tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2845882960652972942024-03-14T03:03:50.961+01:00PadPlacesPUBLISHING BOOKS AND E-BOOKSAndrea Pistolesihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383348766869601296noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284588296065297294.post-66557844330918150552024-03-03T04:27:00.000+01:002024-03-03T04:27:09.783+01:00WILD ATLANTIC WAY 10th Anniversary has a new, updated edition<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbd6Wg2nhUFL27CHehyphenhyphen81JiEJXH3JD4JtJIC6qq5qyjKNQ_MTpjy2WUatyU6wBeoXd3hKVdE4p16g6VClVYF6gswtijSSkdFpf3M-yinO3j7QYhuA44YpT6PJr4DQzrdYW9jGG2qtvkMDGE705VXHYjsv2r8rm8KWqBOBGQ9-DX0h1B5wIkvGJVPt6RzvC/s3543/WAW_EN-IT_HC_COVER_2024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3543" data-original-width="2474" height="717" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbd6Wg2nhUFL27CHehyphenhyphen81JiEJXH3JD4JtJIC6qq5qyjKNQ_MTpjy2WUatyU6wBeoXd3hKVdE4p16g6VClVYF6gswtijSSkdFpf3M-yinO3j7QYhuA44YpT6PJr4DQzrdYW9jGG2qtvkMDGE705VXHYjsv2r8rm8KWqBOBGQ9-DX0h1B5wIkvGJVPt6RzvC/w500-h717/WAW_EN-IT_HC_COVER_2024.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: red;"><b>THE UPDATED WAW EDITION IS HERE!</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: red;">With new photos, new formats and updated suggestions now accessible on line.</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.pistolesiphoto.com/WAW_Promo/index.html" target="_blank">For formats and purchasing options visit this web page </a></b><br /></p><p>On the tenth anniversary of the institution of the Wild Atlantic Way, the road that travels the entire Atlantic coast of Ireland, this new edition presents itself with updated information and suggestions and new aerial photos. It preserves the structure based on suggestions of authors who deeply know the territory and will help you choose the traits to be explored along the 2500 kilometers of the route. Extra contents and practical information are now accessible online through QR code or links in the digital edition. You will find a complete photo gallery, video, attractions and activities with verified web links.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In occasione del decimo anniversario dall’istituzione della Wild Atlantic Way, la strada che percorre l’intera costa atlantica dell’Irlanda, questa nuova edizione si presenta con informazioni e suggerimenti aggiornati e nuove foto aeree. Conserva la struttura che si fonda su suggerimenti di autori che conoscono profondamente il territorio e che vi aiuterà a scegliere i tratti da esplorare lungo i 2500 kilometri del percorso. I contenuti extra e le informazioni pratiche sono adesso accessibili on line attraversoQR code o link nell’edizione digitale. Vi troverete una galleria fotografica completa, video, attrazioni e attività con link web verificati.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div style="padding: 56.25% 0px 0px; position: relative;"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write" frameborder="0" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/677186665?badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479" style="height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%;" title="WILD ATLANTIC WAY, Exploring the west coast of Ireland"></iframe></div><script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script>Andrea Pistolesihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383348766869601296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284588296065297294.post-27412212025162576392022-02-14T14:33:00.004+01:002022-02-14T15:00:47.481+01:00WILD ATLANTIC WAY The English Edition is now live!<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitKZzaBza6U118GtP0SltrSmwKtPuIY7sxAt1IYwYJ6dTIrsfHDhlS6YkJWTaoupqI6WZiMzH7s7njUWz5M9cl6bwcPbZ9J9bV62KQpZY-pjwNy_mp1WTaWfnFG7Dti9P89pVHbISTJMkPEmVwkQclAaYeTnYAaoh1qL6o40AHFzeokZhOT0GoYLjedQ=s1295" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1295" data-original-width="1294" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitKZzaBza6U118GtP0SltrSmwKtPuIY7sxAt1IYwYJ6dTIrsfHDhlS6YkJWTaoupqI6WZiMzH7s7njUWz5M9cl6bwcPbZ9J9bV62KQpZY-pjwNy_mp1WTaWfnFG7Dti9P89pVHbISTJMkPEmVwkQclAaYeTnYAaoh1qL6o40AHFzeokZhOT0GoYLjedQ=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">WILD ATLANTIC WAY</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Exploring the west coast of Ireland</span><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">DIGITAL edition available on APPLE BOOKS, AMAZON KINDLE and GOOGLE PLAY<br />PAPERBACK and HARD COVER editions available on AMAZON</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://padplaces.blogspot.com/p/where-to-find-our-books.html">Find here the links to the specific editions</a><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="VIiyi" lang="en"><span class="JLqJ4b ChMk0b" data-language-for-alternatives="en" data-language-to-translate-into="it" data-number-of-phrases="3" data-phrase-index="0"><span>Nine chapters, corresponding to stages of the route to choose from, including the Causeway Road in Northern Ireland.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="VIiyi" lang="en"><span class="JLqJ4b ChMk0b" data-language-for-alternatives="en" data-language-to-translate-into="it" data-number-of-phrases="3" data-phrase-index="0"><span>With texts by Cristina Gambaro, profound connoisseur of the country.</span></span><span class="JLqJ4b ChMk0b" data-language-for-alternatives="en" data-language-to-translate-into="it" data-number-of-phrases="3" data-phrase-index="2"><span> </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="VIiyi" lang="en"><span class="JLqJ4b ChMk0b" data-language-for-alternatives="en" data-language-to-translate-into="it" data-number-of-phrases="3" data-phrase-index="2"><span>With highlights and author's indications.</span></span></span> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">2500 kilometers long, the Wild Atlantic Way follows the entire western coast of Ireland, a unique natural path. Over 250 images on natural beauty, villages and people shows the environment, together with the stories and valuable author suggestions that help choosing the traits to explore. Eight chapters for different routes that then continue on the Causeway Road in Northern Ireland. Pages that invite to dream with open eyes, transported to the west coast of Ireland.<br /></p><p><br /></p><div style="padding: 56.25% 0px 0px; position: relative;"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/677186665?h=68166815b0&badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479" style="height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%;" title="WILD ATLANTIC WAY, Exploring the west coast of Ireland"></iframe></div><script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script><p></p>Andrea Pistolesihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383348766869601296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284588296065297294.post-59057305810600381832022-02-10T11:16:00.002+01:002022-02-18T17:25:10.251+01:00US HIGHWAY 1: 30th Anniversary Edition A NEW BOOK<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPaRTVHA1kIKb2drMjltc53mAjVw4AY1ygoyXK-EdjH4g0ZcpAamg1HrFMA0V_25XvL379JD_5W7EPimmjuaR8RsGcL82HwGfhe_G_6OaucAX1BG4QhpPnDiIiCUDhQboDYY24n3QDDe6v4anmVCADj204Fdn_UwDy7UNz55mQn47_YtmqxnyfpJWmDg/s1275/US-HIGHWAY1-IT-CSpace-COVER.