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  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Oslo,  Parks,  People

    The Wild Bunch

    September 30, 2014 /

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    Hanging News

    June 18, 2013

    Good Plan, Poor Execution

    December 15, 2019

    A Shooter

    December 8, 2017
  • Autumn,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Gates&Fences

    The Path To Freedom

    September 29, 2014 /

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    A Fix for the Wikipedia Photos’ Copyright Scams?

    December 19, 2020

    Wasted Shot Because iPhone 7 Poor Low-Light Handling

    January 22, 2019

    The Restorer’s Nest

    June 27, 2013
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Oslo,  People

    Running On The (Oslo’s) Docks

    September 28, 2014 /

    The moment lasted a fraction of a second. I was walking along the Oslo harbour, camera hanging loosely, eyes half on the ships and half on the geometry of the paving stones when he entered the frame — the runner. Perfect posture, right leg extended mid-stride, left arm balancing out the rhythm, and most crucially, isolated against the background clutter of docked ships and cranes. This image isn’t about the athleticism. It’s about pace, solitude, and counterpoint. The city rests behind him, still and orderly, while he pushes forward, cutting through the quiet with motion and intention. He’s small against the marine industrial backdrop, but all attention lands on him.…

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    A Three Legged Commuter?

    July 21, 2017

    Interior Design at Aurum

    May 26, 2013

    Over There!

    May 29, 2022
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Ceci N’Est Pas Une Pipe

    September 27, 2014 /

    The man stands on the pavement, absorbed in the small object between his fingers. From a distance, it could be mistaken for a pipe, but it is not — hence the title. The illusion, momentary and context-dependent, mirrors Magritte’s provocation: our assumptions often run ahead of the facts. I composed this with a clear separation of subject and background. The warm, textured brown of his jacket isolates him against the cooler tones of concrete and foliage, pulling the eye immediately toward him. The alignment along the right-hand third of the frame keeps the sidewalk stretching away into the background, giving a sense of space and urban depth. Technically, the exposure…

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    National Security

    April 4, 2014

    Mario Asks for it!

    April 9, 2014

    A Fishnet – 2

    October 29, 2014
  • Autumn,  Cars&Bikes,  Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Oslo

    A Taxi Night Fleet At Oslo’s Central Station

    September 26, 2014 /

    I took this frame at a moment of pure symmetry and friction. The way taxi lines form outside Oslo Central Station at night—almost militaristic in their discipline, yet each vehicle pulsing with its own colour rhythm—felt like an urban ballet set to the low hum of idling engines and the soft scuff of rubber on wet cobblestones. Technically, night shots like this are unforgiving. The cold light from the LEDs clashes sharply with the warmth of the taillights and the overhead sodium vapour glow, which is why I resisted neutralising the colour balance too much. The visual tension between the icy blue reflected on the left and the bleeding red…

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    And Justice For All

    May 15, 2015

    The Sprint Before the Ride

    August 8, 2013

    Is This My Breakfast? (Kirobo, the new Pinocchio)

    December 14, 2014
  • B&W,  Cars&Bikes,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits

    Portrait of The Alfa Romeo Guru

    September 25, 2014 /

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    A Sad Harley-Davidson

    August 10, 2013

    A Fountain’s Jet

    April 12, 2021

    Lightspeed

    August 6, 2015
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  OutOfFocus

    Dreaming Of Giulietta (sprint)

    September 24, 2014 /

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    @ Mediterrean Beach Games 2015 – Italian Beach Soccer Team (and a primer on sport-photography, part 4)

    October 3, 2015

    Pino Ammendola – L’ultima notte di Bonfiglio Liborio@Teatro Marrucino

    May 13, 2022

    Red Curtains

    August 28, 2014
  • Autumn,  Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo

    An Old Lady in Great Shape

    September 23, 2014 /

    There’s something about old cars that asks you to listen before you look. You don’t photograph them—you make their acquaintance. This shot was taken inside an Alfa Romeo Giulia. She’s a machine from another time, but she doesn’t wear her age like a burden. The patina on the steering wheel, the soft wear on the dashboard controls, the dusty glow on the gauges—they don’t speak of decay, but of use. Of stories lived in full throttle and long idles. I didn’t stage this frame. I simply opened the door and saw her waiting there in quiet elegance. The light slipped through the glass just enough to kiss the rim of…

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    An outdoor theatre?

