Around Tokyo.
Exploring the City Street by Street.

I first arrived in Tokyo at, twenty-two years old, knowing little about it, and the city didn’t rush to introduce itself. Tokyo is remarkably patient. It opens slowly, street by street, step by step. And every time you think you’ve understood a corner of it, another layer appears.

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Travels

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Europe

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Copenhagen, Almost Perfect
Copenhagen, Almost Perfect
Lisbon Weekend - Day 2
Lisbon Weekend - Day 2
Lisbon Weekend - Day 1
Lisbon Weekend - Day 1

North America

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Reading New York: TriBeCa, Inherited and Discovered
Reading New York: TriBeCa, Inherited and Discovered
Reading New York: Chelsea between Art and the Hudson
Reading New York: Chelsea between Art and the Hudson
Reading New York: Across Midtown in Full Volume
Reading New York: Across Midtown in Full Volume
New York: An Introduction
New York: An Introduction

Middle East & Africa

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Abu Simbel & Philae - Where Power Survives
Abu Simbel & Philae - Where Power Survives
The Nile - What the River Remembers
The Nile - What the River Remembers
Luxor - Architecture of Immortality
Luxor - Architecture of Immortality
Cairo - Ancient Power in a Modern Megacity
Cairo - Ancient Power in a Modern Megacity

Asia

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Tokyo Streets: Shinjuku
Tokyo Streets: Shinjuku
Tokyo Streets: Roppongi
Tokyo Streets: Roppongi
Tokyo Streets: Ginza
Tokyo Streets: Ginza
Tokyo Streets: Central Tokyo (Chuo-ku)
Tokyo Streets: Central Tokyo (Chuo-ku)

Visual

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Espresso Boy
Espresso Boy

The sounds of making coffee.

Odd Job
Odd Job

Caracol, is an additive manufacturing startup, in March it stopped traditional work to 3D print protective masks to help Italians face the Covid-19 Pandemic.

A Day in the Life
A Day in the Life

What does a day in the life of an artist look like? I followed artist Ugo Nespolo, on a typical day in his life in Torino, Italy.

Furtiva
Furtiva

An intimate glimpse of the end of summer in Torino, Italy.

Brief History of Foods
Brief History of Foods

This is a photographic project analyzing different foods, with a historic and cultural perspective, in particular with their role and development in Italy.

Online Portrait
Online Portrait

Online portrait shoot of Yara El Murr during quarantine - she was in her home in Brooklyn, New York (USA), I was in Terni, Umbria (Italy).

Photos from Quarantine
Photos from Quarantine

During my quarantine, I ended up in Terni, Umbria (Italy), a place I’d never seen before.

Francesco’s Quarantine
Francesco’s Quarantine

When Covid-19 hit Francesco De Stefano was in New York, he left as soon as he could to travel back to his home country - Italy. In the last few days of March he found himself quarantined in Terni, Umbria, in his late grandparents home.

Man of Wire
Man of Wire

Alex Dabagh creates bags by recycling used plastic bags, weaving them into new material, and hand crafting a modern, colorful tote.

aNYbag
aNYbag

Alex Dabagh creates bags by recycling used plastic bags, weaving them into new material, and hand crafting a modern, colorful tote.

Capstone Project:

Up close and personal with Italian cities during the Covid-19 pandemic and the country’s multifaceted national identity.

Photographic journey through some of the Italian cities that have played a key role in defining Italy’s cultural identity.

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Writing

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A “virtual” opportunity for art criticism.

As I make my way down the spiral walls of the Guggenheim in New York, I stop to observe the flowing brushstrokes of Van Gogh’s Mountains at Saint-Rémy. … I’m alone. Alone with the hundreds or thousands of IP addresses perusing the museum’s online art offering. I’m not so lonely after all.

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Chang’s attack on the Italian pizza tradition is badly researched. His Netflix episode reflects how easy it is to fall into the trap of cultural appropriation.

The memories of my indignation rushed back, as vivid as ever. How could Chang talk like that about such a treasured Italian dish? I felt he was personally attacking me and my heritage.

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The restaurant star system is in crisis. Chefs discuss the relevance of awards and recognitions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The most coveted award globally in the restaurant world are Michelin stars. A symbol of status … but what happens in a world battered by the COVID-19 virus, do they preserve their significant role?

Album Review: Sam Smith’s Love Goes is all about breakups and coming to terms with their sexual identity

Sam Smith’s melodiously exceptional voice begins their latest album Love Goes with a spiritual introduction to a new romance-filled record. “They’re watching me, judging me, making me feel so used,” they belt out in Young, religiously singing a cappella intensified only by the digitally created reverb effect.

The best dumplings in Milan are back, and not discriminated against any more
The best dumplings in Milan are back, and not discriminated against any more

Across the world, Chinatowns were feeling the weighty impact of the news of the SARS-CoV-2 virus spreading in Wuhan. With many Chinese having traveled to and from their home countries to celebrate the Lunar New Year, people feared that the virus had left the borders of the Asian country and was dispersing overseas.

Movie Review: Ryan Murphy’s latest contribution to Netflix brings “The Boys in the Band” from the Broadway stage to our home

When in 1968 “The Boys in the Band” first hit the Off-Broadway stage, it roused such feeling of discomfort in viewers – both LGBTQ and heterosexual – that it potentially contributed to the Stonewall riots in 1969 and the Gay Liberation movements of the 70s. The impact of this provocative story is still powerful today, in its on-screen rendition, recently released on Netflix.

Book Review: The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-eun

Disaster locations have long attracted international tourism. Pompeii, Hiroshima, or Chernobyl are just a few of the notorious locations affected by calamities – natural or man-made. After an earthquake, a tsunami, and a nuclear powerplant meltdown in 2011 Fukushima became well-known. The city of Wuhan is today intrinsically linked to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Tribeca’s promising art scene interrupted by Covid-19
Tribeca’s promising art scene interrupted by Covid-19

Tribeca has long been a home for artists and other celebrities, but it’s only been within the last couple of years that the neighborhood’s storefronts have begun filling with artworks. Now, however, the gallery openings and new shows there have been interrupted by the global pandemic that has put the entire art world on hold.

How environmental consciousness turns plastic into gold for the business of fashion
How environmental consciousness turns plastic into gold for the business of fashion

As petitions for recycling and circular economy solutions increase, many are finding alternative ways to transform this material from potential waste into a resource for their business.

Escape from New York, in the time of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Escape from New York, in the time of the COVID-19 Pandemic

In this little corner of the world, where birds chirp happily and time stops, the global COVID-19 pandemic raging outside feels distant and surreal. So does my hasty escape from New York, the city where I left behind the lifelong dream that I’d recently made into a reality.

 
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