In questi giorni ho pascolato un paio di volte per pranzo e cena due amici: Patricia è arrivata da Singapore, mentre Robert è decisamente Australiano come testimonia la sua passione enologica. Praticamente non erano mai stati in Italia (se si esclude una fugace apparizione di Rob una quarantina d’anni fa), e hanno visitato prima la Toscana, poi  Firenze e Venezia e quindi li ho visti arrivare a Milano. Dovevano andare da li direttamente a Roma: li ho costretti a passare due giorni a Genova, per vedere un mondo diverso, fatto di persone.

Non capivano che senso avesse questo “stop-over” e solo la mia insistenza li ha portati fidarsi e a mangiare nei carruggi, a passeggiare per i Sestieri, a incontrare chi conosco e scoprire assieme gente nuova, a stupirsi per il calore e l’ospitalità con cui sono accolti ovunque.

Stanno adesso cercando casa. A Genova, nella Città Vecchia …..

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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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