Hanno cominciato a suonare oltre 900 anni fa, le campane della Cattedrale di San Lorenzo, a Genova. La chiesa medioevale ha poi  visto aggiunte gotiche nel 1200 e maestranze francesi chiamate nel 1300 per la facciata che, come nel caso di Notre Dame a Parigi, include le torri campanarie.

L’alternanza di pietra bianca e nera conferma la tradizione di nobiltà nel medioevo-gotico genovese. I due leoni alle estremità (uno fotografato ieri sera, sotto) sono invece aggiunte dell’800.

Oggi le campane hanno salutato 8 persone: le vittime del crollo della Torre Piloti nel Molo Giano del porto, la scorsa settimana. Stasera le ho sentite da casa e sono uscito, percorrendo i pochi metri del carrugio fino alla piazza. Il silenzio della tristezza mi ha toccato.

R.I.P.

i leoni di lorenzo


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It has been more than fifty years since I began traveling across the world — and the seven seas — for work or for pleasure, always with a Leica M camera close at hand. The camera has never been an accessory; it has been a constant companion, a way of observing, remembering, and making sense of the places and people I encountered along the way. I started keeping this kind of journal some time ago, not as a diary in the traditional sense, but as a space where images and words could meet. This is not a publication driven by schedules or algorithms. At times I disappear for long stretches; then, inevitably, I return with semi-regular updates. Publishing, for me, is a mirror of my state of mind and emotions. It follows my rhythm, not the other way around. You have to take it exactly as it comes. Every photograph you see here is mine. They are fragments of a life spent moving, looking, and waiting for moments to reveal themselves — often quietly, sometimes unexpectedly. This blog is not about destinations, but about presence. About what remains when the journey slows down and the shutter finally clicks.

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