Stavo camminando la sera per Nisantasi, il quartiere nel distretto di Sisli a Istanbul fondato da Sultan Abdülmecid nel mezzo del 19esimo Secolo con l’ordine imposto di costruire secondo i dettami del Neo Classico. Oggi è l’equivalente di King’s Road a Londra: elegantissimo retail, ottimi ristoranti e bar.

Dormo nell’ostello che una volta era qui l’Ambasciata d’Italia.

Come ogni tanto mi succede, una remota cella di memoria mi si è aperta, a ricordare il poeta Turco Nâzım Hikmet Ran, detto “il comunista romantico”, la cui famiglia ha vissuto in questo quartiere durante tutto il secolo scorso, e mi è tornata in mente una sua poesia …

Anima mia, chiudi gli occhi piano piano e come s’affonda nell’acqua
immergiti nel sonno nuda e vestita di bianco
il più bello dei sogni ti accoglierà

anima mia chiudi gli occhi piano piano abbandonati come nell’arco delle mie braccia
nel tuo sonno non dimenticarmi chiudi gli occhi pian piano i tuoi occhi marroni
dove brucia una fiamma verde anima mia.

Foto? Anima, Love and Retail ….

Istanbul Leica M7 and Kodak TX400 2


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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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