Stories to Share

Vietnam

Waïwa, Toupouri dance for the Celebration of the Rooster

To the rutilant rhythm of drums, Toupouri dancers thank the gods for the harvest

Malaysia

Building the future

From discovery to solidarity: the birth of the TreeHouse Society

A community at the crossroads of its destiny

Fulani herders of the village Djalingo Tchoumpa 1

The “Ignudi” of Enna

An ancient ceremony that continues to unite the community

Turkey

Of capitals, noodles and borders

Somewhere between Europe and what Europe is not

The Hell of Jharia

Jharia is a massive hole in the ground where many people work in the coal mining industry.

Brazil

Vaccination against H1N1 virus

A photo-reportage dedicated to the vaccination programme against the H1N1 virus, known as 'swine fever', in Mandacaru, Brazil.

Senegal

The Talibé’s eyes

We faced' disciples' at every bus stop, bus station or filling station.

Bangladesh

Precious boxes

Charan took his key gently and religiously. He looked at it, weighed it between his fingers, and walked over to a box on top of a shelf.

Burkina Faso

The gold fever

The search for gold in Burkina Faso is the new evanescent hope for young people emigrating from villages in search of a future.

Moet-be-Kier | Iron Man

Like everything else in Africa, Time always begins and ends with one event only, and my time with them had a name

Cyprus

Cyprus, the island where art breaks down borders

PEL Art Project: when art and its colours manage to break through walls, both physical and cultural

Algeria

Saharawi, beyond the waiting of a conflict

The stories of Azma, Sukaina, Abdellhai, Kaver, Khalia, Tawalo, Leila, and the other Saharawi refugees on the Moroccan-Mauritanian border

Uganda

Princesses of Uganda

Walking through the streets of Uganda, one meets little girls dressed as princesses, fairies, and cinderellas. Why is that?

Rama IX

It is 27 October 2017. A year has passed, and the mourning for the passing of His Majesty Rama IX, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, is still being lived.

Hola Sergio

Argentinians and their strong spirit of belonging are portrayed in a salute to my father who left Buenos Aires as a child.

Murphy’s Golden Rules

In Micheal's Irish Pub in Nong Khai, Murphy's Golden Rules, the ten rules of lived life, lay down the law

Ho-Me

HoMe tells the story of the loss of a loved one through the work tools left behind.

DR Congo

Soeur Maria was not of an age

And Soeur Maria, an Austrian from Kapanga, 80 years old one day only to lose count, was there. She was always there.

Old times gone by

In Realdo, Luigi is the oldest and carries on his shoulders 86 years of memories, distant echoes of an inexorably fading world

Move Zanzibar

Move Zanzibar Community Center's goal is to inspire, educate and motivate Jambiani youth through sport

Lorenzo and his passion

Lorenzo, 18 years old, athletic figure, quick talker and sharp eyes, runs a small shop in Naples but would like to play football.

The Golden Horse Monastery

The Golden Horse Monastery stands in the mist-shrouded hills north of Chiang Rai, near the Thai-Myanmar border.

Serbia

Jovanka

This is the story of Jovanka, the mother of Goran, a Serbian paratrooper who died in 1999, in Kosovo, during a NATO bombing raid

The double knot

The situation of those Roma families still living in the Polveriera, and in two other ghettos of social housing in Reggio Calabria.

Voodoo, a parallel reflection

A narrative of a personal encounter with Voodoo in Togo, West Africa.

Scasada del Zenerù

On 31 January, in Ardesio, the 'Scasada del Zenerù' is celebrated: word-for-word, the 'send away the big Jannuary'.

Ethiopia

Among Nativity Shepherds

Hundreds of pilgrims reach the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia, to celebrate Christmas.

Senegal

Alida Vanni - Luciana De Michele

Secret initiation in the sacred forests of Casamance

Every thirty years in the sacred forests of Casamance (Senegal), hundreds of young diola boys become men through the initiation of the Boukout

Monks by the sea

On the island of Koh Phayam, there lives a group of Buddhist monks, some 30 souls known as the Sea Monks.

Ethiopia

Omo Valley and the ethical dilemma of photography

When is it right to take photographs? A reflection arising from a trip to the Omo Valley

Kenya

Journey to Masai Land

That intangible feeling of lack that I discovered I had in my life as a Westerner originated and resolved itself there, in the Maasai village of Rombo Manyatta

Waïwa, Toupouri dance for the Celebration of the Rooster

To the rutilant rhythm of drums, Toupouri dancers thank the gods for the harvest

India

Weaving dreams

Today more than ever, weaving a sari with brocaded silk wefts means weaving a dream, synonymous with culture and identity

Russian Federation

Nenets, nomads on the edge of the far north

The Nenets are a nomadic population of reindeer herders living in the Yamal peninsula - in northern Siberia.

Of capitals, noodles and borders

Somewhere between Europe and what Europe is not

Argentina

The eternal rest between history and legend

The Recoleta Cemetery is one of the most important cemeteries in the world. Built-in 1822, it guards the stories and mysteries of its occupants.

Prenestina 913

The MAAM is an independent museum where art and life intersect, complement and protect each other

China

Giant fishbowl panda

What is life like for the six pandas in the Beijing Zoo, one of the few places in the world, where these animals live in captivity?

Vietnam

Nong Khai Riverside:
a tale of the void

Nostalgia permeates the energy of the seen, making the unseen the story's protagonist. We are on Nong Khai's Riverside, dressed up but empty.

A community at the crossroads of its destiny

Fulani herders of the village Djalingo Tchoumpa 1

Where roosters do not crow

The simultaneous existence of those who live along that piece of the railway that runs through Phaya Thai, in the centre of Bangkok

Peru

The country of a thousand colours

Arriving in Peru means travelling through time and rediscovering the ancestral traces of the Incas, the Chancas, the Chachapoyas, the Mochicas and the Wari.

Burkina Faso

Clay poetry

African women are many working hands: they are the real strength that Africa can count on. And they are the creators of this poetry made of clay.

With my hands in the mud

White fish, born to move through the dark mud of the forest White, slimy, elusive fish that turned black as soon as they were removed from the earth.

The Breath of the Ocean

In Jambiani, a group of women, supported by the NGO Marinecultures, raise sponges: an activity that gives them an income and helps to protect the ocean

The sacred jungle of the Lahu

The jungle in northern Thailand, near the Doi Mod mountains, is very dense and difficult to cross. This is the sacred place of the Lahu.

Cambodia

Mondulkiri, immortal encounter

The story of an encounter with a Mahut and his elephant Kropun in the jungle of Mondulkiri, Cambodia.

Brazil Cuba Ecuador Mexico Peru

Pathos

These photographs are fragments of an intimate and personal journey and represent the author's view of the ambiguities and contrasts of the Latin American continent.

Coexistence Jambiani Notes

Moken, a life at the water’s edge

Without names, without documents, without nationality, timeless. Free. This is the life of the Moken, the last nomads of the sea.

Coexistence DooG For Change

The Sponge Ladies

The Sponge Ladies guard a fundamental heritage for the development of the local community, and the preservation of the environment

Taka Taka

Climate change and plastic pollution are changing the environment and the economy of Zanzibar, the pearl of Tanzania.

United States

High Line, melancholy and undisciplined beauty

The High Line is an urban park built on the remains of an elevated railroad that can take you across Manhattan's West Side at a height of 9 meters.

In our inadequacy

... and how nice it is to discover that after all, the only effort worth expending is that of letting things happen, without fear of our inadequacy.

Jambiani Notes

Illegal dump

Illegal dumping in Zanzibar, part of a forthcoming documentary on the environment

Laos Notes