Archives de octobre, 2009

Chachapoyas: the cloud people

The first evidence of this mysterious people dates back to 800 a.D.,before the Inca age. The key to the Cachapoyas culture is their cult of the dead. They had enormous respect for their ancestors and they hid them away for protection. Their funerary sites were built in remote, hidden and inaccessible locations of the Peruvian Andes…

A Photo story by /LightMediation

Contact – Thierry Tinacci – LightMediation Photo Agency +33 (0)6 61 80 57 21 email:thierry[AT]lightmediation.com


Parution – La galerie des glaces avec les yeux de Louis XIV par Marc Deville


South Ossetia, awaking from a frozen conflict

Tremors from the August 2008 conflict keep the South Ossetia and Georgia in a state of war. Daily shootings are exchanged between them. Russia has re-enforced its troops at the Ossetia border this summer.

A Photo story by / LightMediation

Contact – Thierry Tinacci – LightMediation Photo Agency – +33 (0)6 61 80 57 21 email:thierry[AT]lightmediation.com


Parution NORVEGE – The nest gatherers by Katherine Jack


The Nest Gatherers

met the nest gatherers of Pabellon Island,in the western Philippines – climbers of rare skill, locally known as busyadores – to witness a unique relationship between men and birds.

Photos by / LightMediation

Contact – Thierry Tinacci – LightMediation Photo Agency +33 (0)6 61 80 57 21 email: thierry[AT]lightmediation.com


Parution Angleterre – GEOGRAPHICAL – Adamawa, a paradise of bees by Eric Tourneret


Snail caviar, a new wonder of taste

Gastronomy, like haute couture, is a matter of taste. And, when ideas and innovation are combined with delight and flavour the good fortune make an appearance. Sylvie and Dominique Pierru gather week after week, with unparalleled care and unequaled softness the small white pearls that kindly gastropods were willing to lay.

Open publication – Free publishingMore snail

Photos by Patrick Landmann/LightMediation

Contact – Thierry Tinacci – LightMediation Photo Agency – email: thierry[AT]lightmediation.com +33 (0)6 61 80 57 21


Parution FRANCE – Bungle Bungle, la « perle secrète » des Kimberleys. par Jean Robert


Bungle Bungle, la « perle secrète » des Kimberleys

L’Australie est décidément un pays incroyable ! Jusqu’en 1983, malgré la taille conséquente du site (750 km2 tout de même), seuls les aborigènes de la région et quelques éleveurs locaux connaissaient cette merveille géologique.

Open publication – Free publishingMore unesco

Un reportage de Jean Robert / LightMediation

Contact – Thierry Tinacci – Agence Photo LightMediation – +33 (0)6 61 80 57 21 email: thierry[AT]lightmediation.com


Parution GRECE – Les tableaux du Rajasthan de Bruno Morandi