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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Alone

    December 31, 2017 /

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    July 16, 2023

    Smoke is everywhere…

    February 21, 2013

    Learning to Fly

    August 23, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gates&Fences,  Winter

    Halt!

    December 28, 2017 /

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    September 20, 2014

    Inside the Elevator

    May 9, 2014

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  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Observer Bias,  Odds,  Visual,  Winter

    Not A Rorschach Inkblot

    December 24, 2017 /

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    Urban Scavenger

    June 28, 2013

    At the theater, between two scenes

    June 15, 2015

    Just In Case

    June 9, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Seasons,  Shooting,  Winter

    Servicing a Sig Sauer P226

    December 16, 2017 /

    This frame came together as a study of routine and tactility rather than drama. The hands, well-worn and pragmatic, are in mid-action—focused, unposed, doing what they’ve likely done a hundred times before. It’s not a glamour shot of a weapon. It’s a photograph of labour, care, and the quiet diligence of someone who knows their way around a mechanical system. The Sig Sauer P226, known for its precision and reliability, has always struck me as more tool than totem. That sense informed how I chose to shoot this: close, compressed, honest. I avoided depth-of-field tricks or shallow focus. The visual language here is functional, echoing the subject matter. The background…

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    Does It Worth It?

    May 22, 2017

    Dark Cloud Over San Pietro

    August 27, 2021

    Everything is ready for the service

    July 2, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Seasons,  Shooting,  Winter

    A Shooter

    December 8, 2017 /

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    When the Rubbish Basket is full…

    December 13, 2013

    In a yellowtone…

    September 17, 2013

    Three’s Company

    November 14, 2014
  • Airport,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Seasons,  Winter

    Missed Airplane

    December 4, 2017 /

    I made this photograph on a foggy morning at the airport, when the air was so thick with mist that the horizon vanished entirely. The two stair trucks stood idle, angled towards each other as if in conversation, yet the absence of the plane they were meant to serve transformed the scene into something more ambiguous. What should have been a moment of transit became one of suspension. The composition leans heavily on geometry. The crosswalk in the foreground pulls the viewer in, its bold stripes leading the eye towards the vehicles in the middle distance. Beyond them, the frame dissolves into white haze, stripping the background of any detail.…

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    Waiting To Board At Santa Margherita Ligure

    August 16, 2014

    Night Serenade

    September 12, 2013

    A sample of the Carl Zeiss Jena 135/F4 Sonnar and a Fuji X-T3

    February 5, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Seasons,  Winter

    Is Batman Coming To Town?

    December 2, 2017 /

    There are moments in photography when nature conspires to hand you a frame so surreal, you almost question its authenticity. This image is one of those moments — a shaft of blazing light erupting from the horizon, punching through the heavy grey sky like a celestial spotlight. The comic-book reference in the title is apt; it’s as if Gotham’s bat-signal has been reimagined over a Mediterranean fishing port. From a compositional standpoint, the photograph benefits from the strong vertical energy of the light beam, cutting cleanly through the otherwise horizontal layout of boats, masts, and buildings. The balance between the darkened marina in the foreground and the dramatic burst of…

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    The Google Experiment

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    The Mailbox

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