SAK YANT MAGICAL TATTOO E-Book

SAK YANT MAGICAL TATTOO E-Book is now available both for iPad® and Amazon Kindle®, and both in English and Italian Editions.
See relative links at
http://www.padplaces.com/EBooks.html

 

Sak Yant, the Magical Tattoo Art of South East Asia, is part of the culture and the ancient animist cult of the spirits in the region. Now is back being popular among the younger generations. This photojouralistic gallery explores the conteporary forms of this expression, but seeks also its roots in the remote regions of Burma where the Shan people live.
1 video included in the iPad® edition only.

SAK YANT TATUAGGIO MAGICO: l'E-Book è ora disponibile. Info e links utili per trovarlo a http://www.padplaces.com/EBooks.html

 

E-BOOK - Scarpe con la Suola di Pane (Italian Edt)

Siamo particolarmente orgogliosi di iniziare la nostra esperienza nel campo degli E-Books con questo libro, Scarpe con la Suola di Pane, che unisce le poesie di Maya Matteucci e le foto di Andrea Pistolesi.
Il libro nell'edizione Italiana è già disponibile per iPad®, vedi qui, e per Kindle®, vedi qui.

Questo libro nasce da un incontro casuale, come due fronti di nubi che si incontrano sul mare. E sospese, scatenano tempesta. Due viaggi che si intrecciano per un breve tratto, due viaggiatori che si ritrovano per caso sullo stesso treno in corsa. Giusto il tempo di scambiarsi un sorriso e raccontarsi qualche aneddoto di viaggio. 

Il viaggio del poeta durò un anno, un unico solo
intenso anno. Un anno di cammino per paesi e tratturi dell’Italia centro-meridionale, da un novembre all’altro. Finché non incontrò il fotografo, gli lasciò in mano i suoi pensieri e ripartì. 

Il viaggio del fotografo durò molto di più. Il viaggio del fotografo che prese in mano quelle poesie dura da una vita.
E per cucire addosso a quei pensieri intimi immagini e storie
il fotografo iniziò a camminare a ritroso nel tempo delle sue foto, dei suoi viaggi, dei suoi cammini. Immagine dopo immagine,
memoria dopo memoria, attraverso attimi diversi della sua vita, dai suoi primi scatti “importanti” fino alle immagini di qualche mese fa. 

Questo libro è il viaggio comune che non è mai stato. 

PadPlaces IS BECOMING A E-BOOK PUBLISHER

PadPlaces is the brand under which we are now publishing our E-Books.
Four titles are ready or will be available soon in Apple iBookstore® and Amazon Kindle Fire® formats.
For all of them we will have both English and Italian editions.

We are already in the process of major transformation to PadPlaces application so that you will be able to download these same book with the apps itself for a discounted price. This process will take around two months.

In the next days we'll start introducing the existing titles through this blog, the Facebook page and the PadPlaces website E-Books page that will be the main reference place for the status of various publications.

One important notice: the original Apple iBook® format is the only one supporting videos, slideshows and other additions. This means that you will not find the same interactivity in the Kindle® version that is not supporting these features. Also, some large publications will need to be separated in volumes on Kindle because of the size limits requested.

CALENDAR REMINDER & NEW UPDATE 3.3

Just a reminder about STORMY-TELLER, the 2013 desktop calendar that you can download for free from within the application or from this web link.
You will find a iPad retina size version, or other sizes for your desktop.

Also, we are awaiting Apple to release a 3.3 app update to solve some small problems in iOS 6.0.1

New stories will be available in about 3 weeks, after my return from Myanmar.
HAVE A GREAT 2013!!!

UPDATE FOR iOS6 SOON READY

There are some bugs due to the introduction of iOS6. We have already corrected them and we are waiting for Apple to release the needed update.
There is no problem if you are still running iOS5 or before.

We are also discussing the need to update the quality of all of our images to the new retina display size. The problem might be for those of you that are still using iPad 1 and 2, that may face memory problems with larger files.
The general intention is to wait some time and then go for the new size, but your FEEDBACK about this would be much appreciated!

Latest stories will be added after this needed update.

5 NEW STORIES

The announced completion of BUSINESS CAPITALS OF ASIA series is now available with the release of 4 new stories: TAIPEI, SAIGON, MUMBAI and DELHI.

Also the ENGLAND COAST TO COAST WALK story has been released in the Travel section.

BUSINESS CAPITALS OF ASIA

The BUSINESS CAPITALS OF ASIA project is now completed. Soon the stories on TAIPEI, SAIGON, MUMBAI and DELHI will be available in PadPlaces. The other cities, already available are KUALA LUMPUR, BANGKOK, JAKARTA, SHANGHAI, BEIJING, GUANGZHOU, HONG KONG, MANILA, SINGAPORE, SEOUL, TOKYO.

There is now a general selection, available for free download, that is just an intro to the project.

PANAMERICANA ON THE ROAD

In 2001 I went for a journey that would change my life and my photography, at least for the following years. From Panama to the US border with only a Leica and a backpack, that was the idea: going back to the roots of travel and photography. Kind of a fresh start in my life and profession. And such it was.
In the following years I went back to travel reportage, with less digital manipulation that had influenced me in the end of the nineties.
Now, after over a decade, I feel it's time for another such a change and so here is the photographic tale of that trip: a reminder of what it takes to cut with the past and move ahead, on a long road ahead.

The photos are in two parts, both for free download.

TEN STORIES ADDED (FOR FREE DOWNLOAD)

Ten stories from my less recent productions have been added to PadPlaces for free download. I feel is a contribution to create a wider image of my work.

Most of them appears in the Documentary section and are: American Rodeo, shoot in Tucson, Arizona, in 2005. Chungking Mansions, on the famous Hong Kong condo that has been defined the first ever global environment in the world. Sulukule, the now obliterated Gipsy Istanbul with in-house belly dancing. Ruili, the border city between China and Burma, with all the imaginable trafficking. The Burmese Refugees situation on the Thai border. Cambodia Casino, a two-border view of the gambling scene on the country no-man lands. The remotest region of Sertao, in Brazil. And finally the nice story of the Indian Merchants Diaspora: how the communities had  to leave their historic homes and palaces to face the global world.

In the Travel section you'll find the Mekong 4000 Islands story, in Laos, and Kiev, Ukraine.

NEW STORY ON BURMA AND TPW WORKSHOPS

My latest story, shoot in December, in Myanmar, is now live in PadPlaces. Here is a presentation.

If you think of Burma like golden pagodas, saffron monks and political trouble, well, think again! There is a subtle revolution taking place in the country that no military or political power can control, also because is starting in their own households, with their own sons. Globalization is setting in the new generations with the regional pace, that means fast. As a lady from the Burmese exiled elite was noticing "skirts are going from ankle to groin forgetting the knees".
For the moment it is largely concentrated in the main cities, but is involving all social classes. The Iron Cross hard rock band has is supporters in every social group (buying Chines clothes, jeans, make up is very cheap) and the transformation can bypass the political control to change society from it's roots.
Fashion, cinema, music, shopping trends are redefining  the inner core of the national soul, and the recent political openings will be probably the entrance for an avalanche that will change this country forever.
 
For an insight to the future preparing it's ground you can give a look to my story, in PadPlaces (The Other Burma).

Also, available for free, is a presentation of my forthcoming TPW workshops for 2012.