    January 31, 2013

    What Does ‘Professional’ Mean in Photography?

    March 19, 2024

    Head-Dresser

    February 11, 2013
  • Autumn,  Bottles&Cups,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Visual

    Not A Photography Anymore

    September 22, 2014 /

    I approached this shot with the intention of exploring the point at which photography begins to lose its documentary role and drifts into the territory of constructed image-making. The Leica M9, with its CCD sensor, is unforgiving in its rendering of highlights, and here I chose to exploit that to push the tones far beyond their natural state. The result is an image that wears its artificiality openly. The composition is rigidly symmetrical: three vases, evenly spaced, under a line of metallic coffee pots and creamers. The symmetry is disrupted only by the interplay of colours — magenta, amber, and white — and the bold shadows they cast. These shadows…

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    A Rudder

    February 19, 2021

    Blackfriars Train Station Banner

    September 22, 2016

    Vinyl Never Dies

    September 2, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo

    An Off Duty Anchor

    September 21, 2014 /

    I photographed this anchor in bright sunlight, a massive piece of ironwork chained and set as a monument. What caught my attention, however, was not just the object itself but the casual intrusion of a beer bottle resting at its base. The contrast between permanence and ephemerality, between weight and disposability, was too striking to ignore. Compositionally, the frame is cropped tightly to remove distractions and place the focus squarely on the anchor’s texture and the bottle’s fragility. The dark chain arcs across the image, cutting a diagonal line that divides the weighty form. Against it, the amber glass sits small and almost ridiculous, yet it steals attention precisely because…

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    The SoundMaster

    July 10, 2013

    Portrait of an Heavy Metal Singer

    November 21, 2013

    Rockabilly

    September 15, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar

    Efesto’s New Production Line

    September 20, 2014 /

    Just behind the barbecue master, the heat rose sharply and the smoke thickened into a shifting wall. The man stood at the centre of it, absorbed in the intensity of roasting slices of lambs, his back straight, shoulders tight, arms moving with controlled force. There was no theatrical pose—only concentration. From this angle, the scene feels more like a workshop than a stage.

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    Lotus Tweak

    July 31, 2015

    Strategy

    September 20, 2018

    Path of Life

    May 17, 2017
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Past&Relics,  Spring

    A Haunted(?) House

    September 19, 2014 /

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    The Sentinel

    August 13, 2013

    The Next Emperor of Foro Italico

    May 15, 2026

    Branches On The Wall

    December 10, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Spring,  Streets&Squares,  Urban Landscape

    Urban Desolation

    September 18, 2014 /

    This photograph is part of a study I’ve been developing on marginal architecture—spaces neglected by urban development yet still clinging to presence. The building isn’t ruined in a picturesque way. It’s just exhausted. Scarred concrete, flaking plaster, and rusted grates stand as accidental testimonies of permanence beyond usefulness. I composed the frame to draw the viewer’s eye along the length of the structure, ending with the blurred outlines of new buildings in the background. The juxtaposition isn’t subtle—it wasn’t meant to be. These walls hold layers of past usage, from the makeshift repairs to the graffiti tags now fading like old memories. Technically, the photo rides a fine line between…

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    Nikkor 16mm Fisheye – Three Ways to Make use of Such a Lens

    August 22, 2024

    When the parking’s lost

    May 16, 2013

    A Mini At The Garage

    June 16, 2013
  • B&W,  Cities,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome

    Street Crossing

    September 17, 2014 /

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    Interior Design at Aurum

    May 26, 2013

    Stylemaster

    August 22, 2014

    Scarf’s Meeting

    March 5, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Visual,  Winter

    Ramping Up

    September 16, 2014 /

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    The perfect ski outfit

    March 12, 2013

    Side by Side, Ready to Ride

    July 21, 2015

    Faces in the Façade: A Ghostly Smile in Stone

    November 15, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Visual

    Windows

    September 15, 2014 /

    The photograph isolates a stark interior: two narrow barred windows flanking a central wall, and above them, a single rectangular window letting in pale light. Geometry dominates—verticals and horizontals align, while the bars break symmetry with their irregular grid. The result is a study in confinement and release, the eye inevitably drawn upward toward the light source. Composition is strict, almost architectural. The side windows anchor the lower frame, their darkness reinforcing the weight of the walls. The brighter upper window, positioned centrally, becomes both focal point and escape. Depth is minimal; the flatness of the surfaces intensifies the sensation of enclosure. Technically, the black and white treatment enhances austerity.…