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1275" data-original-width="1275" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPaRTVHA1kIKb2drMjltc53mAjVw4AY1ygoyXK-EdjH4g0ZcpAamg1HrFMA0V_25XvL379JD_5W7EPimmjuaR8RsGcL82HwGfhe_G_6OaucAX1BG4QhpPnDiIiCUDhQboDYY24n3QDDe6v4anmVCADj204Fdn_UwDy7UNz55mQn47_YtmqxnyfpJWmDg/w640-h640/US-HIGHWAY1-IT-CSpace-COVER.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>US HIGHWAY 1 30th Anniversary Edition</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">is now available in English and Italian editions</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">as E-Book for Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">and as Paperback and a large Hard Cover on Amazon</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://padplaces.blogspot.com/p/where-to-find-our-books.html"><span style="color: #ff00fe;">see this page for corresponding links</span></a><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"> (Italian Text Below)<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">It was the winter of 1992 when Andrea and Guido left for what had to be a different "on the road" journey. What then would become the last "assigned" story by the historic Geographical Magazine Atlante.<br />In the tradition of the great American trips the classical direction was from east to west, in search of the warmth and freedom of California. Their was instead from north to south, on the oldest road in North America, the Route 1, or US Highway 1, which goes from the Canadian border to the end of Florida, Key West, along the entire east coast.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The choice to do it in that season was also to underline the passage of the different climates that they would encounter: from the frost and snow of the north to the short sleeves and shorts of the Keys.<br />Such a journey also led to cross different cultures: the more progressive Northeast, the major historical metropolises of the continent, including the federal capital, the traditionalist and de facto segregationist Bible Belt, up to that all-American playground called Florida.<br />They also made some short targeted detours: to Jack Kerouac’s Lowell as to the “black” Atlanta opposed to a rural Georgia.<br />Thirty years later this is the celebration of a way of doing travel reportages that no longer exists, but also of a deeply changed nation.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The story has been revised. More photos (all on film, of course) have been recovered from the archives and adjusted. And Massimo Morello, then editor of Atlante magazine, has added a foreword that is a short story of the Geographical publishing world.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span>_____________________________________________________________________________________________</span><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Era l'inverno del 1992 quando Andrea e Guido partivano per quello che doveva essere un diverso"on the road". Un viaggio che sarebbe diventato l'ultima storia "assegnata" della storica rivista geografica Atlante.</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Nella tradizione dei grandi viaggi americani la direzione classica era da est a ovest, alla ricerca del calore e della libertà Californiana. Il loro era invece da nord a sud, sulla strada più antica del Nord America, la Route 1, o US Highway1, che va dal confine canadese fino alla fine della Florida, Key West, seguendo tutta la costa orientale.</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>La scelta di farlo in quella stagione serviva anche a sottolineare il passaggio dei diversi climi che avrebbero incontrato: dal gelo e la neve del nord alle maniche corte e i pantaloncini del sud.</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Tale viaggio ha anche portato ad attraversare culture diverse: i più progressisti stati del nord-est, le principali metropoli storiche del continente, compresa la capitale federale, la tradizionalista e de facto segregazionista Bible Belt, fino a quel parco giochi tutto americano chiamato Florida. Hanno anche fatto alcune brevi deviazioni mirate: alla Lowell di Jack Kerouac e verso la "nera" Atlanta contrapposta a una Georgia rurale.</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Trent'anni dopo questa è la celebrazione di un modo di fare reportage di viaggio che non esiste più, ma anche di una nazione profondamente cambiata.</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><i>La storia è stata rivista. Altre foto (tutte su film, ovviamente) sono state recuperate dagli archivi e aggiustate. E Massimo Morello, allora ddirettore di Atlante, ha aggiunto una prefazione che è una breve storia del mondo editoriale geografico.</i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div style="padding: 56.25% 0px 0px; position: relative;"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/674870217?h=1706b7ee08&badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479" style="height: 100%; left: 0; position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%;" title="US Highway 1"></iframe></div><script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script>Andrea Pistolesihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383348766869601296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284588296065297294.post-2026594799181668282021-07-23T18:50:00.002+02:002022-02-14T14:52:36.536+01:00WILD ATLANTIC WAY, il nuovo libro<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiHXufZFxSfVUzuLNzYP0MwsDS0B_pzXSIxtW0iB_bI2fHlYPS6AUBjHPgEe8bkRcCzO2gvY3hKidlFDaKdBrYNVfGSmCg8aIeMVQqXScOl8wNFVA9kpl--NwNmC2jKlJBle2lD1zUEylrkdEqE5sVvBUiy8dA0IMeK9m1Cmg7c4v9sQZBUmiPT9w4Cw=s1295" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1295" data-original-width="1294" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiHXufZFxSfVUzuLNzYP0MwsDS0B_pzXSIxtW0iB_bI2fHlYPS6AUBjHPgEe8bkRcCzO2gvY3hKidlFDaKdBrYNVfGSmCg8aIeMVQqXScOl8wNFVA9kpl--NwNmC2jKlJBle2lD1zUEylrkdEqE5sVvBUiy8dA0IMeK9m1Cmg7c4v9sQZBUmiPT9w4Cw=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> L'edizione italiana del nuovo libro WILD ATLANTIC WAY è ora disponibile su Amazon, Apple Books e Google Play.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://padplaces.blogspot.com/p/where-to-find-our-books.html">Troverete qui i link alle varie edizioni</a> <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Nove capitoli, corrispondenti ad altrettante tappe, inclusa la Causeway Road nell'Irlanda del Nord, con i testi di Cristina Gambaro, profonda conoscitrice del paese.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Con highlights e indirizzi d'autore è una guida per scegliere quali tratti esplorare.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Lunga 2500 chilometri, la Wild Atlantic Way segue l'intera costa occidentale dell'Irlanda, un percorso naturale unico al mondo. A raccontarlo sono le immagini sulle bellezze naturali, i villaggi, la gente. Insieme a un racconto e a preziosi suggerimenti d'autore che aiutano a scegliere i tratti da esplorare. Sono pagine che permettono anche di sognare a occhi aperti, trasportati sulla costa occidentale dell’Irlanda, dalle parole e dalle immagini.</p><p style="text-align: center;">(English edition is coming soon) <br /></p><p></p>
<iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="400" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/578532542" width="640"></iframe>Andrea Pistolesihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383348766869601296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284588296065297294.post-11747423869229019622021-02-26T17:50:00.000+01:002021-02-26T17:50:56.319+01:00A PORTFOLIO TRILOGY FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE MILLENNIUM<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAjwCNMiwoLlivF5p2GWlYbXBF0w7dOEs16-EySoAeYl-_RRpwPH-Xqa_P-QHvqqWTcGwcJT7FGYzsIf2inOoz-LJeNC8_MMwruT2iIs1XYOxr3TBZmuNXuWxY2vAmafTqgJwSdOn8KgKE/s1834/Trilogy_text.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="1834" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAjwCNMiwoLlivF5p2GWlYbXBF0w7dOEs16-EySoAeYl-_RRpwPH-Xqa_P-QHvqqWTcGwcJT7FGYzsIf2inOoz-LJeNC8_MMwruT2iIs1XYOxr3TBZmuNXuWxY2vAmafTqgJwSdOn8KgKE/w640-h250/Trilogy_text.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="VIiyi" lang="en"><span class="JLqJ4b" data-language-for-alternatives="en" data-language-to-translate-into="it" data-phrase-index="0"><span>These three books published last year, made in part thanks to the forced pause imposed by Covid, represent the essence of my works during the first twenty years of the new millennium. For me the heart of my reportage production. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="VIiyi" lang="en"><span class="JLqJ4b" data-language-for-alternatives="en" data-language-to-translate-into="it" data-phrase-index="0"><span>BELIEVERS is the collection dedicated to my projects on the major religions of the world, published in various volumes: a journey between spirituality and anthropology. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="VIiyi" lang="en"><span class="JLqJ4b" data-language-for-alternatives="en" data-language-to-translate-into="it" data-phrase-index="0"><span>THE LAST FRONTIERS collects my best images made through the last fringes of this world inevitably addressed to cultural as well as economic globalization. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="VIiyi" lang="en"><span class="JLqJ4b" data-language-for-alternatives="en" data-language-to-translate-into="it" data-phrase-index="0"><span>DECADE TEN YEARS IN ASIA is finally the selection of the reportages made by my second home, Bangkok, from which I covered the most interesting stories in the Far East. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="VIiyi" lang="en"><span class="JLqJ4b" data-language-for-alternatives="en" data-language-to-translate-into="it" data-phrase-index="0"><span>But it is on the whole that I am happy to have finally selected, collected and published the photographic results of what I consider my most fruitful and creative professional period. </span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://padplaces.blogspot.com/p/where-to-find-our-books.html" target="_blank"><span class="VIiyi" lang="en"><span class="JLqJ4b" data-language-for-alternatives="en" data-language-to-translate-into="it" data-phrase-index="0"><span> </span></span></span></a><a href="http://padplaces.blogspot.com/p/where-to-find-our-books.html" target="_blank">This is the page where you can find the various versions of the books in question.</a></span><a href="http://padplaces.blogspot.com/p/where-to-find-our-books.html" target="_blank"> </a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Questi tre libri pubblicati l'anno scorso, realizzati in parte grazie alla pausa forzata imposta dal Covid, rappresentano l'essenza dei miei lavori durante il primo ventennio del nuovo millennio. Per me il cuore della mia produzione reportagistica.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">BELIEVERS (CREDENTI) è la raccolta dedicata ai miei progetti sulle maggiori religioni del mondo, pubblicata in vari volumi: un viaggio tra spiritualità e antropologia.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">THE LAST FRONTIERS (LE ULTIME FRONTIERE) raccoglie le mie migliori immagini realizzate attraverso le ultime frange di questo mondo indirizzato ineluttabilmente alla globalizzazione culturale oltre che economica.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">DECADE TEN YEARS IN ASIA (DECADE DIECI ANNI IN ASIA) è infine la selezione dei reportage realizzati dalla mia seconda casa, Bangkok, da cui ho coperto le più interessanti storie in estremo oriente.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ma è nell'insieme che sono felice di aver finalmente selezionato, raccolto e pubblicato i risultati fotografici di quello che considero il mio periodo professionale più fruttuoso e creativo.<br /><br /><a href="http://padplaces.blogspot.com/p/where-to-find-our-books.html" target="_blank">Questa è la pagina dove trovare le varie versioni dei libri in oggetto.</a><br /></span></span></p>Andrea Pistolesihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383348766869601296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284588296065297294.post-6932115583953802042021-02-22T12:15:00.012+01:002021-02-25T14:04:26.460+01:00SAN GALGANO new updated edition<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0fEqL1mWYF4WaUff-HD4ISl4m3G-cYWCGPgZtOdae74azrX-1ss9i8R94nHVPwy9EpB6otpL7Ud2Ln0003DEvExHLKE6zm1ECdNwe_1WrHRyMrgtiPucXP30TZjrdc1d2eem1Db3PEmFG/s2048/Screenshot+04.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="2048" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0fEqL1mWYF4WaUff-HD4ISl4m3G-cYWCGPgZtOdae74azrX-1ss9i8R94nHVPwy9EpB6otpL7Ud2Ln0003DEvExHLKE6zm1ECdNwe_1WrHRyMrgtiPucXP30TZjrdc1d2eem1Db3PEmFG/w640-h468/Screenshot+04.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Our best-selling book SAN GALGANO, a 30 years long publication republished several times in different editions, just got a radical improvement. Many aerial pictures were added while the older and unrepeatable photos have been processed again for a modern quality result.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The book has Italian, English and German versions.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">In addition a larger, hard cover version is now available on Amazon.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://padplaces.blogspot.com/p/where-to-find-our-books.html">You can see here where to find all of our versions</a> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Ko60c2lNmcTbKzTlwsJs6E9hkfTk8AlVcMvP2SgebyS26Z_4ZbVaHTVveUUDyn2s7QAifbPwhZKEVdz1YMGgyiO-7iF4OuFw3u3X0Z8YRREKPhZd9ptcYxpK7u_jSo-2RBjQupbvHu_X/s2048/Screenshot+02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="2048" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Ko60c2lNmcTbKzTlwsJs6E9hkfTk8AlVcMvP2SgebyS26Z_4ZbVaHTVveUUDyn2s7QAifbPwhZKEVdz1YMGgyiO-7iF4OuFw3u3X0Z8YRREKPhZd9ptcYxpK7u_jSo-2RBjQupbvHu_X/w640-h468/Screenshot+02.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Andrea Pistolesihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383348766869601296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284588296065297294.post-9110532868023502852021-01-31T18:58:00.002+01:002021-02-28T15:33:33.068+01:00LE ULTIME FRONTIERE edizione italiana de THE LAST FRONTIERS<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglOcJ89qTyhVKzb6EcBOi_IRO78pH6DLxuCPCIPf3b_CummRSh8dQnMZrUnahhBYigqGcWnWG6n1B5d2hrX71p6TdFSKlbErA4FWzL6SbRceF-sKnX6Rgy8v3dx-sAcQKwwlBJPw9Bh-cA/s1529/FRONTIERE_cover_square.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1529" data-original-width="1529" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglOcJ89qTyhVKzb6EcBOi_IRO78pH6DLxuCPCIPf3b_CummRSh8dQnMZrUnahhBYigqGcWnWG6n1B5d2hrX71p6TdFSKlbErA4FWzL6SbRceF-sKnX6Rgy8v3dx-sAcQKwwlBJPw9Bh-cA/w640-h640/FRONTIERE_cover_square.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">La versione italiana di THE LAST FRONTIERS è ora
