Photo of the Month (August 2025 edition): Iguana iguana

Photo of the Month (August 2025 Edition): Iguana iguana   Between the end of June and the beginning of July, I had the great opportunity to participate in another international congress. Last year I was able to travel to New Zealand, and this time I headed to Mexico. More precisely, I spent a few days […]

World Press Photo 2025 Exhibition

World Press Photo 2025 Exhibition   The most prestigious photojournalism contest today is, without a doubt, the World Press Photo. Aimed at professional photojournalists, it annually recognizes the leading visual narratives of the moment and iconic individual photographs widely circulated in recent history.   On display until September 28 in São Paulo and October 5 […]

Photo of the Month (July 2025 Edition): Blue Tapajós

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

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

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 […]

A Thousand Words: The Power of Black and White

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, […]

Photo of the Month (May 2025 Edition): The Nightmare

Photo of the Month (May 2025 Edition): The Nightmare   A ghost haunts all forms of digital art – the ghost of lost hard drives. One of the first texts on this blog was inspired by a nightmare that, fortunately, didn’t become reality. I dreamed that a volcano swallowed my backpack of photographic equipment, and […]

Blast from the past #1: Tapajós

Blast from the past #1: Tapajós   The idea of launching a new section on the blog called “blast from the past” could itself be considered a blast from the past. I had already thought of this concept when I began reorganizing my photo archive and revamping the blog, as I came across many images—digitally […]

Photo of the Month (April 2025 Edition): Cradle of Waters

Photo of the Month (April 2025 Edition): Cradle of Waters   The Brazilian Cerrado is now widely known as the “Cradle of Waters” of South America. The most common reason for this nickname is the fact that eight of the continent’s twelve major river basins have their sources within the geographical boundaries of the Cerrado. […]