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Wrapping up our portfolio trilogy, we’re proud to present: DECADE, TEN YEARS IN ASIA — a personal chronicle of a continent in transformation.

Spanning ten years of immersive photo reportages, this book captures the pulse of Asia through its people, places, and pivotal moments. From the quiet resilience of remote communities to the energy of sprawling megacities, DECADE documents a region undergoing rapid, profound change.

This final chapter completes the trilogy alongside BELIEVERS and THE LAST FRONTIERS, weaving a visual narrative of identity, transition, and human connection in our times.

A decade of stories. A continent in motion. A tribute to the power of bearing witness.

Available now in eBook and print on Amazon, Apple Books, and Google Play.

Discover more on the PadPlaces website:

https://padplaces.com/decade-ten-years-in-asia

 

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Continuing our book showcase, we’re honored to present: BELIEVERS

Now in its 8th edition, this updated volume is a moving collection of photographs capturing profound acts of faith across the world’s major religions.

From intimate rituals to large-scale celebrations, BELIEVERS brings together moments of devotion that transcend borders, languages, and traditions—revealing the shared human spirit at the core of belief.

Part of a powerful portfolio trilogy alongside DECADE, TEN YEARS IN ASIA, and THE LAST FRONTIERS, this book deepens the exploration of identity, place, and the rituals that bind us across cultures.

It’s more than a book—it’s a visual pilgrimage into the soul of humanity.

Available now in eBook and print on Amazon, Apple Books, and Google Play.

Discover more on the PadPlaces website:

https://www.padplaces.com/believers

 

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We’re excited to kick off our books showcase with a powerful title: THE LAST FRONTIERS

This captivating collection of photo reportages reveals the raw beauty of the world’s last untouched places—regions left behind by globalization, yet deeply rich in culture, humanity, and spirit.

Captured in the early 2000s, these visual stories transcend borders and challenge perceptions, offering a rare glimpse into what unites us beyond difference.

It’s more than a book—it’s a journey through the edges of the world and the heart of humanity.

Available now in eBook and print on Amazon, Apple Books, and Google Play.

Discover more on the PadPlaces website:

padplaces.com/the-last-frontiers

 

The New PADPLACES Website is now live

 The new PadPlaces website is now live

You'll find all our published books and relevant information.

For news and updates this blog will continue to be the main source.

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WILD ATLANTIC WAY 10th Anniversary has a new, updated edition

 THE UPDATED WAW EDITION IS HERE!

With new photos, new formats and updated suggestions now accessible on line.

For formats and purchasing options visit this web page

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.

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.

WILD ATLANTIC WAY The English Edition is now live!

WILD ATLANTIC WAY

Exploring the west coast of Ireland

DIGITAL edition available on APPLE BOOKS, AMAZON KINDLE and GOOGLE PLAY
PAPERBACK and HARD COVER editions available on AMAZON

Find here the links to the specific editions

Nine chapters, corresponding to stages of the route to choose from, including the Causeway Road in Northern Ireland.

With texts by Cristina Gambaro, profound connoisseur of the country. 

With highlights and author's indications.

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.

US HIGHWAY 1: 30th Anniversary Edition A NEW BOOK

 

US HIGHWAY 1  30th Anniversary Edition

is now available in English and Italian editions

as E-Book for Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play

and as Paperback and a large Hard Cover on Amazon

see this page for corresponding links

 (Italian Text Below)

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.
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.

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.
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.
They also made some short targeted detours: to Jack Kerouac’s Lowell as to the “black” Atlanta opposed to a rural Georgia.
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.

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.

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WILD ATLANTIC WAY, il nuovo libro

 L'edizione italiana del nuovo libro WILD ATLANTIC WAY  è ora disponibile su Amazon, Apple Books e Google Play.

Troverete qui i link alle varie edizioni

Nove capitoli, corrispondenti ad altrettante tappe, inclusa la Causeway Road nell'Irlanda del Nord, con i testi di Cristina Gambaro, profonda conoscitrice del paese.

Con highlights e indirizzi d'autore è una guida per scegliere quali tratti esplorare.

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.

(English edition is coming soon) 

A PORTFOLIO TRILOGY FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE MILLENNIUM

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. 

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. 

THE LAST FRONTIERS collects my best images made through the last fringes of this world inevitably addressed to cultural as well as economic globalization. 

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. 

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. 

 This is the page where you can find the various versions of the books in question. 

 

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.

BELIEVERS (CREDENTI) è la raccolta dedicata ai miei progetti sulle maggiori religioni del mondo, pubblicata in vari volumi: un viaggio tra spiritualità e antropologia.

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.

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.

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.

Questa è la pagina dove trovare le varie versioni dei libri in oggetto.

SAN GALGANO new updated edition

 

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.

The book has Italian, English and German versions.

In addition a larger, hard cover version is now available on Amazon.

You can see here where to find all of our versions