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  • B&W,  Boulevards,  Bruxelles,  Daily photo,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    5 (random) frames of Bruxelles with a MIR-1B, a Pentax ME Super and a Kodak TMax400

    March 19, 2025 /

    The late hours of a day are dangerous times, because this is when the mind, lacking tasks, begins to look for a way to keep itself busy. To make a long story short, this is why, against what the common sense would have suggested, I decided to take a stroll in a (very) cold winter evening along and around Avenue Louise in Bruxelles to test a MIR-1B 37/2.8 mounted on a TMAX 400 loaded Pentax ME Super with an M42 adapter. Initially published on 35mmc.com. As much as this is not a ‘field test’, I was unfair to the lens because I used it in challenging conditions, starting with the…

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    Up&Down

    January 20, 2013

    DxO Pure Raw empirical test

    November 22, 2022

    Portrait of a politician – 1

    October 25, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    One Shot Story: Behind the Fence

    January 3, 2025 /

    There is nothing special about this photo in itself, but when placed in context, it changes the way we may look at it – Initially published on 35mmc.com The photo was taken in the fishing neighbourhood of my home town. Behind the fence erected by the developers were the fishermen’s small one-storey houses. Once a testament to the hard life they endured, over time the neighbourhood was abandoned and the houses gradually fell into disrepair. Now, for security reasons, it is not possible to look through the fence and see what the developers are planning to build in place of this small part of the neighbourhood. I could ask the…

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

    February 5, 2023

    An outdoor theatre?

    January 31, 2013

    A Pensive Nun

    December 14, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Nagasaki,  Osaka,  Photography,  Streets&Squares,  Thoughts,  Tokyo,  Travels,  Yokohama

    Why You Should Only Shoot in Your Backyard (or ‘The Art of Belonging’)

    December 19, 2024 /

    What do these pictures have in common (apart from having been taken in various places in Japan)? No, they don’t have the same look and feel, composition or use of light, nor they convey a particular meaning. What they have in common is that they’re just dull and boring —meaningless, indeed. This picture of the Yokohama’s Chinatown Dragon is hardly different than the others available on the Internet. Initially published on 35mmc.com It shares a similar fate with this one, taken last Mid November in Osaka, and, as Google Lens mercylessly shows, with this one, shot in Omura, near Nagasaki. One can hardly say that this is a never-seen-before view of Tokyo’s Kyu-Shiba-rikyū Gardens, or of…

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    Carabinieri in Milan

    January 28, 2014

    Efesto’s New Production Line

    September 20, 2014

    Out-of-Focus Once Again

    February 28, 2015
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Spring,  Streets&Squares

    5 frames with the (much awaited) Ferrania P33, a Nikon F3 and a Nikkor 50 F2

    April 30, 2024 /

    I managed to grab a few rolls of the very first batch of Ferrania’s brand new P33 film, so I wasted no time in putting it to work with a Nikon F3 and the glorious Nikkor 50 f2. I won’t go into the technical details of this film, firstly because I can’t claim to be an authority on the subject, and secondly because Ferrania’s website has plenty of information. There is only one thing to know: the canister is not DX-coded, so shooting is only possible in full manual mode. This may change in the future, but for now this is the state of the art. Finally, a transparency note:…

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    Square Two

    June 18, 2014

    St. Peter in Background

    December 5, 2013

    Vinyl Never Dies

    September 2, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Streets&Squares

    5 (improbable) Frames with a roll of Ferrania Orto and a Nikon 35TI

    February 28, 2024 /

    The photographer is a peculiar type of social being, characterised by a ‘rules are meant to be broken’ attitude in the search for the perfect exposure. So, sooner or later, all the dogmas about composition, hyperfocal, zone system, rule of thirds, etc. will be put aside to try something ‘different’. This is what happened with these five images, taken at night in Piazza Venezia and Via Salaria in Rome with a Ferrania Orto on a Nikon 35TI; a rather strange choice given the inherent limitations of an orthocromatic film and a 2,8 35mm lens of a compact camera in this scenario. Against all odds the 35TI performed well (especially in…

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    An Inside Irongate

    February 26, 2014

    Quis custodies

    January 26, 2013

    Fancy a beer?

    November 3, 2021
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    A jam in via Alessandria

    December 8, 2023 /

    Taking pictures with a fully manual camera is a way to keep practising the basics. Honestly, I would not use a film camera for a professional assignment —at least, not as the main one— but it’s worth doing it in a less challenging condition.As per the technicalities, waiting for the next batch of Ferrania Orto to arrive, I resorted to a Kodak Tri-X 400 roll, which is my favourite film at these ISOs.

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    Los niños y el tocaor

    October 30, 2017

    Enough…

    March 2, 2013

    How Privacy Hysteria Killed Street-Photography

    October 22, 2023
  • B&W,  Boston,  Buildings,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Downtown,  Parks,  Streets&Squares,  Summer,  Travels

    From Waltham to Boston

    August 4, 2023 /

    ‘From Waltham to Boston’, an offshoot of a bigger project on documenting Boston’s pulse, is now available on Amazon as a Kindle e-book.

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    Urgent Call

    May 15, 2017

    Fancy a Beer?

