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  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Gates&Fences,  Lines,  Winter

    A Fence

    November 6, 2014 /

    What drew me to make this photograph was not the fence itself, but the way it interacted with the geometry behind it. The wire grid overlays the diagonal of the concrete stair and handrail, creating a tension between rigid containment and directional movement. The eye wants to follow the slope upward, yet is repeatedly interrupted by the vertical and horizontal bars in the foreground. In terms of composition, the alignment was deliberate. I positioned the frame so that the grid sat almost perfectly square, avoiding converging lines that would soften its structural authority. The diagonal cuts through the otherwise orthogonal arrangement, introducing a dynamic that stops the image from becoming…

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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Groceries,  Rome,  Winter

    A Grocery Store in Rome

    November 5, 2014 /

    Some photographs emerge not from the pursuit of the exceptional, but from the quiet insistence of the everyday. This frame, captured in Rome, is one of them. I didn’t wait for decisive moments or orchestrate elements. I simply stood in front of this unassuming mini market, with its fluorescent signage blinking “COLD DRINKS” and “APERTO,” and let the banality speak. The storefront is wedged into a stone facade, a brutal contrast softened by the cluttered joy of cheap pleasures: laminated posters of ice creams, fizzy drinks stacked like bricks, and a faded theatre poster wedged between glossy wrappers. You can almost smell the dusty coolness inside — a refuge from…

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  • Bottles&Cups,  Colour,  Daily photo

    Silver Pottery

    November 4, 2014 /

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  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Winter

    A Blue Vespa

    November 3, 2014 /

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  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Summer

    Billiard On The Field

    November 2, 2014 /

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  • Autumn,  Chairs&Seats,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar

    Ready For Lunch

    November 1, 2014 /

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