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    Justice Under Construction

    March 31, 2015

    A Gull, Posing

    June 17, 2022

    Fun

    November 12, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Winter

    Food For Thought

    September 14, 2014 /

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    Relaxed Call at Boulevard du Palais

    March 19, 2014

    Behind the Quirinale: Order After Dark

    January 23, 2026

    The Prisoner’s View from the Sospiri’s Bridge

    September 25, 2017
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Streets&Squares

    Via Collina, Empty, From Above

    September 13, 2014 /

    The perspective is vertical, as if leaning out and looking straight down. Cars line both sides of the narrow street, parked in strict succession, their roofs forming a patchwork of tones. The pavement and façades edge the scene, flattening into geometry under the camera’s angle. At the centre, however, the street itself is bare—an unexpected strip of emptiness in a crowded frame. Composition relies on symmetry and repetition. The rhythm of vehicles, rectangles of windows, and parallel lines of pavement create a structured grid. The lamppost, suspended on its wire, interrupts this order with a curve, offering a counterpoint to the rectilinear logic. Two pedestrians near the corner introduce scale,…

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    Busy

    December 24, 2015

    Renovating Milan

    November 18, 2017

    Reasonable Privacy Expectation

    April 17, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics

    An Old School Workstation

    September 12, 2014 /

    It’s not just a desk. It’s a time capsule. A stack of worn books. Pages thick with annotation and use. The chipped edge of a hardcover bent from years of handling. And just out of focus, the heavy presence of a typewriter—silent now, but once the loudest voice in the room. This photo is titled An Old School Workstation, and it says more than it shows. There’s no screen here, no cursor blinking for attention. Just tools. Weighty, tactile, deliberate. This was how knowledge was built—layer by layer, keystroke by keystroke, turned page after turned page. The contrast to today is hard to ignore. Now we scroll, we skim, we tap…

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    Empty Chairs in the Tuileries

    October 19, 2013

    Justice measured as the distance between Words and Facts

    July 10, 2023

    Snorkeling

    August 24, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Winter

    A Rusted Window

    September 11, 2014 /

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    A Sound Engineer

    March 10, 2016

    Crowd Control

    February 14, 2016

    Billiard On The Field

    November 2, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Landscape,  Winter

    The Chicken

    September 10, 2014 /

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    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Italy Beach Soccer Team’s Goalkeeper (and a primer on sport photography, part 2)

    September 24, 2015

    Too Late

    April 10, 2015

    Helios 40-2 85/1,5 and Fuji X-T5: a sample

    June 21, 2023
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks

    A Sailors’ Warehouse

    September 9, 2014 /

    I took this photograph inside a boathouse, looking down into a storage system built from large industrial pipes. What struck me immediately was the rhythm of repetition: the orange-red circles forming a grid, each cradling a piece of fabric, rope, or gear. Practicality drove the design, yet visually it became something else—an ordered chaos, a taxonomy of a sailor’s life. The top-down perspective was deliberate. Shooting directly overhead flattened the objects into patterns, stripping away depth in favour of geometry. It is a photograph about compartments and how objects settle into them. The symmetry of the circles is slightly broken by the irregular bulk of the bags and fabrics, which…

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    Just In Case

    June 9, 2014

    Gotcha!

    August 16, 2013

    The Restorer’s Nest

    June 27, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo

    Autumn Leaves

    September 8, 2014 /

    There’s nothing particularly striking about this photo at first glance. Just a flower box tucked against a weathered wall. A few green leaves still stubbornly clinging on, others browned and curled, caught mid-fall. It’s the kind of street element you pass without noticing, or maybe glimpse and forget. And yet, it’s a portrait — not of a person, but of a moment in life. That in-between moment.When you’re no longer young, but not yet old.Not blooming, not dying. Just… suspended. There’s resilience in the remaining green, still pushing out colour despite the changing cycle. But there’s no hiding the signs of decline. Age creeps in at the edges first —…

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    January 24, 2023

    Lotus Tweak

    July 31, 2015

    Yin and Yang

    November 26, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    The Shoesfixer

    September 7, 2014 /

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    March 21, 2015

    Impatience

    February 6, 2013

    @Rome Maker Faire – 6. A Statue(?)

    October 21, 2014
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