Ad Haiti sognavo la neve

November 2025. In the first photograph featured in the book, Rici is three years old and gazes directly and resolutely into the photographer’s lens: he is at the crèche in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the orphanage where dedication and love save the youngest children from poverty and hunger. February 2022. In the last photo, Rici is at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. He is twenty years old, has finished 34th in the slalom and has not lost that same determined look. This book recounts the two decades that lie between the two photos: adoption by an Italian couple, his first encounter with snow, and the rediscovery of a deep connection with his country of origin are the milestones in a story where love has altered the course of a destiny that seemed set in stone. A journey of personal and sporting growth in which Rici has experienced courage and sacrifice with the unshakeable certainty that even the most unexpected dream can come true. ‘What Richardson already represents for his country today goes beyond sport. Carrying the Haitian flag on the international ski slopes is a powerful statement. It is an act of courage, of hope, of pride. For him, for Haitian children, for all those fighting against poverty, hunger and natural disasters.’ From the foreword by Paolo De Chiesa, champion of the “Valanga Azzurra”.