Toy Stories

Maudy - Kalulushi, Zambia

If Riverboom’s photographer Gabriele Galimberti had happened to shoot me, aged 6 and surrounded by my favorite toys, he would have seen the following: plastic medieval weaponry; assorted Lego (Space, Castle and Pirate); an inflatable Tyrannosaurus rex (punctured slowly into extinction); a … Continue reading

CouchSurfing

China - Chongqing

MY COUCH IS YOUR COUCH Stories of 100 couchsurfers around the world CouchSurfing is the act of trading hospitality, practiced by the over 2 million members of the CouchSurfing network present in 230 countries worldwide. A CouchSurfer will stay at … Continue reading

Delicatessen with love

Thailand

Eat, Eat, Eat!!! From Grandma with love I will never forget grandma Sara’s artichokes. They have become a cult since when a famous Spanish cooking blog published their recipe, which I transcribed from memory, following the thread of the taste … Continue reading

Zompi

Port-au-Prince, Haiti   -    Jump with Paolo Woods

The project “Zompi” of Gabriele Galimberti is extraordinary. First of all because in a time of Internet and Photoshop Gabriele could have easily done this entire work sitting in his living room. But Gabriele actually did go to over 50 … Continue reading

Local Celebrities

Ron Adness

If you google Lady Gaga you will get almost 800 million results. His teenage fans in Jakarta adore Justin Bieber, in the same way as in Medellin and Seattle. Lindsay Lohan’s misfortunes are followed in real time by millions of … Continue reading

G.I. Jane’s other war

Candice - New Haven, Connecticut

One out of every three american women soldiers serving in Iraq or Afghanistan has been the victim of sexual abuse on the part of male u.s. soldiers. ‘and 71 to 90% say they were the object of harassment by their … Continue reading

The blond twins of Mengele

Joao Paolo and Joana Vittoria

Twins occur normally once in every 80 pregnancies. Here, however, one in five pregnancies typically results in twins – 20% of the population, most with blond hair and blue eyes. Welcome to the Brazilian town of Candido Godoi (Rio Grande … Continue reading

Maternity in Cameroon

Maternity in Cameroon

Cameroon has an extremely high infant and child mortality rate: almost one out of eight children dies before reaching the fifth year of life. Children die for illnesses generally linked to precarious hygienic and social conditions, the main killers being … Continue reading