Welcome back to South Africa” mi ha detto, sorridendo, l’addetta all’immigrazione nell’aeroporto di Johannesburg ieri mattina alle 5:30, mentre sfogliava un passaporto sulle cui pagine si sono accaniti timbri da ogni dove.

How long will you stay with us this time?

Quando le rispondo che torno indietro il giorno successivo scuote la testa e mi aggiunge “Have some rest!“, riposati.

Solito ostello che mi ospita da queste parti, solito ufficio (ancora per poco).

Stavo riflettendo che qualche settimana fa avevo scritto di essere tornato alle mie abitudini, e intendevo anche quelle di scrivere qualcosa con una certa frequenza, ma i tunnel della miniera mi hanno inghiottito e, onestamente, sto pensando più’ a fare sport che a scattare immagini: e’ un periodo che va cosi’.

Foto? Stamani, mentre aspettavo che il breakfast aprisse per farmi un fantastico piatto di eggs benedict con buon bacon locale, qualche scatto in giro per l’ostello …


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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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