Arrivato a Shanghai, un filino frullato dalle 12 ore in aria e dalle 6 di fuso orario: ho recuperato coscienza di me solo dopo 12 minuti di doccia dove ho recitato il mantra “sonovivo, sicazzosonovivoevegeto, enonchenonmiaddormento altrimentiiljetlagmifotte, sonosivvivomachecazzodisonnoho“. Ho aperto tutte le tende della camera … e qui mi devo fermare un attimo.

Mi hanno fatto un mega-upgrade quasi vergognoso: ho una stanza “in curva”. L’albergo ha una forma di ellissoide e le camere in testa e in coda hanno una vista di quasi 270° sulla città, con pareti in vetro: quando apri le tende vai in apnea per una buona decina di minuti per la vista: non scatto foto con il fish-eye per non generare brutti sentimenti in testa ai quali la cocente invidia.

Sul vetro noto una scritta: YOU’RE ALIVE. DO SOMETHING. Come sempre credo poco al caso, e mi son messo a far qualcosa. Cosa? Tenetevi la curiosità …

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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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