Stavo cercando un deposito di auto abbandonate di cui mi ha parlato un amico: una warehouse, un capannone, dalle parti degli incroci squadrati di Al Mina, tra centinaia di altri, costruiti in lamiera corrugata e dipinti in un verde impallidito dalla violenza del sole e dalla vicinanza del mare.

L’informazione mi diceva che tra la polvere, le ruote sgonfie e le batterie ormai morte da anni, si possono trovare delle cose interessanti se poi scommetti sui costi del restauro e della manutenzione.

Il monotono della griglia che fa ta trama e ordito di questa parte del porto di Abu Dhabi è stato interrotto da alcune cianfrusaglie, accatastate davanti a un capannone, e il contrasto del contesto mi ha colpito appena sono entrato nell’incrocio, ma ci sono volute alcune decine di metri prima che occhio, cervello, freno e sterzo si coordinassero.

Ho fatto due inversioni a “U”: due “U”, che poi per le strane associazioni che la nostra fantasia riesce a fare, si sono trasformate in un brano musicale che mi ha cominciato a martellare il cervello.

you can reach but you can’t grab it , you can’t hold it control it you can’t bag it
you can push but you can’t direct it , circulate regulate oh no you cannot connect it

you know you’re chewing bubblegum , you know what that is but you still want some
you just can’t get enough of that lovie dovie stuff, you get confused but you know it
yeah you hurt for it woork for it LOVE , you don’t always show it

LET GO LET’S GO… DISCOTHEQUE , GO GO… LET GO… DISCOTHEQUE

Un brano degli U2, una parodia pubblicata nel 1997, dove la band Irlandese suona dentro una palla di specchi da discoteca abbigliati come i Village People.

Foto? Quello che ho visto …

disco-al-mina-1 disco-al-mina-2 disco-al-mina-3 disco-al-mina-4 disco-al-mina-5 disco-al-mina-6


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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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