Opening of Here they fought in Tallinn Opening in Tallinn! After the Fotomuuseum in 2017 we get back to Estonia, this time in the splendid scenario of the medieval tower Kiek in de Kök in the ancient heart of the Baltic capital. On display there are a selection of shots from the reportage Here they […]
Forte Garda, the opening
Forte Garda, the opening Here they fought! Is back on the Garda Lake at Forte Garda. Forte Garda: After the first exhibition that took place during 2021 about the Alpine front, ‘Here they fought’ comes again to Riva del Garda with an entire focus dedicated to the Carpathian Mountains. ‘Here they fought’ is available up […]
Alpini Sempre Literary Prize
Alpini Sempre the Italian National Literary Prize It was with great honour that I received the literary prize Alpini Sempre. It’s a prize that gave me motivation after the great effort I spent in keeping alive the historical and field searches of my reportage “Here they fought!” reaching many remote areas along the Alps and […]
Opening at Aquileia and the Soldier known but to God
The Soldier known but to God from Aquileia to Rome Aquileia Aquileia is an Italian small town that hosts the ancient ruins of a former Roman Empire old port and a wonderful Roman Cathedral. The archaeological site is so important that is listed in the World Heritage under UNESCO flag. Ancient Romans where docking their […]
Opening at Forte Garda
The opening at Forte Garda opens a season of hope after the darkest pandemic period Difficult times The culture industry has suffered the most with no help from the government. It was decided to sacrifice the art and culture compartment with no reason. October was the beginning of the new restrictions. With December it was […]
Genova, opening at Ducal Palace
The opening at Ducal Palace in Genoa The opening of the photographic exhibition “Alps, theatre of battles! 1940 – 1945” followed the closure of the one at Le Gallerie in Trento. The opening conference took place in the magnificent Sala del Minor Consiglio. The conference was a moment to deepen the experiences related with the […]
From the Great War battlefields to a united Europe.
From the Great War battlefields to a united Europe This is the title of the conference I organized in collaboration with the Representation of the European Commission in Italy and which was held on Thursday 25 October 2018 at Palazzo delle Stelline in Milan. It was a conference to tell the experience of my photographic […]
February and March, two months presenting the book.
SEO: Treviso, Trieste, Udine, Milan and La Spezia, starting a new series of presentations on the book: “Here they fought!” – Remembering WW1 in order to not repeat. It’s close to start a tour of presentations of “Here they fought! 1914 – 1918” the book published by Hoepli. This tour starts after a series of […]
Caré Alto: Mission accomplished.
I’m at almost 3000 meters of altitude on the crests of Caré Alto, all around me it is silence. Stefano, a mountaineer friend of mine, meditates while I shoot the photos at those abandoned cannons. In front of us we see the majesty of the mountains and of the glaciers of the Adamello. Behind us […]
A dream called Europe.
Today I want to talk about a dream called Europe. Behind every photographic mission that I embark on hides a long historical research work. I do not want to photograph rocks but I shall tell the stories of men that remained on those rocks forever. It is the stories of those men that changed me, […]