disponibile sia nelle varie versioni elettroniche che in brossura,
troverete i link nella pagina <a href="http://padplaces.blogspot.com/p/where-to-find-our-books.html">WHERE TO FIND OUR BOOKS</a> di questo blog.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Questa è la prefazione al libro,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span><a name="OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;">Quando ho iniziato a fotografare, circa quaranta
anni fa, ero ispirato da un mondo ancora pieno di diversità etniche e
culturali. Queste sono andate rapidamente dissolvendosi verso la fine del
secolo scorso, o del millennio, se vogliamo essere più storici. E' stato per
questo, per la mancanza di varietà culturali di rilievo, che mi sono dedicato
poi, nell'ultimo ventennio, il primo del nuovo secolo, o del nuovo millennio,
all'esplorazione di quelle frange del mondo dove l'umanità viveva ancora una fase
pre-globalizzazione.</span></a></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span>
</span></span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;">Questi erano i bordi del mondo umanizzato. Confini naturali, dove la
vita seguiva ancora ritmi antichi perchè condizionata dalla potenza
dell'ambiente. O confini artificiali, politici, segnati dalla storia e dai
contrasti di secoli. I primi si stavano già affievolendo grazie alla rapida
diffusione della tecnologia, dei social network che seguivano la televisione
satellitare. I secondi sembravano destinati a scomparire grazie proprio alla
globalizzazione economica, alla creazione di aree di libero scambio,
all'eliminazione di visti e passaporti. Restavano però linee dove si
concentravano contrasti e conflitti, flussi migratori e fughe da situazioni
invivibili, muri che dividevano un mondo di apparente benessere da un</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: IT;"> </span>altro che ambiva alle stesse condizioni.</span></span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span>
</span></span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;">Poi la reazione è arrivata. L'opposizione alle aperture dei confini,
il ritorno dei nazionalismi, le paure del diverso, hanno di fatto cancellato
quella comunanza di pensiero che i social network stavano spalmando su tutta l'umanità.
A mio vedere questo è solo un nostalgico e futile rallentamento di un processo
enorme e ineluttabile. l'aprire l'ombrello quando una diga cede. Arriva
comunque troppo tardi per salvare quella diversità culturale che è oramai
compromessa. Quello che differenzia oggi chi sta sui due lati delle nostre
linee politiche è solo la condizione economica, non l'insieme dei valori che
ognuno si porta nello zaino.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dunque
questi non sono più i confini che io andavo cercando, i luoghi dove la
diversità si manifestava evidente, si confrontava, a volte esplodeva.</span></span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span>
<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span>Quelle ultime frange culturali continuano a
affievol</span><span lang="IT">i</span><span>rsi
anche quando si rialzano i muri.</span></span></span>
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{page:WordSection1;}</span></style></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><span> </span></span></span></p>Andrea Pistolesihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383348766869601296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284588296065297294.post-23355215986319022282021-01-06T14:14:00.005+01:002021-01-06T14:14:48.690+01:00CREDENTI la versione italiana di BELIEVERS è ora disponibile<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw770Ko2-fwLm_2zj3IEilg0VD-RqBQ97ws-VUNWjxZ2KNXwl1W79PbuzuXt0MuaI7HpLkw7rU9reqZUBLReQDCD9hCV9DoRyp-_OrijJ7w-u9xmKs8TZlPMDSZyC3U-uGcC-VW8shVlJW/s2048/CREDENTI_Cover_square.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw770Ko2-fwLm_2zj3IEilg0VD-RqBQ97ws-VUNWjxZ2KNXwl1W79PbuzuXt0MuaI7HpLkw7rU9reqZUBLReQDCD9hCV9DoRyp-_OrijJ7w-u9xmKs8TZlPMDSZyC3U-uGcC-VW8shVlJW/w640-h640/CREDENTI_Cover_square.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">La versione italiana di BELIEVERS è ora disponibile sia nelle varie versioni elettroniche che in brossura, troverete i link nella pagina <a href="http://padplaces.blogspot.com/p/where-to-find-our-books.html">WHERE TO FIND OUR BOOKS</a> di questo blog.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Questa è la prefazione al libro,</p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="OLE_LINK5"></a><a name="OLE_LINK6"></a><i><a name="OLE_LINK21"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Questa galleria di immagini è il frutto di un
progetto durato vent’ann</span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK21;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">i che ha portato</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK21;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> alla pubblicazione di sei libri e </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK21;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">diverse</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK21;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> mostre fotografiche. Non troverete didascalie
indicanti luoghi, eventi e tanto meno la fede cui i momenti di preghiera
appartengono. Questo lungo periodo di ricerca ha rafforzato la mia convinzione
che la fede, individuale e collettiva, risponde a un bisogno comune a tutta
l’umanità. I precetti, i riti, le preghiere sono vari ma la profonda radice che
gli accomuna ne rivela più le similitudini che le diversità. Se un ordine
vogliamo cercare in questo flusso di momenti è un andare dalla preghiera
individuale, quella dove la spiritualità più profonda cerca risposte e
consolazione, fino alle celebrazioni collettive dove il credere diviene
simbolo, evento, comunanza di valori. E sono proprio queste similitudini nella
fede, tradotte in gestualità, che mi hanno guidato nell’avvicinare credi
diversi, con l’intermissione di luoghi e simboli.</span></span></span></span></i></p><i>
</i><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK21;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Io non
credo. Nel senso che non faccio riferimento a nessuna religione in particolare.
E’ vero che ho avuto un’educazione cattolica, come la maggior parte dei bimbi
italiani, ma sono poi cresciuto con l’ideologia socialista che descriveva la
religione, quella istituzionalizzata e strutturata, come “l’oppio dei popoli”.
