january 2007
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This book is a photographic narrative depicting four travelling companions’ journey to the heart of the Danakil Depression, one of the most inhospitable places on earth.

The Danakil desert, in north-eastern Ethiopia, is the land of the Afar, nomadic warriors who breed camels and trade salt, travelling across an arid landscape where temperatures rise above 50 degrees Celsius.

Following the travellers’ journey, the splendid photographs take the reader to Lake Afrera, 140 m below sea level; to Erta Ale, one of the only four volcanoes on earth that is constantly active – the pulsating heart of the Danakil Depression; and to Dallol, among the spectacular colours of salt and sulphur formations.

The journey also passes through the Arab city of Harar, the markets of Makale and of the holy city of Lalibela and ends in Addis Abeba, the federal capital of Ethiopia.

The book is in Italian and English.

THE OMO VALLEY

january 2008
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This photography book looks at “the other Ethiopia” – the “black” Ethiopia of the inhabitants of the Omo Valley: 200,000 people divided into some thirty tribes who still practice subsistence farming and keep ancestral traditions and ways of life.

It is a unique living ethnographic museum, that has remained untouched for thousands of years thanks to the remoteness of these lands, and whose existence is now threatened by the gigantic Gibe III hydroelectric project.

This journey becomes an exchange of views and a dialogue, without the need for words, with the different and unique people of the Benna, Dassenech, Bume, Hamer, Kara, Konso, Arbore, Muguji, Mursi and Tsemay tribes.

The book is in Italian and English

SULLA VIA DELL'ARCA

april 2016
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This book looks at Coptic Ethiopia. It is a journey through the key locations of Christianity in Ethiopia: Aksum, legendary location of the Ark of the Covenant, seal of the alliance between God and man; Lalibela, built by scores of zealous angels and by a man who became king by the will of God; Gondar, where reminiscences of ancient castles, royal banquets and fierce battles blend with the mysticism of holy Timkat processions; and, finally, lake Tana, dotted with islands that conceal secret places of worship and from whose paintings echo voices and songs that intoxicate the senses of on-lookers. A journey through Ethiopia on the route of the Ark is a trip through history and myth, in our past and in our future.

The book is in Italian.

THE JEWELS OF LAKE TANA: devotion, places, people

april 2016
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This work is devoted to the Lake Tana region in the north of Ethiopia, which is the country’s principal water basin. The images and the text invite the reader to explore five aspects of an area that captures the paradoxes of modern Ethiopia.

First of all, is Lake Tana, inexorably connected to the local fishing and tourism economy. The lake is dotted with basalt islands on which rise Christian churches and monasteries – an invaluable historical and artistic treasure.

The second section of the book leads readers to these islands, to follow rough paths to the monasteries, and there to admire the amazing paintings that bear witness to century-old devotion.

Next comes Gondar, the first fixed capital of the country whose castles tell tales of kings and queens, and clashes and battles.

Bahir Dar, the door of water, is the regional capital: once a fishing village it is now a city of 200,000 inhabitants, a buzzing cross-roads of the old and the new, tradition and modernity.

Finally, a homage to the people encountered along the journey: fishermen, women at the Bahir Dar market, students, monks and the many children who shared their smiles with us.

The book is in three languages (Italian, English and German).

december 2018
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