASTING), Hair & Make-up by ASTOR HOXHA, Photo Assistant…

Coming up for Air

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Hold your breath and put your fingers in your ears to mute the chaos of the modern world. Information often…

Argentina with Marcelo Burlon Argentina

Its frontiers mainly rest upon natural features: rivers to the north and north-east, the Andes to the west, the river…

Buenos Aires Argentina

LUNA PAIVA, artist What’s your first memory of Argentina? One of my first memories is of Argentina, when I was…

The Train Judders and Jolts China

“Ten minutes on the underground, a compendium of small bodily features, the paradigm of much else in Hong Kong.” The…

Walking Fish Peruvian Amazon

This is the real Amazon jungle, where pink freshwater dolphins bring unplanned pregnancies, the night speckled with the red eyes…

Cala Gadir Pantelleria

The natural range of colours and tones of the vegetation make this garden a miniature of everything that a Volcano…

Still Tracing

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Western South Dakota South Dakota

Croyance Tahiti

Abruzzo Abruzzo

On The Road Again

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Compared to painting, photography has an obvious flaw: in order to depict a subject, it has to be in front…

Respect for the Ice Greenland

They still talked about it in the town, the inhabitants of Ilulissat would still be almost proud of it until…

Antiparos Veicolos Northern Cyclade

As I rested in the shade of some fronds on the most secret beach of Antiparos, Cyclades, Greece, it came…

Casa No Tempo Portugal and Azores

Sabugueiro, Arraiolos, Alentejo. “Casa No Tempo has belonged to our family for many years. My grandfather wanted us to take…

Lima Surf Scene Peruvian Amazon

Lima is the South American capital of surfing, and as such it presents many surf options, from beaches for beginners…

Niko Romito Abruzzo

After landing in Naples, I turn my back to the sea. Behind me is picture-postcard Italy – Ischia, Sorrento, Capri,…

Japan Japan

We are Hadzabe, We are Hunter-gatherers Tanzania

We are Hadzabe, we are Tanzanians. Our people number about 1000 and we live in the Lake Eyasi Valley and…