Che questa sia il più potente strumento di controllo sociale è fuor di dubbio,
ma che le ideologie del secolo scorso siano rapidamente cadute nello stesso
vortice ideologico è innegabile</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK21;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK21;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> con simboli, profeti e celebrazioni
collettive che poco avevano da invidiare alle liturgie più conservatrici.</span></span></span></span></i></p><i>
</i><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK21;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Ho</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK21;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
il più grande rispetto per la spiritualità individuale, compresa la mia, dal
carattere incerto, per la ricerca di comunione con quella dimensione i cui
confini sono indefinibili, così come </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK21;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">conservo</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK21;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> la mia critica a quelle istituzioni religiose
che espandono la loro influenza alla componente politica ed economica della società,
a volte con intromissioni importanti, altre volte addirittura con la pretesa di
sostituirsi ad esse. Ben poco resta dell’abbandono delle ricchezze del principe
Siddhartha nei Sangha contemporanei; e ancor meno degli insegnamenti di Cristo
nelle elaborate celebrazioni delle chiese che a lui si riferiscono, spesso
tenute in strutture sfarzose che farebbero impallidire qualunque “mercante nel
tempio”. Radicalizzazioni ancora più grossolane sono applicate alla </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK21;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">essenzialità etica</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK21;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> che Maometto aveva esposto nel Corano,
ispirato dalla semplicità </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK21;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">della vita in ambienti desertici</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK21;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">.</span></span></span></span></i></p><i>
</i><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK21;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sono
considerazioni controverse, facilmente tacciabili di superficialità</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK21;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span lang="IT" style="mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">,</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK21;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> per nascondere un’evoluzione che in millenni
ha profondamente alterato le dottrine originali. Quello che non è mutato, e che
ancora mi affascina, è la sincerità d’animo di chi si inchina davanti a un
simbolo, a un luogo, a un paesaggio, in realtà all’inafferrabile, in cerca di
se stesso.</span></span></span></span></i></p><i>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="420" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/455796545?badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479" title="BELIEVERS Book Presentation" width="630"></iframe></div><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;">BELIEVERS, Acts of Faith: Spirituality Gestures And Celebrations</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"> </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="text-align: center;"><div dir="auto">A new book is now available</div><div dir="auto"> </div></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Covid has allowed me time to catch up with my projects. With this book, a final selection of photos from a twenty years long project on prayer through major religions, already published in several books and stories, I feel like I'm completing my "retrospective trilogy" on my most productive years. Will tell more in future posts.…</div>Andrea Pistolesihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383348766869601296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284588296065297294.post-38539110168548075012020-06-14T18:05:00.000+02:002020-06-14T18:10:21.412+02:00NORWAY EXPLORER a new book <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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NORWAY EXPLORER is a new book with the texts by Ornella D'Alessio and maps by Antonio Monteverdi. </div>
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English and Italian editions are available. </div>
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Eight ideas for one or more ideal trips to Norway compiled and illustrated by highly experienced journalist and photographer. For those who do not yet know the natural, historical, artistic and cultural beauties of Norway and want to decide where and how to start their own exploration. But also for those who have already visited part of the country and are looking for new itineraries that have a rich <span class="text_exposed_show">variety of interests and ease of organization.</span></div>
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This is not intended to be a travel guide but a source of inspiration to choose which regions and which roads are closest to your expectations. Norway is a country that changes every time depending on the climate and light, in summer as in winter, so everyone will make his discoveries. Have a good trip!<br />
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<i>Otto idee per uno o più viaggi ideali in Norvegia compilati da una
giornalista e illustrati da un fotografo di grande esperienza. Per chi
non conosce ancora le bellezze naturali, storiche, artistiche e
culturali della Norvegia e vuol decidere da che parte iniziare la sua
esplorazione. Ma anche per chi ha già visitato parte del paese ed è alla
ricerca di nuovi itinerari che abbiano una lor<span class="text_exposed_show">o ricca varietà d'interessi e facilità organizzativa. </span></i><br />
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Questa non vuol essere una guida di viaggio ma una fonte d'ispirazione
per scegliere quali regioni e quali strade siano più affini alle proprie
aspettative. La Norvegia è un paese che cambia ogni volta a seconda del
clima e della luce, in estate come in inverno, per cui ognuno farà le
sue scoperte. Buon viaggio!</i><br />
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<a href="https://www.pistolesiphoto.com/NORWAYpromo/index.html" target="_blank"> More info here on where to find it here</a></div>
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When I started photographing, about forty years ago, I was inspired by a world still full of ethnic and cultural diversity. These have rapidly dissolved towards the end of the last century, or the millennium, if we are to be more historical. When I visited Guatemala for the first time, it was 1987, ninety percent of the population still wore traditional costumes. When I returned there, in 1998, this percentage had practically reversed: ten years had been enough to erase centuries, perhaps millennia, of culture and traditions. It was for this reason, due to the lack of important cultural varieties, that I devoted myself, in the last twenty years, the first of the new century, or of the new millennium, to the exploration of those fringes of the world where humanity lived still a pre-globalization phase.<br />
These were the edges of the humanized world. Natural borders, where life still followed ancient rhythms because it was conditioned by the power of the environment. Or artificial, political borders, marked by history and by the contrasts of centuries. The former were already fading thanks to the rapid spread of technology, of the social networks that followed satellite television. The latter seemed destined to disappear thanks to economic globalization, the creation of free trade areas, the elimination of visas and passports. However, lines remained where contrasts and conflicts were concentrated, migratory flows and escapes from unlivable situations, walls that divided a world of apparent well-being from another that aspired to achieve the same conditions.<br />
Then the reaction came. The opposition to the openings of the borders, the return of nationalisms, the fears of the different, have in fact slowed the commonality of thought that social networks were spreading over all humanity. In my view this is only a nostalgic and futile slowdown of a huge and inescapable process. Opening the umbrella when a dam gives way. However, it comes too late to save that cultural diversity that is now compromised. What differentiates today those who are on both sides of our political lines is only the economic condition, not the set of values that everyone carries in his backpack. So these are no longer the boundaries that I was exploring before, the places where diversity was evident, confronted, sometimes exploded.<br />
Those last cultural fringes continue to fade even when the walls are raised.</div>
Andrea Pistolesihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383348766869601296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284588296065297294.post-76839205178908639512020-04-25T08:01:00.004+02:002020-05-21T11:52:59.665+02:00THE LAST FRONTIERS chapters videos previews<div style="text-align: center;">
Here below you'll find the presentation videos of some chapters from the forthcoming book</div>
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We are in the final editing of the book <b>"THE LAST FRONTIERS, Journey Through The Borders Of Humanity"</b>.</div>
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This is the result of over twenty years of documentary reportage through the fringes of the modern world. Not only areas closed to political boundaries but also regions where humanity lives in a still pre-globalization phase.</div>
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I consider this a work in progress therefore I promise myself, and to you, updates to the project contents.</div>
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A small portion of the images (over 200 are included right now) has been exhibited already last year, but the show with the same name will feature more photos and will be ready with the book.</div>