    November 10, 2015

    Rocco Zifarelli, Jeff Berlin, Beth&Danny Gottlieb, Gabriela Sinagra

    June 10, 2013
  • B&W,  Boston,  Cars&Bikes,  Daily photo,  Streets&Squares,  Summer

    UnortORTOdox (Ferrania)

    July 22, 2023 /

    This is an unorthodox use of an orthochromatic film (namely, Ferrania Orto.) It is not supposed to be the first choice for reportage or travel photography, but rules are made to be broken, aren’t they? As per the photo, it was taken in North End, Boston’s Little Italy.

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    Becoming a Human Tripod

    January 9, 2017

    Italy, Landscape Photography and the Law

    January 23, 2014

    Urban Totem

    April 29, 2014
  • Boston,  Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    A Maserati GranTurismo

    July 15, 2023 /

    Another piece of Italy in Boston…

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    Remainders in Prati

    December 4, 2013

    5 (random) frames of Bruxelles with a MIR-1B, a Pentax ME Super and a Kodak TMax400

    March 19, 2025

    Galaxy S21 Ultra 5g. The difference between Marketing and Reality in Image Quality

    January 24, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    Late Night@Piazza San Babila

    March 9, 2022 /

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    Skating at Palais de Tokyo

    June 11, 2015

    Saving the Boat

    December 11, 2013

    W Verdi

    January 29, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Social Control,  Streets&Squares,  Summer

    Dark Cloud Over San Pietro

    August 27, 2021 /

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    Just a Bench (or a Sacrificial Altar?)

    January 11, 2017

    Max Casacci – Live@Circolo Aternino, Pescara

    January 4, 2018

    A Cornhole Board – Independence Day Edition

    July 8, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Streets&Squares,  Summer

    Technological Memento

    June 26, 2021 /

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    Let’s get the party started…

    January 20, 2014

    Pipeline

    February 13, 2014

    In Hoc Signo

    August 20, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Spring,  Streets&Squares

    Taking-Off

    April 15, 2021 /

    This is a test for the Viltrox AF 56/1,4 XF’s autofocus. The pidgeon took-off suddenly and I just had to point and shoot. The lens behave fairly.

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    Balilla

    July 17, 2015

    Just a soccer field… Part 2

    February 4, 2014

    Late Night Conversation at Cardinal’s Wharf

    September 29, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    The Last Journey

    March 7, 2021 /

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    Reflexes

    December 30, 2015

    Damned Pidgeons…

    October 8, 2017

    Italy, Street-Photography and The Law – A Real Case

    October 3, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Streets&Squares,  Technique,  Winter

    A Skater

    February 23, 2021 /

    Framing the whole statue would have made this photo better. The mistake was caused by the necessity to shoot fast, the lens’ field of view and the distance between the subject and the focal plane.

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    A Sailor

    July 28, 2014

    A chat on a lake shore

    May 6, 2013

    The Compelling Power of Photography

    September 22, 2022
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    Busker and Covid-19

    January 26, 2021 /

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    Different Load

    June 23, 2015

    A Bad Experiment

    August 26, 2016

    LP – Live@Anfiteatro La Civitella – The photogallery

    July 11, 2022
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Rome,  Streets&Squares

    Garbage as usual@Pantheon’s nearby

    October 4, 2019 /

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    A Special Dress for a Special Party

    July 6, 2016

    Italy, Street-Photography and The Law – A Real Case

    October 3, 2014

    A Moment Of Rest

    June 17, 2013
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Sport,  Streets&Squares

    Weight Training @ Rome’s Stadio Olimpico

    October 9, 2018 /

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    Lost Cigarettes at Piazza Affari

    January 22, 2014

    Inside the Palaces of Power – Bruxelles

    November 8, 2015

    The Stare of a T800

    August 4, 2015
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Streets&Squares

    Moistmaker@Piazza della Rotonda

    July 12, 2018 /

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    Stylemaster

    August 22, 2014

    Leaving

    September 27, 2018

    An Essay on Light

    October 13, 2017
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    The Bystander

    February 5, 2018 /

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    Windows XVIII … Century

    February 28, 2014

    Climbing is hard

    March 25, 2013

    Posing at Milan’s Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

    October 1, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Lines,  Restaurants&Bar,  Streets&Squares,  Summer,  Venice,  Visual

    Seats

    September 11, 2017 /

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    Last Puff Before the Ride

    December 26, 2015

    The Expired Film Series – Episode 6 – Kodak Portra 400 – November 2016 shot in Sept. 2023

    June 5, 2024

    Between Sea and Sky

    February 12, 2015
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring,  Streets&Squares

    Outdoor Aperitif

    April 7, 2017 /

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    Too Late

    April 10, 2015

    Modern Moai?

    October 10, 2023

    Lost in Puglia

    December 2, 2015
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  London,  People,  Seasons,  Streets&Squares,  Summer,  Urban Landscape

    Very British

    October 29, 2016 /

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    Waiting for the Shinkansen – 2

    June 30, 2017

    Buying Chocolate

    October 31, 2015

    Tables and chairs, at night

    May 7, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  London,  Seasons,  Streets&Squares

    Just Another Piccadilly Circus’ View

    September 20, 2016 /

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    Padua, a photographer’s goldmine

    October 31, 2024

    When Venus meets the Moon

    October 2, 2023

    Different Load

    June 23, 2015
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