A thousand words
Photo of the Month (July 2025 Edition): Blue Tapajós The grandeur and vibrant colors of the Tapajós River, which amazed me 14 years ago, continue to amaze me still. As I wrote before, last month I had a few afternoons to contemplate the beauty and calm of the Tapajós’s blue waters during a fieldwork […]
The missed moment #6: Popocatepetl Photographing an active volcano has been at the top of my personal bucket list for a while now. When I lived in Europe, I extensively searched for active volcanoes, both in Iceland and Italy, all to no avail. I even earned the nickname “volcano extinguisher” because I always arrived […]
Photo of the Month (June 2025 Edition): Amazonia in details With each expedition, the small details of the forest draw me in more and more. The light that filters through the dense vegetation highlights the colors and textures of what lives hidden beneath the canopy of the largest and most vibrant tropical rainforest in the […]
Thousand words: The Power of Black and White In May 1907, the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff saw a black and white reproduction of a painting that inspired him to compose a great symphonic poem, which he completed two years later. Rachmaninoff, however, was neither the first nor the last artist influenced by this painting, […]