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Some of these photos from the show are visible in <b><a href="https://www.andreapistolesi.org/last-frontiers.html" target="_blank">the Fine Art Web Site, at this link</a></b>.</div>
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And here is my presentation of the project:<br />
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<i>When I started photographing, about forty years ago, I was inspired by a world still full of ethnic and cultural diversity. These have rapidly dissolved towards the end of the last century, or the millennium, if we are to be more historical. When I visited Guatemala for the first time, it was 1987, ninety percent of the population still wore traditional costumes. When I returned there, in 1998, this percentage had practically reversed: ten years had been enough to erase centuries, perhaps millennia, of culture and traditions. It was for this reason, due to the lack of important cultural varieties, that I devoted myself, in the last twenty years, the first of the new century, or of the new millennium, to the exploration of those fringes of the world where humanity lived still a pre-globalization phase.<br />
These were the edges of the humanized world. Natural borders, where life still followed ancient rhythms because it was conditioned by the power of the environment. Or artificial, political borders, marked by history and by the contrasts of centuries. The former were already fading thanks to the rapid spread of technology, of the social networks that followed satellite television. The latter seemed destined to disappear thanks to economic globalization, the creation of free trade areas, the elimination of visas and passports. However, lines remained where contrasts and conflicts were concentrated, migratory flows and escapes from unlivable situations, walls that divided a world of apparent well-being from another that aspired to achieve the same conditions.<br />
Then the reaction came. The opposition to the openings of the borders, the return of nationalisms, the fears of the different, have in fact slowed the commonality of thought that social networks were spreading over all humanity. In my view this is only a nostalgic and futile slowdown of a huge and inescapable process. opening the umbrella when a dam gives way. However, it comes too late to save that cultural diversity that is now compromised. What differentiates today those who are on both sides of our political lines is only the economic condition, not the set of values that everyone carries in his backpack. So these are no longer the boundaries that I was exploring before, the places where diversity was evident, confronted, sometimes exploded.<br />
Those last cultural fringes continue to fade even when the walls are raised.</i></div>
<br />Andrea Pistolesihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383348766869601296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284588296065297294.post-48634021408620895852020-04-10T12:36:00.003+02:002020-04-10T12:36:59.205+02:00 MARI project: Book and Show updated again<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
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In these Covid times we have been working on the MARI project, adding
yet more photos (now 55 images) and a nice introduction by Massimo
Morello, a true sea-lover.<br />
Here, below the usual links, is the introduction in both English and Italian version.<br />
Stay safe and enjoy!<br />
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Available in paperback on Amazon</div>
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Also available on Apple iBooks, Amazon Kindle and Google Play</div>
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<a href="http://padplaces.blogspot.com/p/where-to-find-our-books.html" target="_blank">FIND OUT HERE WHERE YOU CAN GET IT</a></div>
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The 55 fine art photos catalogue for the show MARI (Seas) in an elegant
gallery of images from around the world. You can preview them on out <a href="http://www.andreapistolesi.org/mari.html" target="_blank">Fine Art website at this link</a>. </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">“I am a farmworker,”
the “Mari” photographer often says. It is the proud claim of his cultural
heritage, of his close ties to his roots. Something deep-rooted and genetic
that also manifests in the place he calls home, where he sporadically and
briefly touches base and where the landlocked horizon offers plenty of
topographical, chromatic and conceptual variety. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Even so, he
spends much more of his time away from home. That is when seas appear on the
horizon of our photographer farmworker and he becomes the Mari photographer
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Mari, the
plural form of mare (Italian for sea), denotes a geographical idea. As
civilisation historian Fernand Braudel wrote of the Mediterranean: “Not one
landscape but innumerable landscapes. Not a sea, but a succession of seas. Not
a civilization, but civilizations amassed on top of one another. The
Mediterranean is a very old crossroads. For millennia everything converges upon
it, mixing and enriching its history: pack animals, vehicles, goods, ships,
ideas, religions, arts of life”. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">Seas
plural, then, not the one “Boundless Sea” described by David Abulafia in “Human
History of the Oceans”, in which he writes “ancient geographers (...) imagined
it to be a single Okeanos of intermingled waters, a concept revived in modern
use of the term ‘World Ocean’ to describe all the oceans as a single unit”. An
archetypal sea described by Philip Hoare, a kind of marine Henry Thoreau, in
“The Sea Inside”: “Perpetually renewing and destroying, the sea proposes a
beginning and an ending, an alternative to our landlocked state, an existence
to which we are tethered when we might rather be set free”.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">In short,
seas are where our Mp spends a lot of time working, which is also true of
fishermen. In his essay “La letteratura italiana e il mare” (Italian Literature
and the Sea), Goffredo Fofi describes fishermen as “farmworkers of the sea”. In
Italy at least, “the world of fishermen and sailors had to be decisively,
firmly anchored to the land”. This is also true of the Mp. He is anchored not
just to his land of origin, his home village, fields and countryside which
continue to be his safe harbour, but also to the land as a geographical space,
the planet’s surface where, thinking back to Braudel, our entire history has
played out. One land surrounding the sea, then, not the other way round. You
only have to look at his images. Barring a few rare exceptions, the seas are
shot from land. It is the land that insinuates itself into the sea, that rises out
of it in the form of rocks and cliffs, that shapes its geometry, colours, life
and work. It is on the land that the sea leaves its mark, whether as shipwrecks
or the seabed revealed by a low tide.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">In some shots
the seas are shown from above, providing a bird’s eye view of how the water
intersects with the land. Birds, not fish, are the animals seen most often in
the photographs. Air and land, then, more than sea. In Mp’s images, the seas
are almost latent, like exposed yet still indistinguishable</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Tahoma", sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">images waiting to be developed in order to be
seen. It’s an action or interpretation that arises from the Mp’s professional
background. It’s what led him from the darkroom to the computer.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">But what is
the real and most profound connection that ties our photographer farmworker to
the seas? The similarity between farmworkers and fishermen isn’t enough of an
explanation. Unless you look at it as a parable hiding a latent truth. In this
case, the unconscious desire to be a sailor, not a farmworker. And there’s one
simple reason for it, as explained by Björn Larsson in “Raccontare il mare”
(Stories of the Sea): “The advantage of being a sailor is that people expect
you to leave sooner or later. That’s the basis for his whole reputation. The
sailor who puts down roots quickly loses his rakish, adventurous appeal.” And
those who know Mp know how much he dislikes “putting down roots”. The sea is
where he channels his existential urges. “It gives you the chance to meet other
kinds of people, the locals in each place. And to live a nomadic life...the sea
is the place for trying out other lives, other thoughts, other identities,
other passions, for putting yourself on the line”. But there’s more. “It’s inspired
by the sea as a space where you are free to move around, where nation states
have not yet managed to put borders, a place where you can see far into the
distance, and where you can imagine what might be over the horizon.” It’s no
surprise that this kind of thinking is behind another of the Mp’s collections,
entitled “The Last Frontiers. A Journey Through the Borders of Humanity”, where
he recounts forty years of work inspired, at least initially, by a world rich
in ethnic and cultural diversity. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span lang="EN-GB">All this
talk of journeys and horizons brings to mind a quote: “Some years ago—never
mind how long precisely—(...) I thought I would sail about a little and see the
watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and
regulating the circulation”. I have left out the first three words, the most
famous ones, which would immediately identify it as the opening line of
“Moby-Dick”: “Call me Ishmael”. But only because I wanted to apply it to
myself. And to the Mari photographer, obviously.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IT">«Sono un contadino» ripete spesso il fotografo
di “Mari”. È la rivendicazione orgogliosa di un’eredità culturale, di un legame
con le origini. Qualcosa di profondamente radicato, genetico, che manifesta
anche nel luogo che definisce casa, là dove vive le sue brevi stanzialità e
dove l’orizzonte è di terra in tutte le sue sfumature topografiche, cromatiche
e concettuali. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IT">Ben più lunghi, però, i suoi periodi nomadici.
