The famous Sassi of Matera.

Documentary & reportage photography

The world speaks
I listen

Matera, Basilicata The Sassi of Matera — UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993.

I photograph what moves me

I photograph what reaches me — a face, a light, a moment that won't come again.

I don't look for the story: the story finds me, and I try to hold it still.

Since 2012 I've been walking around with a camera. I've learned by looking, reading, and getting things wrong. This blog is the notebook of what I've seen.

A picture of me, Andrea.

"Beautiful things don't ask for attention."

— The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

I'm interested in photography as an act of witness. Reportage isn't chasing the extraordinary — it's having the patience to wait for the ordinary to reveal itself.

Documentary Reportage Southern Italy Human landscape Street Nature

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U' matnét

U' matnét

A look at a rediscovered Materan tradition, not lost.

A second chance

A second chance

A story of rescue and release of the lesser kestrels at the CRAS of Matera.

An eulogy of the Murgia

An eulogy of the Murgia

A photo diary dedicated to the Murgia, the beautiful landscape surrounding Matera.