Who knows if he drank the elixir of life and was bewitched by it. Certainly Oliviero Toscani , 80, monument photojournalist, has undergone the charm of the blue zone . Enough to take the plane, land in Sardinia and then, by car, arrive in Ogliastra to immortalize the centenarians of Guinness with his shots.

Oliviero Toscani fotografa i centenari sardi: qui con Battistina Secci, 99 anni, di Urzulei

Con Mario Firino, di 102 anni, di Villagrande Strisaili

Con Serafino Murru, 95 anni, di Urzulei

Con Maria Mulas, 98 anni, di Urzulei

Con Gabriele Mereu, di 97 anni, e Ermelinda Piroddi di Villagrande Strisaili

Con Attilio Stochino, 100 anni, di Arzana

Angela Barris, 96 anni, di Arzana

Con Domenico Murru, 93 anni, di Talana

Con Pietro Mereu, presidente dell'Associazione Culturale Mater Dea

(Tutte le foto sono concesse)

In the few days he spent in the land of olive trees he moved between Villagrande (record holder of male longevity), Perdasdefogu (who has record families), Arzana, which in terms of centenarians has even nineteenth-century traditions, Urzulei and Talana.

Son of art - his father Fedele was one of the historical photographers of the Corriere - between Genna Silana and the mouth of the Flumendosa - he captured the expressions, faces and feelings of the grandparents who certainly did not lack inspiration.

Which will be told to newspapers and TV, as every media event recommends. At unionesarda.it, by Oliviero Toscani, for now it is enough to know that it is there.

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