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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Alone

    December 31, 2017 /

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    January 23, 2016

    Toxic Waste in Open Air

    August 31, 2021

    Opposites

    February 3, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gates&Fences,  Winter

    Halt!

    December 28, 2017 /

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    November 5, 2013

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    December 13, 2013

    Mirror

    January 17, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Observer Bias,  Odds,  Visual,  Winter

    Not A Rorschach Inkblot

    December 24, 2017 /

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    July 24, 2017

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    July 30, 2025

    Misfocused Photo’s Quick Fix with ChatGPT and Nano Banana

    March 1, 2026
  • 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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    Intelligence Contest

    April 15, 2017

    Who’s Carrying Who?

    February 28, 2013

    Serva padrona @ Teatro Marrucino

    October 1, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Seasons,  Shooting,  Winter

    A Shooter

    December 8, 2017 /

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    Sega Codemaster

    November 21, 2017

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    October 19, 2019

    What lasts after a party…

    April 25, 2013
  • 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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    October 2, 2013

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    March 4, 2015

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    November 10, 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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    April 7, 2013

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    March 3, 2014

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