The Story Behind the Stories

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I've never been interested in following the crowd.

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While many travellers are busy photographing landmarks, I'm usually talking to the person standing quietly beside them. More often than not, that's where the real story begins.

 

For more than three decades I've travelled the world with a camera in one hand and a notebook in the other, driven by a simple curiosity about people and the lives they lead. I've lived in fifteen countries, studied on three continents and interviewed everyone from politicians to conservationists, chefs, artisans and entrepreneurs.

 

Yet the conversations I remember most rarely happened in grand surroundings. They happened around kitchen tables, on dusty roadsides, in village squares and over cups of coffee shared with complete strangers. Those moments have shaped me as much as any destination.

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Working as both a writer and photojournalist allows me to tell stories from beginning to end. I research every assignment, conduct my own interviews and create the accompanying photography, bringing together words and images to reveal not just where a story happens, but why it matters.

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Today I'm based in the medieval hill town in central Italy, but I'm rarely still for long as the best stories are rarely found on an itinerary.​