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  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Moon

    Full Moon

    September 30, 2018 /

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    AI or not AI?

    October 3, 2023

    The Observer

    November 30, 2013

    A Lonely Table

    March 8, 2015
  • Airport,  Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Travels,  Urban Landscape

    Leaving

    September 27, 2018 /

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    Lunchtime

    February 18, 2013

    Pensive, On the Way Home

    November 28, 2014

    When We Were Kids

    August 18, 2013
  • B&W,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Social Control,  Summer

    Strategy

    September 20, 2018 /

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    Guess who’s happier?

    May 27, 2013

    The Racers

    December 7, 2014

    TicTacToe

    September 1, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Spring

    Right before the gig

    September 14, 2018 /

    This frame lives in anticipation. No players yet, but the instruments are already in dialogue — the hollow-body guitar leaning with purpose, the upright amp humming quietly to itself, the pedals strewn like notes before the solo begins. It’s a moment I’ve always found more evocative than the performance itself. The absence becomes expressive. Shot on monochrome, grain unapologetically included, this wasn’t meant to be clean or polished. I exposed to protect the highlights — the reflective lacquer of the grand piano and the shiny knobs on the amp. Shadows fall naturally, but I let them creep in unevenly, especially on the left, where the plastic chair feels like an…

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    Carl Zeiss Jena Triotar 85/4 and Nikon Z5 – An Empirical Field Test

    January 28, 2026

    Carl Zeiss Ultron 50/1,8 and Pentax K1 – An Empirical Field Test

    February 11, 2026

    Has Street-Photography a limit?

    December 19, 2012
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Sport,  Track&Field

    Italian Track&Field Championship 2018 – The reportage

    September 12, 2018 /

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    What (or Who) Are These Hangs For?

    May 21, 2013

    Generations

    February 5, 2013

    Same Seats, Different Lifes

    April 14, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Summer,  Visual

    Close up of an Ethnic Chessboard

    September 1, 2018 /

    Photographing chess pieces is a common cliché, yet this set refused to be generic. Sculpted with raw, almost brutalist character, these figures aren’t crafted for elegance—they’re carved for presence. The asymmetries, the subtle flaws in the stone, and the ambiguous expressions on the pieces imbue the scene with tension. One might call them grotesque, but I prefer “unapologetically tactile.” I chose a narrow depth of field, letting only a sliver of the board fall into focus. It wasn’t just an aesthetic decision. With these pieces, clarity carries weight; it turns the observer into a participant. The fallen pieces strewn at the bottom edge complete the silent narrative of strategy and…

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    The Prisoner’s View from the Sospiri’s Bridge

    September 25, 2017

    South Bank’s Ghosts

    October 19, 2016

    Action! (beware of Fuji X-Pro 2)

    February 2, 2016

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