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sudan

Marco Marcone

Dervishes and the Search for Divine Ecstasy

Between colourful clothes and the sound of the Zikr, Sudan celebrates the rite of the dervishes. A journey into the heart of Sufi spirituality, between religious ecstasy and conviviality
  • Stories
  • Identity
  • Sudan
vietnam

Fabio Lovati

Small world, far away

Navigating along the Mekong Delta, there is an island where time seems to slow down and stories remain hidden amidst the gentle embrace of nature
  • Stories
  • Destinations
  • Vietnam
Costa Rica

Alessandro Mirai, Ester Sanna

The last grain of sand

Intensive sand mining from the Tempisque River in Costa Rica promotes real estate development at the expense of local communities.
  • Stories
  • Coexistence
  • Costa Rica
vietnam

Fabio Lovati

Mekong Boat Life

Navigating the Mekong Delta’s boats reveals a unique life—barefoot hospitality, mutual trust, and an intimate connection with water and community
  • Stories
  • Coexistence
  • Vietnam
vietnam

Chiara Cavoli

Good Morning, Vietnam

In the city of Can Tho, Vietnam, lives unfold in a single room, revealing stories of care, hope, and adaptation within the boundaries of everyday life
  • Stories
  • Destinations
  • Vietnam
ruanda

Massimiliano Pescarolo

Women’s Rwanda

Thirty years post-genocide, Rwandan women lead the nation’s rebirth, achieving remarkable political representation and fostering reconciliation, resilience, and economic growth
  • Stories
  • Life
  • Rwanda
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The beauty of the everyday

Life.

Grasping the world's complexity, one piece at a time

Projects in World

Sweet Home

A journey in the exploration of what it means today to call a place "Home": from a still point to a place in the soul on a perpetual journey

Movie
burkina faso

Alida Vanni

The gold fever

Gold mining seems to offer hope but poses grave risks to Burkina Faso’s youth, who endure dangerous conditions for uncertain returns
  • Stories
  • Life
  • Burkina Faso
burkina faso

Ilaria Lazzarini

Women of a different world

In the small village of Kouini, in Burkina Faso, women take care of the family and shoulder most of the daily tasks, from agricultural production to millet grinding
  • Stories
  • Life
  • Burkina Faso
rd congo

Gabriele Orlini

Le Merveille

The Le Merveille Health Centre cares for children with genetic cognitive disorders or those that have arisen due to a late diagnosis of drepanocytosis.
  • Stories
  • Life
  • DR Congo
Archives: Life

A place to connect

Talks.

Listening and giving voice to others, to build connections and break down walls

Stories in Serbia

Jovanka

di Rita Sanzi

A grieving mother honors the memory of her paratrooper son who fell in 1999 in Kosovo during a bombing

Testimonials
argentina

Gabriele Orlini

Minimum Stories

Patagonia's whispers echo the stories of its land and people, revealing intimate tales shared around the fires of a timeless culture
  • Stories
  • Talks
  • Argentina
ucraina

Natascia Aquilano

The sons of Maidan

In the eastern outskirts of Ukraine, soldiers try to uphold their values amidst devastation, facing the cost of inhuman choices in a surreal normalcy
  • Stories
  • Talks
  • Ukraine
gerogia

Fabio Lovati

Russian Exiles in Tbilisi

Maria's defiance against authority rembodies the struggle for freedom, while her activism in Tbilisi speaks of the growing tensions faced by Russian exiles
  • Stories
  • Talks
  • Georgia
Archives: Talks
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A horizon for every step

Destinations.

Places that take your breath away, steal your heart, and make you think

Journals in Vietnam

Tran Quoc Toan’s Poetry

di Alida Vanni

In Can Tho, Tran Quoc Toan Street is decorated with murals by Vietnamese artists depicting local life and celebrating Tet, the Lunar New Year.

Experiences, Mekong
chile

Gabriele Orlini

Slight, and in the wind

Like a mirage in the desert, a long, messy expanse of little ones and crosses and fluff, where life and death bark alike.
  • Journals
  • Destinations
  • Chile
chile

DooG | Staff

From Santiago de Chile to the Carretera Austral

The second short clip on the road of the series is dedicated to the long mission of the non-profit organisation MotoForPeace in South America. We are in Chile.
  • Journals
  • Destinations
  • Chile
bangladesh

Renato Rossetti

The Tangail brothel

In Tangail's hidden brothel, young women, trapped in poverty, face exploitation and significant health risks in a tolerated yet unregulated system
  • Stories
  • Destinations
  • Bangladesh
Archives: Destinations

At the heart of humanity

Identity.

