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  • BELIEVERS

    BELIEVERS

    Acts Of Faith: Spirituality Gestures And Celebrations

    (English and Italian Editions)

     

    This gallery of images is the end result of a twenty-year-long project that has led to the publication of six books and several photograph exhibitions. You won’t find captions describing where or when the photos were taken or the particular religion featured. This long period of research has reinforced my conviction that faith, both individual and collective, meets a need shared by all humanity. The precepts, rituals and prayers differ but the deep roots they share reveal more similarities than differences. If we want to find meaning in the chaos, we might start with individual prayer, where the most profound spirituality seeks answers and consolation, and culminate in collective celebrations, where belief becomes a symbol, an event or a sharing of values. It is these similarities between the faiths, manifested in the similar gestures used across different religions, that led me to explore different beliefs, places and symbols.

     

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  • THE LAST FRONTIERS

    THE LAST FRONTIERS  A Journey Through the Borders of Humanity

    (English and Italian Editions)

     

    A documentary photography essay on the last fringes of humanity. From my presentation of the work: 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.  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. 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.

     

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  • DECADE Ten Years In Asia

    DECADE Ten Years In Asia

    Text by Massimo Morello

    (English and Italian Editions)

     

    A photographic selection from the ten years spent in Asia shooting stories for books and magazines. Not only a portfolio but also a testimony of the radical changes in a crucial time for the continent.

     

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  • MARI

    MARI

     

     

    The 105 fine art photos catalogue to the show MARI (Seas).

     

    You can see all the images on our fine art website, going to this link

     

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  • US HIGHWAY 1

    US HIGHWAY 1  30th Anniversary edition  (English and Italian editions)

    Text by Guido Zurlino, Foreword by Massimo Morello

     

    It was the winter of 1992 when Andrea and Guido left for what had to be a different "on the road" journey. 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. 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.

     

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  • WILD ATLANTIC WAY

    WILD ATLANTIC WAY  Exploring the west coast of Ireland

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    2024 Updated edition with on line suggestions

     

    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.

     

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  • NORWAY explorer

    NORWAY explorer

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    Texts by Ornella d'Alessio, maps by Antonio Monteverdi

     

    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 variety of interests and ease of organization. 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!

     

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  • ESSENCE OF BRAZIL

    ESSENCE OF BRAZIL

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    "Essence of Brazil" as the soul of a country rich in environment, culture, history, but above all of an original character that has made it famous in the world. A photo gallery, created over years of travel, which goes beyond clichés and didactic words to show instead the characters that fascinate visitors as much as Brazilians themselves. And the words of a Brazilian author that reveal the simple truths that underlie the spirit of the country.

     

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  • AIR ASIA

    AIR ASIA

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    The essay on Asian travels by Massimo Morello with a photographic gallery inspired by ventilators and fans.

     

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  • SENZA CONFINI  Il Calendario Epson 2017

    SENZA CONFINI La creazione del calendario Epson 2017

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    The creation of SENZA CONFINI (Without Borders), the 2017 Epson Calendar.

    The 12 chosen images plus the shortlisted others that didn't make it to the final selection.

    The idea, the intention, the process.

     

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  • NEPAL a Tribute

    NEPAL a Tribute

     

     

    The selection of images captured just a month before the major earthquake that crashed most of the historical heritage of the  country.

     

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  • INTRAMERICAS Central America On The Road

    INTRAMERICAS Central America On The Road

     

    (English and Italian Editions)

     

    In the 15th anniversary of the journey, the photographic chronicle of an experience that radically changed the work of Andrea Pistolesi.

     

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  • SPIRITUALITY in Southeast Asia

    SPIRITUALITY in Southeast Asia

     

    (photos only, no text)

     

    A photographic essay dedicated to the intense spiritual reality in Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

     

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  • SAK YANT Magical Tattoo

    SAK YANT, Magical Tattoo

    2016 Revised Edition

     

    Text by Massimo Morello

    (English and Italian Editions)

     

    Sak Yant, the Magical Tattoo Art of South East Asia, is part of the culture and the ancient animist cult of the spirits in the region. Now is back being popular among the younger generations. This photojouralistic gallery explores the contemporary forms of this expression, but seeks also its roots in the remote regions of Burma where the Shan people live.

     

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  • SOPHISTICATED STAYS in Southeast Asia

    SOPHISTICATED STAYS in Southeast Asia

     

    Text by Massimo Morello

    (English and Italian Editions)

     

    Smart & intelligent boutique hotels (and more) in Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Myanmar

     

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  • VIA FRANCIGENA in Italy

    VIA FRANCIGENA in Italy

     

    (English and Italian Editions)

     

    A photographic gallery of the visual highlights from the Alps to Rome and from there to the ports of Puglia, on the way to Jerusalem. GPS positioning for the photos is working on iOS devices.

     

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  • ASIA's MEGACITIES

    ASIA's MEGACITIES

     

    Text by Massimo Morello

    (English and Italian Editions)

     

    According to many observers, the 21st century will see the centre of global power shift from West to East. The Asian megacities presented in this book form the heart of this new centre, where economic indicators often hit “double-digit figures”. The book is not a guide to these cities. It is a nonfiction, journalistic account that aims to provide a very personal (in the eyes of the writer and photographer) outlook on this new world through its most powerful symbols.

     

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  • SCARPE CON LA SUOLA DI PANE

    SCARPE CON LA SUOLA DI PANE

     

    Riedizione 2016

     

    Poesie di Maya Matteucci

     

    (Edizione Italiana)

     

    Questo libro nasce da un incontro casuale, come due fronti di nubi che si incontrano sul mare. E sospese, scatenano tempesta. Due viaggi che si intrecciano per un breve tratto, due viaggiatori che si ritrovano per caso sullo stesso treno in corsa. Giusto il tempo di scambiarsi un sorriso e raccontarsi qualche aneddoto di viaggio.

     

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  • SRI KSETRA & Modern Pyay

    SRI KSETRA & Modern Pyay

     

    (English Edition)

     

    The images captured by Andrea Pistolesi, of an unusual landscape of the precious archaeological and monumental heritage of Myanmar, suggested the initiative. To present to a wider public a little known aspect of the history of urbanisation in Southeast Asia: the cities of the Pyu culture.

    An extensive photo gallery and a precise archaeological presentation are a pleasant introduction to one of the best preserved areas of Burma, the modern Myanmar.

     

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  • SES SOUTH EAST SYNOPSIS

    SES South East Synopsis

     

    (English and Italian Editions)

     

    SES is many things: a collection of photos that shows my work in South East Asia, or at least what I consider the most representative part of it; the catalog of the exhibition originated at the Pisa Prize for Photography in 2011 that continues to grow since then; my testimony in this changing world.

    Above all it is a "work in progress", a collection of images that I count to update and expand as this work continues.

     

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  • SAN GALGANO

    SAN GALGANO

     

    (English, Italian and German editions)

     

    Dedicated to the famous and celebrated abbey ruins and hermitage of San Galgano, in Tuscany, is now available in the electronic and paparback formats

     

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