Almost Europe

Almost Europe is a journey throughout Europe, the "land with the broad look" in its ethimological sense; a road from Kaliningrad to Istanbul, all along the "blue curtain." It reveals the new borders drawn after the last European Union's enlargement towards the East. This book is also the first chapter of a larger project called almosteurope.eu, a visual journey, a walk inside the everyday life of the "almost europe" that lies within the Old Continent's social, political, and cultural melting pot. The project aims to inspire new and constructive thoughts about the people who visit and live in Europe's extended borders; the project also wishes to stimulate a reflection on the causes that changed all the brave Ulysses into all-inclusives' tourists.

Luca Nizzoli Toetti started to publish his works in 1993 for Il Corriere della Sera. His works have been published on the major national and international press headlines. Since 2012 he has been involved in almosteurope.eu's project.The book won the Marco Bastianelli BookPrize 2014 and it was in the final list of Photo Espana BookPrize 2014.