From roots to transformations, in search of our identity

Stories in Cameroon

Kilissa (Joy)

di Djilo Louis Blaise

The Lamidat of Gashiga, a rich cultural heritage of Cameroon, celebrates its tradition and historical warriors with a ceremony called Fantasia

Tribal rituals
Camerun

Djilo Louis Blaise

A community at the crossroads of its destiny

The Fulani herding community living in the Bénoué Valley strives to preserve their ancient traditions while navigating the rapid changes of the modern world and the uncertainties of the future
  • Stories
  • Identity
  • Cameroon
senegal

Alida Vanni - Luciana De Michele

Secret initiation in the sacred forests of Casamance

Every thirty years, the Diola youth of Senegal gather for the Boukout initiation, rediscovering their cultural roots through traditional rituals and tests of courage
  • Stories
  • Identity
  • Senegal
india

Marco Marcone

The artists of Kathputli

Kathputli, once Delhi's largest urban colony of street artists, struggles to keep its artistic tradition alive amid urban conflicts, displacement, and the dream of a new life
  • Stories
  • Identity
  • India
Archives: Identity

A collective breath

Coexistence.

Rekindling our connection with nature's beauty

Stories in Thailand

Towpath

di Joyce Donnarumma

A towpath pulled me into a world still suspended between a fascinating past and an uncertain future: the world of the Moken, the last nomads of the sea.

Children, Experiences, Ocean, Slow Life
chile

Nias Zavatta

Newen

The Mapuche people's struggle to safeguard Wallmapu-the land, the sky and its newen-and their identity finds women central.
  • Stories
  • Coexistence
  • Chile
tanzania

DooG | Staff

Illegal dump

In Zanzibar, illegal dumpsites are a sad reality, but as is often the case with such sensitive issues, the situation is more complex than one might think
  • Journals
  • Coexistence
  • Tanzania
tanzania

Taka Taka

Climate change and plastic pollution are changing the environment and the economy of Zanzibar, the pearl of Tanzania.
  • Projects
  • Coexistence
  • Tanzania
Archives: Coexistence

Thoughts in motion

Inspirations.

Thoughts, visions, and experiences that ignite curiosity

Block Notes at Argentina

The beginning of every return to Buenos Aires

by Lisa Zillio

Empanadas in Buenos Aires are like farinata in Genoa: you find them everywhere, and they all look the same. But everyone has their favourite spots

Folklore, Society
Journals at Bolivia

Stuck in La Paz

by Gabriele Orlini

Just a few steps from Peru, we find ourselves facing the border closed by the pandemic; all we can do is turn back and face the uncertainty of returning home

Covid19, MotoForPeace
Journals at India

Hinduism: a way of living

by DooG | Staff

More than a religion, Hinduism is a way of life, a philosophy that collects together the rules of Indian society.

Spirituality
Journals at Cambodia

The silence I didn’t listen to

by Gabriele Orlini

We leave Phnom Penh behind and head towards the Mondulkiri mountains, where silence takes center stage and the kindness of the people reflects the nature of the proud Khmer people

Mekong
Journals at Thailand

With uncomfortable lightness

by Gabriele Orlini

Amid the intense scents and frantic chaos of Khlong Toei, one rediscovers the importance of observing without judgment, letting small gestures reveal the true essence of this place

Slum
Block Notes at Italy

The nothing that is really missing

by Àlen Loreti

Interview with Àlen Loreti, promoter and coordinator of the Tiziano Terzani Fund, on this challenging period, COVID-19.

Covid19
Journals at Vietnam

A stair in Saigon

by Gabriele Orlini

In Saigon's alleys, memories awaken and the city's heart beats like a first love, familiar yet ever new

Mekong
Block Notes at Tanzania

The Green Colour

by Alida Vanni

Interview with photographer Alida Vanni, now in Zanzibar, on this complex historical period because of the pandemic.

Covid19
Block Notes at World

About correspondences in photography

by Lisa Zillio

In photography, synaesthesia allows the author to communicate with the audience on different levels

Photography
Block Notes at Italy

Beauty in the details

by Eleonora Rettori

Interview with Eleonora Rettori, photographer and author of DooG Reporter, on how she is coping with this difficult time in history, cause COVID-19.

Covid19
Archives: Inspired

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