Quando ieri sera sono uscito dalla stazione di Teatralnaya, a lato del Cremlino, ho attraversato la Piazza della Rivoluzione, camminando fino alla Piazza del Teatro, fermandomi davanti al Bolshoi, prima di arrivare all’ostello che mi ospita da queste parti.

Ho salutato anche Carletto Marx, passando sotto la sua statua, con la scritta che recita (ma date per scontato che il mio russo sia arrugginito) “proletari di tutto il mondo unitevi!“, in citazione dal Manifesto del Partito Comunista: un po’ di luminarie in eredità al Natale Ortodosso e forse anche alla Festa della Rivoluzione, o di qualcosa di simile, sono state piantate qui e davanti all’accesso del Kremlin dalla parte opposta della piazza.

Mosca è cambiata tantissimo in questa quindicina d’anni: palazzi restaurati e ripuliti, traffico migliorato, e un senso di cura che emerge in modo deciso.

Foto? Ovvio, le luci a festa vicino alla statua di Karl, e davanti al tempio del balletto …

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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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