This story takes place in a flat plain. Leading actors are the earth and that thin horizon line; in the middle stand that big Giants with their long electric wires crossing the sky, which seem to pass all their energy back on earth. They pass their signal, they seem to weave the web like a spider, and they wait for something which never comes. In the end they go out of the frame and from our vision, leaving us only...im...

© Copyright John Stanmeyer "Signal" by John Stanmeyer is the photo that, some days ago, won the World Press Photo of the Year 2013, the most important prize for photojournalism. The image, which is part of the story "The longest journey" released in December 2013 on National Geographic, was taken in Djibouti and depicts some African migrants raising their cell phones looking for a signal from neighboring Somalia, in order...

It surely happened to someone of you, and even more if you are a photographer with a keen eye, to discern a shape of a human face looking into everyday objects. Don't worry, it doesn't necessary mean you are crazy... ;-) This phenomenon is called pareidolia and it's the research of objects that resemble the appearance of human forms, with their emotions, expressions etc. It's a funny game that, in addition to sharpen your...

The mannequins are an amazing subject: anthropomorphic rigid and sometimes curious positions, absent faces or even undefined. They patiently await the passage of time, inside windows with formidable lights and reflections. The mannequin is also the perfect model. He can pose for ever, without complaining, without transmitting the photographer restlessness or anxiety, he do not protest nor judge the result. Photographing...