Photographer: Giovanni Simeone
Code: PBC490246
DESCRIPTION
In the heart of the Baja California peninsula, an enthralling and surreal landscape unfolds: the Desierto de Catavina. This desert, characterized by its arid and wild beauty, presents a unique spectacle with its stretches of rocky and barren terrain, interspersed with extraordinary rock formations. The intense azure sky contrasts with the barren earth, creating a scene of surprising chromaticity.
The scarcity of rainfall has eroded very little of the landscape here, and there is a lack of clayey and organic soil covers that elsewhere cloak the oldest rocks. It is for this reason that the pink landscape of the granite desert of Cataviña has remained largely unchanged from when the mighty Tyrannosaurs crossed it in search of water and carrion. The low population growth, sparse distribution of humans in the area with minimal urbanization, lack of deforestation and exploitation of the few natural resources, limited agriculture, and protection of the sea have allowed its stunning and delicate ecosystems to remain untouched.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Giovanni Simeone
Born in 1968 and the son of an artist, Giovanni Simeone studied photography in Milan, where he began contributing to Bell’Italia magazine from its very first issue. In the early 1990s, he moved to Germany to work for a photo agency, then spent nearly three years traveling the world before settling in Paris.
There, he started an exclusive collaboration with Le Figaro, producing more than fifty feature stories. During frequent trips back to Italy, he founded Simephoto (www.simephoto.com), a photography agency specializing in travel and landscape imagery. Thirty years later, Simephoto brings together around fifty of Europe’s top photographers and is recognized as a leading agency in the field.
Its portfolio includes clients such as National Geographic Traveler, Le Figaro, Outside, Geo Germany, Stern, la Repubblica, The Sunday Times and The Guardian, as well as major international publishers including Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, and Fodor’s.
In 2011, Simephoto launched its own publishing house, Simebooks, with photography at the heart of every project. As an author, Giovanni Simeone has published Not Food for Old Men (2015) and Los Angeles Cocktails (2017). Forthcoming titles include Baja California Peninsula (as photo editor) and Los Angeles (2025).
Simebooks releases about a dozen new titles each year, with a strong focus on promoting local culture and landscapes through unique, original photographic campaigns. three years around the world before moving to Paris as the exclusive photographer for Le Figaro Magazine. After this experience, he started his photographic agency, Simephoto.