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🇬🇧NEPAL WITH ACTIONAID – STORIES AND LESSONS OF HUMANITY

October 20, 2018 0 Comment
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INSTAGRAM CREATED A MONSTER 2 -Frauds, an epidemic of fake influencers and the death of Meritocracy

June 18, 2018 26 Comments
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DOES INSTAGRAM CAUSE DEPRESSION? On fakeness, ego and the distortion of reality

January 24, 2018 30 Comments
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JORDAN ADVENTURES – Deserts and World Wonders with WeRoad

December 17, 2017 1 Comment
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DOCUMENTING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN INDIA with ACTIONAID

November 24, 2017 8 Comments
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INSTAGRAM CREATED A MONSTER – A no bullshit guide to what’s really going on!

April 23, 2017 296 Comments
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NOTES FROM THE ROAD – Goodbye India

March 25, 2017 9 Comments
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BEHIND A PORTRAIT

February 11, 2017 6 Comments
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🇬🇧NEVER ENOUGH – A No Bullshit Guide to Why We Can’t Like Ourselves The Way We Are

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🇮🇹MAI ABBASTANZA – Una guida no-bullshit al Perchè Non Riusciamo a Piacerci Così Come Siamo

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🇮🇹COME RIMANERE SANI DI MENTE IN QUARANTENA

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🇮🇹Pensieri sparsi dalla Zona Rossa

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🇬🇧NEVER ENOUGH – A No Bullshit Guide to Why We Can’t Like Ourselves The Way We Are

July 27, 2020 0 Comment
*Sharing is the most powerful tool we have to make a message heard; if you find this article useful i …
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🇮🇹MAI ABBASTANZA – Una guida no-bullshit al Perchè Non Riusciamo a Piacerci Così Come Siamo

July 15, 2020 1 Comment
*La condivisione è lo strumento più potente che abbiamo per far echeggiare un messaggio, se trovate utile il contenuto di …
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🇮🇹COME RIMANERE SANI DI MENTE IN QUARANTENA

March 16, 2020 0 Comment
Penso che tutti in questi giorni di quarantena stiamo vivendo dei tornadi emotivi che ci portano dalla calma alla disperazione, …
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🇮🇹Pensieri sparsi dalla Zona Rossa

March 10, 2020 0 Comment
22 9/3/20 Casa È una sera di fine inverno, la pioggia batte leggera sull’asfalto, le strade del centro sono semi …
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🇮🇹PERCHÈ NON DOVRESTI MAI SALIRE SU UN ELEFANTE

January 03, 2020 0 Comment
ENG🇬🇧 Cavalcare gli elefanti è una delle attività turistiche più comuni in molti paesi Asiatici; infatti una delle prime immagini …
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🇮🇹AMORE E PAURA – Pagine da qualcosa che sarà

August 12, 2019 4 Comments
Come promesso, eccovi un estratto dal libro che sto scrivendo (che procede, lentamente ma procede!). Questo libro parla di me …
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🇬🇧THE IRELAND I LOVE – A quick guide to Cork and surroundings

July 24, 2019 0 Comment
Ireland, a magic land that offers everything you want from a trip: welcoming people, fairytale castles, colorful villages and landscapes …
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🇮🇹L’IRLANDA CHE AMO – Guida rapida a Cork e dintorni

July 23, 2019 1 Comment
L’Isola d’Irlanda, una terra magica che offre tutto ciò che si possa desiderare da un viaggio: gente ospitale e sorridente, …
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🇮🇹HAIR CARE IN VIAGGIO

July 08, 2019 0 Comment
Come avrete capito dal titolo, questo è un post per sole donne (a meno che ci siano uomini ossessionati dai …
  • AFRICA , TRAVEL , Travel

🇬🇧NAMIBIA A TRIP AMONG DUNES AND DESERTS

July 05, 2019 0 Comment
Namibia, Another trip, another dream come true!  A few weeks ago I finally managed to set foot in Namibia, another …
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INSTAGRAM CREATED A MONSTER – A no bullshit guide to what’s really going on!

April 23, 2017 296 Comments
🇮🇹 ITALIAN VERSION I remember how excited I was when I first started posting on instagram. I finally had a platform to …
  • ASIA , India , RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL , THOUGHTS , Travel

THE DARK SIDE OF HOLI

October 04, 2017 52 Comments
🇮🇹VERSIONE ITALIANA Holi. The Festival of colors. The Hindu celebration of good overcoming evil, of the arrival of spring and …
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DOES INSTAGRAM CAUSE DEPRESSION? On fakeness, ego and the distortion of reality

January 24, 2018 30 Comments
VERSIONE ITALIANA🇮🇹 Is instagram becoming dangerous for our health? This question has been humming in my head for a at …
  • ASIA , Photography , RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL , Sri Lanka , THOUGHTS , Travel

THE FAKE STILT FISHERMEN OF SRI LANKA

July 03, 2017 30 Comments
🇮🇹 versione italiana Most people, when hearing the name ‘Sri Lanka’, picture beautiful beaches, elephants and tea plantations. Not me though. …
  • CREATIVITY , Instagram

INSTAGRAM CREATED A MONSTER 2 -Frauds, an epidemic of fake influencers and the death of Meritocracy

June 18, 2018 26 Comments
Things on Instagram changed a lot over the last year. With $1 Billion invested in influencer-marketing and tens of thousands …
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HOW TO TAKE TRAVEL PORTRAITS ETHICALLY

October 29, 2017 21 Comments
🇮🇹️VERSIONE ITALIANA Taking portraits of the people I meet on my travels is one of the most challenging, inspiring and …
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INSTAGRAM HA CREATO UN MOSTRO 2 – Truffe, l’epidemia di finti influencers e la morte della meritocrazia

June 18, 2018 19 Comments
La situazione su instagram e’ cambiata drammaticamente nell’ultimo anno. Con oltre 1 Miliardo di dollari investiti nell’influencer marketing e decine …
  • Journal , THOUGHTS , United States

LOVING AND LEAVING NEW YORK – The hardest decision I’ve ever made

January 17, 2017 14 Comments
  Recently I went through a pretty major life change, an incredibly irrational and scary one to be exact: I left …
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15 TIPS TO SURVIVE VARANASI

June 17, 2017 12 Comments
Varanasi is as India as it gets! It’s crowded, chaotic, intense, dirty, old, nonsensical, beautiful and poetic and it holds …
  • CREATIVITY , Photography , THOUGHTS

IS PHOTOGRAPHY STOPPING US FROM LIVING IN THE MOMENT?

April 06, 2017 11 Comments
March 6 2017 – Ranthambore, India Today I saw a tiger for the first time. We were on a jeep …
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