Ed ecco allora che all’orizzonte del nostro fotografo contadino appaiono i mari
e diviene il Fotografo di Mari (d’ora in poi FdM). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IT">Mari, appunto, che nel plurale definiscono un’idea
geografica. Come ha scritto lo storico delle civiltà Fernand Braudel a
proposito del Mediterraneo: “Non un paesaggio, ma innumerevoli paesaggi. Non un
mare, ma un susseguirsi di mari. Non una civiltà̀, ma una serie di civiltà̀
accatastate le une sulle altre, insomma, un crocevia antichissimo. Da millenni
tutto vi confluisce, complicandone e arricchendone la storia: bestie da soma,
vetture, merci, navi, idee, religioni, modi di vivere”. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IT">Mari, dunque, non il “Boundless Sea”, il mare
sconfinato narrato da David Abulafia nella sua “Human History of the Oceans” il
“mare immaginato dagli antichi geografi come un singolo Okeanos di acque
mescolate, concetto che rivive nell’uso contemporaneo di ‘mondo oceano’ per
descrivere gli oceani come una singola unità”. Il Mare archetipo descritto da
Philip Hoare, un Henry Thoreau marino, in “The Sea Inside”: “Nel suo continuo
ciclo di creazione e distruzione, il mare rappresenta un inizio e una fine,
un’alternativa a un’esistenza bloccata, un’esistenza cui siamo legati, quando
potremmo invece liberarci”.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IT">Per il nostro FdM, insomma, questi sono un
luogo di lavoro, proprio come accade per i pescatori. Non a caso nel saggio “La
letteratura italiana e il mare”, Goffredo Fofi definisce i pescatori come “Contadini
del mare”. Almeno in Italia, “il mondo dei pescatori e dei marinai doveva
ancorarsi alla terra, decisamente, saldamente”. Anche, lui, il FdM, è
saldamente ancorato alla terra. Non solo a quella d’origine, terra come
territorio, borgo, campi e campagna, che continua a essere il suo approdo. Ma
anche alla terra in quanto spazio geografico, strato superficiale del pianeta,
dove, continuando a pensare a Braudel, si osserva lo sviluppo della storia. Una
terra, quindi che circonda il mare e non viceversa. Basta osservare le sue
immagini. Salvo rare eccezioni i mari sono ripresi dalla terra. È la terra che
s’insinua nel mare, che emerge dal mare in scogli e falesie, che frange le
onde, che ne definisce le geometrie, i colori, la vita, il lavoro. È la terra
in cui il mare lascia le sue tracce, siano esse relitti o fondali scoperti
dalla bassa marea.<span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IT">In alcuni casi i mari sono osservati dal
cielo, a volo d’uccello, ancora una volta per definirne meglio il disegno che
compongono nelle intersezioni con la terra. Così come sono uccelli e non pesci
gli animali che popolano queste foto. Aria e terra, dunque, più che mare. I mari,
nelle immagini del FdM, sono quasi latenti, come le immagini esposte ma ancora
invisibili, che attendevano lo sviluppo per apparire. Un’azione o
interpretazione, anche questa, che deriva dalla storia professionale del FdM.
Che l’ha condotto dalla camera oscura al computer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IT">Ma allora, qual è il legame vero, più profondo
che lega il nostro fotografo contadino, con il mare, i Mari? Non è sufficiente,
a questo punto, la similitudine tra contadini e pescatori. A meno che non la si
voglia interpretare come una parabola, che nasconda una verità latente. In
questo caso il desiderio inconscio di essere marinaio e non contadino. Per un
motivo semplice, descritto da Björn Larsson in “Raccontare il mare”: “Il
vantaggio di essere marinaio, in effetti, è che la gente dà per scontato che
ripartirai. È la base stessa del mito. Il marinaio che mette radici perde
presto il suo potere di sedurre e di far sognare”. E chi conosce un po’ il FdM
sa quanto rifugga dal “mettere radici”. Il mare, invece, è il collettore delle
sue pulsioni esistenziali. “E’ la possibilità di un incontro con l’altro, con
lo straniero del posto. È poter vivere da nomadi…il mare è il luogo in cui è
possibile sperimentare altre vite, altri pensieri, altre identità, altre
passioni, insomma mettersi in gioco”. Ma c’è di più. “Si ispira al mare come
spazio dove si può essere sempre un po’ liberi di muoversi, dove le nazioni non
sono riuscite a imporre ovunque le loro frontiere, un luogo dove si vede
lontano, dove si può sempre sognare quel che si nasconde oltre l’orizzonte”.
Non è un caso che proprio alle ultime frontiere, il FdM abbia dedicato un’altra
raccolta d’immagini: “The Last Frontiers. A Journey Through the Borders of
Humanity”, dove racconta quarant’anni di lavoro ispirato, almeno all’inizio, da
un mondo ricco di diversità etniche e culturali. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Allora
tanto vale concludere questa introduzione con un incipit. “Qualche anno fa –
non importa quanto di preciso - pensai di viaggiare un po’ per mare e di vedere
la parte acquatica del mondo. È il mio modo di combattere la malinconia e di
controllare la circolazione”.<span> </span>Ho omesso
le prime due parole, le più famose, quelle che fanno immediatamente riconoscere
“Moby Dick”: “Chiamatemi Ismaele”.</span><span lang="IT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span lang="IT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Ma solo perché volevo farla mia. E del Fotografo di
Mari, ovviamente.</span></span></div>
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to understand Asia. Glimpses of it can be gained by giving in to the sensations
it arouses, without trying too hard to find an explanation. Like meditation,
following the flow of the breath. This is still a place of hidden, if not
invisible, presences that can rise up or be generated by the breath of wind, or
dissolve the thoughts you had in your mind like wisps of cloud vanishing on the
breeze. In that instant, sensations and intuitions often take the shape of a
symbol. After all, Asia is the world of symbols, the empire of signs, and they
can at times be the magical formula for beginning to understand it. Air Asia is
the definition, the title for one of those symbols: the fan. That airflow,
which causes strange and unpredictable effects, can carry stories, like the
incense smoke in a temple that forms evocative shapes in the air as it rises.
