"Water's game" is the short story of a dip, through a series of shots that emphasize the physical effort and the key moments of the action of the diver during the 2009 swimming championships in Rome. These shots have won an honorable mention at the "Prix de la Photographie" in Paris for the year 2011.

Looks from the train is only a small photographic journey through my impressions and feelings experienced during the journey from Kottayam town, until arriving in Trivandrum, capital city of the state of Kerala (India).

The Holocaust is one of the darkest moments in world history. Systematically the Nazi's gathered together, tortured and murdered about 6 million European Jews and a total of 11 to 17 million people altogether. These murders were not in battle. Many of them took place in Concentration Camps with infamous names such as Treblinka, and Auschwitz. As Germany was defeated and the Concentration Camps were liberated, the condition of the survivors was noted with revulsion and anger. This is what remains of the terror of the Holocaust in a few moments frozen many years after.

Every year, the “Passion of Sezze” (Italy), winds through the streets of the village, thus reviving an old tradition that was lost in the dim and distant past. The performance of Sezze is the work of the lawyer Filiberto Gigli, who in 1933 was impressed by the profound spiritual attitude of the people of Sezze and decided to revive the old medieval “Passion”, enhancing it by giving it a new artistic content. Within a few years it became so famous that in 1950 it was performed in Rome on the occasion of the Holy Year. The people of Sezze participate greatly, because they have always seen this task as one of the fundamental and important aspects of civic life. In this revival of the Holy Drama, the director has always wanted to realise that connection of the people of Sezze infused with spirituality and art, and he managed to blend the historical context with the requirement to depict the Christian message of the Passion of Christ in a contemporary.

The brick factories in Kerala are numerous and often many of them are only in an area of 1 km. The work in these factories is hard, due to the often extreme climatic conditions. The temperatures are, almost throughout the course of the working season, very high, and reach 38C °. The working period of the bricks, runs from October until May, halting production in the monsoon season, then the rainy season. Depending on the size of factories, there are more or fewer workers (men and women), who alternate in working the land that would later become, through several steps, a brick. Most of the workers has very poor, and often based outside the state of Kerala. They spend their season working within these factories, living in huts, built on the extreme sides of the work area, where there are also children, the sons of workers.

The Mother and Child Foundation is the result of this true story. “It all began in December 1996 when twenty three years old Mini, unmarried and pregnant turned to our small orphanage of Thodupuzha for help. All alone, she was facing her last month of pregnancy and was in need of care as well as a place to stay. Unfortunately there was no available space at the center – at that time there were only two rooms which were already housing twenty three children and five women as well the necessary volunteers and assistants. We accompanied Mini to another orphanage, but her request for help was rejected and even though there was place in the center she was not welcomed. According to the morality of the institution, which is also the morality of the country, a woman who is not married and is expecting a child is seen as immoral. Mini was a scandalous and defamatory woman and that is why she was turned away. Having caused her own downfall she is not deserving of any help or sympathy. As we decided to take Mini back to our center, her waters broke so we rushed her to hospital where that same night she gave birth to a beautiful child. Just two days after giving birth Mini fled. Knowing that she and her son had no place to turn to, she decided to abandon him. From that day on we took care of her child, who now lives happily in Italy.” - Thomas Myladoor - President of the Foundation Mother and Child - For a large part of the Indian population having a child out of wedlock is something totally immoral, that marks the life of the expectant mother and of her entire family, which is why women who find themselves in similar circumstances are rejected by their relatives and the infant is left alone to face a difficult destiny.

Pongala is a Hindu religious festival. The name 'Pongala' means 'to boil over' and refers to the ritualistic offering of porridge made of rice, sweet brown molasses, coconut gratings, nuts and raisins. Only women devotees are allowed to participate in this ritual.

Fishermen in Kerala carry on a job that has lasted for generations, just as generations are passed on their boats, often painted with symbols of Hindu culture. The days begin well before sunrise and continue for the entire duration of the day. For several years, however, with the increase of tourist in the state, the fishermen have decreased and often encouraged to leave their beaches and their homes, through money offers. In many cases, the fisherman takes the money and retired in the city, where, however, finds no work and remains trapped in the vice of drinking.

During my trip riding a motorcycle to reach New Delhi, starting from the southernmost state of India (Kerala), I took some pictures, this is not a real job, but simply a series of emotions conveyed through my biggest passion, photography.

Divyarakshalayam is a place of solace for such less fortunate. Inside the structure, looking after 145 male patients who otherwise would have been on the streets. They belong to different states of India between the age group of 20 to 85. The structure, provide the basic necessities of life for them. They are provided with adequate accommodation, nutritious food, decent clothing and proper medication. The Orphanage Control Board has approved and certified the efforts to rehabilitate the wandering mental patients. Within the span of ten years, the society could take care of thousand one hundred such men. Revitalizing their lost image humanized them.

Mudiyettu is a ritual dance drama from Kerala based on the mythological tale of a battle between the goddess Kali and the demon Darika. It is a community ritual in which the entire village participates. After the summer crops have been harvested, the villagers reach the temple in the early morning on an appointed day. Mudiyettu performers purify themselves through fasting and prayer, then draw a huge image of goddess Kali, called as kalam, on the temple floor with coloured powders, wherein the spirit of the goddess is invoked. This prepares the ground for the lively enactment to follow, in which the divine sage Narada importunes Shiva to contain the demon Darika, who is immune to defeat by mortals. Shiva instead commands that Darika will die at the hand of the goddess Kali.

Portraits captured during a long journey of 8000km in the states of India. Each person tells, through its eyes, its world, its labors and of course speaks of himself in the eyes of those who can watch through the eyes of the soul.

In the Hindu tradition, there are many festivals that are observed throughout the year. There are major festivals and numerous minor ones, as well as those that are celebrated on a local or regional basis, which are celebrated differently according to the location, or even named differently. There are different festivals to celebrate the various incarnations of God, as well as those that honor the seasons, harvests, relationships, and certain principles of the Vedic culture.

Kathakali is one of the oldest theatre forms in the world. It originated in the area of southwestern India now known as the state of Kerala. Kathakali is a group presentation, in which dancers take various roles in performances traditionally based on themes from Hindu mythology. One of the most interesting aspects of Kathakali is its elaborate make-up code. Characters are categorized according to their nature. This determines the colours used in the make-up. The faces of noble male characters, such as virtuous kings, the divine hero Rama, etc., are predominantly green. Characters of high birth who have an evil streak, such as the demon king Ravana, are allotted a similar green make-up, slashed with red marks on the cheeks. Extremely angry or excessively evil characters wear predominantly red make-up and a flowing red beard. Forest dwellers such as hunters are represented with a predominantly black make-up base. Women and ascetics have lustrous, yellowish faces.