Happy Sadhu

Candid portrait of an old smiling Indian Sadhu or holy man photographed near Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Lonely Scottish house

A typical Scottish little house in the middle of nowhere in the Highlands, surrounded by these amazing views. Would you live there?

Sea of Colors

Origami boats in Turin, Italy

Moscow City

A 25 second exposure to get the clouds movements, thanks to a 3.0 (10 stops) ND filter

Delft Market Square

Comsomolskaya

One of the most spectacular stations in the Moscow underground, depicting the splendors of Russia from the time of the Zars to the USSR.

Piazza Anfiteatro, Lucca

Prayer Flags in Tibet

Miners

One thing that I always admired immensely (and that, at the same time always scared the heck out of me!) about the Indian people is their ability to do really hard work without ever seeming to care too much and without ever loosing their good spirits. Take this two guys mining marble-like rock by hand: one of them is wearing flip-flops, suit pants a shirt and a scarf; the other one has less protection. And they are perched on the same rock they are tearing to pieces some 100 feet up from the ground...

The Gaze

Pink Parasol

In Lhasa, Tibet on sunny days umbrellas are used as parasols and make nice backgrounds for portraits.

Portree harbor at dusk

The Isle of Skye has amazing skies at night, far from big towns. And the blue hours seems to be bluer than ever.

Children at play

The young merchant

While everybody else is looking at the necklaces and bracelets on her market stall, I can't help noticing how young and weary the seller is and wonder if she should be in school, instead.

Lamaling Monastery

Green Turban

The walls leading to the mosque in Sambhar city, on the namesake lake near Jaipur are appropriately green, the color of Islam. Green is also the turban of this older gentlemen, follower of one of the many religions present in India.

Aurora

Aurora (Russian: Авро́ра, tr. Avrora; IPA: [ɐˈvrorə]) is a 1900 Russian protected cruiser, currently preserved as a museum ship (although currently closed to the public) in St. Petersburg. One of the first incidents of the October Revolution in Russia took place on the cruiser Aurora

Resting Pilgrims

Tibetan pilgrims progress for thousands upon thousands of kilometers up and down mountains in their pilgrimage to Lhasa by prostrating themselves fully at each step, then moving forward as they get up, in such a way that they have lain on their face on each part of the route. Each three paces involves a full prostration; the number three is taken to refer to the Triple Gem.

Taking a break

Nosering Lady

Extracting the salt from Sambhar lake, some 30 km west of Jaipur , India, is hard work, indeed, for men and women alike. But local women still find the time to choose beautiful fabrics and exquisite jewelry for their every-day attire.

Dai family portrait

Up in the air

The white shopkeeper

THE Glass Staircase

Tired, but happy smile!

Kawa Karpo

At 6.740 meters high (22.113 feet), the Kawa Karpo is Yunnan's highest peak and it marks the border with Tibet. It is, more importantly, a magical and awe-inspiring sight, the first "taste" of Himalaya if you come from Shangri-la.

Oil Drums

Yunnan and Tibet are two regions of China where breathtaking pristine nature is threatened by breathtaking carelessness in waste management and pollution control. Nature still has "the upper hand" where the population is very scarce (like on the Himalayan towns at over 10.000 feet altitude, like Dequin, at the border between the two regions), but it is a worrisome situation!

Life in the Shadow

If you are serious about photography, most of the time you MAKE a picture. That means that you already know what image you want before you press the shutter. Every once in a while, though, you look through the viewfinder and your eye recognizes an image it wants, so fast that your brain order your finger to "click" without ever telling your memory about it. That is when you TAKE a picture. So when you browse through your pictures you sometime discover images that you didn't ever remember taking and you are not entirely sure why you took that photo. But sometimes, like in this case for me, you are really happy that you did! :-)

Cardboard Carrier

Golden sunset in Suzdal

Golden sunset in the town of the famous Golden Ring of Russia.

Do you know how to knot?

Sailors knots in the harbor of Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland

Don't need teeth to smile!

Working the salt

Frosted window

A traditional Russian wooden house that was build in the 18th century without a single nail and up until now is able to stand freezing winters and a lot of snow. This house (eezba') is located in the Museum of Wooden Masterpieces in Suzdal (Музей деревянного зодчества)

Evolution Tower (2)

Cloudy Mountains

Drying the Grains

In today's world, only the people who grow, harvest or produce food with their own manual labor seem to remember the value of food!

Creme Turban

Most tourist in Rajasthan drive straight from Pushkar to Jaipur. And that's a mistake, because between the two cities lays a wealth of places to discover and of wonderful people to meet! For example, this Indian man with a creme turban.

Sea of Rice

Sunset in the Highlands

In the Highlands the contrast between brown and grey land and colorful skies makes the view magnificent and very special.

Tiger Leaping Gorge

Tiger Leaping Gorge is a scenic canyon on the Jinsha River (Golden Sands River), a primary tributary of the upper Yangtze River. It is located 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Lijiang City, Yunnan in southwestern China. It is part of the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas World Heritage Site. At a maximum depth of approximately 3790 meters (12434 feet) from river to mountain peak, Tiger Leaping Gorge is one of the deepest and most spectacular river canyons in the world. Around 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) in length, the gorge is located where the river passes between the 5,596 metres (18,360 ft) Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and the 5,396 metres (17,703 ft) Haba Snow Mountain in a series of rapids under steep 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) cliffs. Legend says that in order to escape from a hunter, a tiger jumped across the river at the narrowest point (still 25 metres (82 ft) wide), hence the name. (Text from Wikipedia)

Rapeseed field in the sunset

Beautiful field in the spring near the Bamburgh Castle in Scotland.

Rice terraces in Yunnan

Rice fields create mesmerizing geometries on the hills and mountains of Yunnan and they are a true testament to the industrious Chinese people, who have found a way to farm even the steepest slopes.