Air Asia came into being this way, by observing the thoughts and stories
brought on by a breath of air in hot Southeast Asia. Someone once wrote: “The
breath of Asia is beyond”</span></span></span>
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On the 15th anniversary of my trip through Central America, a moment of big changes in my photographer's life, we publish for the first time the complete photographic chronicle of that journey.<br />
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This is the introduction, and the idea behind the traveling..<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>I needed big changes. A new start. Maybe a jump start. Definitely an evolution if not a revolution.<br />This was a personal, professional, and even philosophical decision: a turning point of my life.<br /><br />Oh yes, the peak of a career as travel photographer, the end of a love relationship, the uncertainties of a changing world (in a few months 9/11 would happen and my presentiments would unfortunately find confirmation), all played a part in my decision. But mostly was the attraction to go back “on the road” which was, and still is, my ideal living condition, that encouraged me in that direction.<br /><br />In the spring of 2001 I started my small, short Odyssey, not in space, but in the countries of Central America. This represented a combination of ideas: to explore the heart of the Pan-American path, the passage from the Latin world to the borders of the English-speaking one, the trail of million migrants.<br /><br />The magazine Gulliver backed my proposal, and a journalist friend, Paolo Galliani, joined me, at least for a while (I was spending longer then he needed in order to assimilate the local stories).<br /><br />We landed in Panama and from there we went north using only local and long distance buses; occasionally collective and private taxis.<br /><br />I had only a Leica camera, two lenses and a backpack half full of film. <br />What that journey meant to me is evident in the work that came afterwards.<br />It conveyed a much more photo-journalistic approach to my travel photography.<br />The perfection of framing, using tripods and comprehensive thinking, gave space and precedence to capturing moments and situations.<br />The accuracy of technique was not a priority any more.<br /><br />The rest of the story is history, my personal history.<br />The nice people I met as well as the intensity of moments of fear (it was a hard and dangerous land when lived from the bottom up, as we did) provided color to the picture.<br />And it is not a land of smiles: very few people find the courage to smile in such a tough living situation.<br /><br />This work can be dedicated only to them: the natives who willingly allowed us into their lives patiently, hardly understanding the reasons why, if caring at all.<br />In a society of hardships they represent the better side of humanity.</i><br /> </span>Andrea Pistolesihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383348766869601296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284588296065297294.post-34036813522058706312017-01-28T15:46:00.000+01:002017-01-28T15:46:05.728+01:00PORTUGAL ATLANTIC COAST<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A journey along the <b>Atlantic Coast of Portugal</b>, from Lisbon to Algarve, through the westernmost European wild landscape, is a story now available <b>for FREE in PadPlaces</b>.<br />
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In October the autumn weather offers a stormy light that underlines the roughness of the environment still opens to a warm sun and reveals the beauty of this land.Andrea Pistolesihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383348766869601296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284588296065297294.post-40210450170925532052017-01-21T10:31:00.000+01:002017-01-21T10:31:00.045+01:00MARRAKECH SOUK & RABAT<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A fresh view to a <b>Morocco</b> that is changing, yes, but keeps it's colors and costumes to attract visitors, comes out from these two stories with unusual freshness.<br />
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On one side is <b>RABAT</b>, a capital city whose center in part of the UNESCO World Heritage list thanks to the modern architecture, that keeps modernizing but preserves the Kasbha as an icon.<br />
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On the other extreme is the <b>SOUK of MARRAKECH</b>, a labyrinthic mosaic of colors, merchandise and craftwork. Lots of touristic paraphernalia yes, but also high quality products inspired by the global market. Andrea Pistolesihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383348766869601296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284588296065297294.post-15342053566896718552017-01-14T03:42:00.000+01:002017-01-14T03:42:13.547+01:00LISBON published today / full story for free<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Lisbon story is being published today on <i>D La Repubblica delle Donne</i>. It's a very nice presentation on how this capital city is lively today.<br />
In PadPlaces you will find the full photographic selection in the Reportage section, for FREE. Enjoy!Andrea Pistolesihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383348766869601296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284588296065297294.post-83672316405185656782017-01-09T15:43:00.000+01:002017-01-09T15:52:13.795+01:00iMOSCOW new edition for FREE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The iMoscow photo gallery, an intense series of images shoot on different angles of this controversial capital city, is available for FREE in the photography section of the app.<br />
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Some of the images are also available as Prints in the <a href="http://www.andreapistolesi.org/imoscow.html" target="_blank">Fine Art website</a><br />
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<br />Andrea Pistolesihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383348766869601296noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-284588296065297294.post-10261123710378564052017-01-02T09:57:00.001+01:002017-01-02T09:58:51.426+01:00DECADE Ten Years In Asia, HARDCOVER EDITION<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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DECADE Ten Years In Asia</div>
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The beautiful hardcover edition is now available. The 294 pages, 23x23 cm format, sales worldwide for the equivalent of around 55$ through <a href="http://www.pixalib.com/en/padplaces/decade-ten-years-in-asia1" target="_blank">Pixalib</a>.</div>
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All the other formats, paperback and E-Books are still available through the usual channels that you can find <a href="http://padplaces.blogspot.com/p/where-to-find-our-books.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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This VIDEO shows all the images of the book, in the same sequence and with additional contents. Enjoy!</div>
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<b>FLORENCE TODAY</b> is one of the stories recently added to PadPlaces in the Reportage section, available for <b>FREE</b>.<br />
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Florence might be a nice surprise for those who think the city anchored to it's Renaissance past and flooded by mass-tourism. All of that is still there of course, but a major clean up and new even if sober, subdued novelties are making a visit worthwhile.<br />
The city center is finally walk only in many historic parts, the tram line is providing connections from the city outskirts, new museums (like Opera del Duomo and Innocenti) make the bathing in art and history a real pleasure.<br />
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See all the images in <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/padplaces/id398338187?ls=1&mt=8" target="_blank">PadPlaces App</a>.Andrea Pistolesihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05383348766869601296noreply@blogger.com0