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  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Summer

    Al Di Meola, Peo Alfonsi, Sergio Martinez – Live @ Teatro della Villa Comunale – Roseto degli Abruzzi

    July 30, 2025 /

    Last night I “covered” the Abruzzo leg of Al Di Meola’s tour, where he performed in a trio with Peo Alfonsi (second guitar) and Sergio Martinez (percussion). As a musician, I wore out the vinyl records of his albums through sheer use, and I later met him over twenty years ago when I acted as his interpreter during a tour with Chris Carrington and Arto Tunçboyacıyan—the World Sinfonia Tour, which marked his acoustic turn after epic electric albums such as Elegant Gypsy, Casino, and Electric Rendezvous. Work aside, it was a pleasure to see him again and exchange a few words, even if, understandably, he couldn’t remember anything about that past meeting. The gallery…

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    As Seen on Ferrania Film’ Stories section…

    December 4, 2023

    Skating on the streets of Milan

    October 4, 2013

    A Zen Garden?

    February 22, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Summer

    Inside a Master Luthier’s Workshop

    July 24, 2025 /

    Craftsmanship is fascinating. It’s almost magical how we can see things in our head and make them happen. This is true for every bit of wisdom that humans have come up with, but musical instruments – and guitars, in particular – are among the best examples of this skill. There’s nothing more unnecessary than music and musical instruments, but we —well, at least many of us— can’t live without them. So, it comes naturally to those who enjoy an active relationship with music to begin learning how to play an instrument and, therefore, to become familiar with the technical side of the story. This is why, sooner than later, one…

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    In praise of ‘cheap’ lenses for ‘pro’ works

    April 4, 2021

    Whatever You Stand For, Vote!

    May 24, 2014

    Path of Life

    May 17, 2017
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  PhotoCritics,  Photography,  Portraits,  Summer

    On Tips’n Tricks to ‘take you photos to the next level’

    May 29, 2025 /

    I recently asked a friend, who works on the editorial side of the music industry, to share his thoughts on one of my photographs taken during a flamenco concert. His response was a deep and thorough analysis, which I will spare the readers in full. In brief, however, he praised the lighting as particularly effective for flamenco photography, noting how the chiaroscuro effect recalls the classical paintings of Caravaggio. Regarding the composition, he observed that the bailaora’s body fills the frame dynamically, without ever feeling cramped. In his conclusion, he remarked that the image captures the very soul of flamenco. As flattering as this commentary was, I must admit that none…

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    The Arson

    February 21, 2014

    TKO

    May 8, 2019

    Alex Britti – Live@Cinema teatro Massimo – Pescara

    April 3, 2016
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Winter

    Kristina Miller live@Teatro Marrucino

    February 21, 2022 /

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    Pop Art in Hamburg

    April 24, 2018

    Walking Table in via Cornaggia

    March 22, 2014

    A Panorama

    December 30, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Swimming (Fin)

    Portrait of a Fin Swimmer

    June 5, 2021 /

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    An experiment with Dall-E, ChatGPT and a Nissan S8

    November 4, 2023

    After a Tough Day

    January 30, 2016

    Is AI-generated art actually killing ‘real’ Art?

    September 16, 2022
  • Actors,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Gear,  PhotoCritics,  Portraits,  Technique,  Winter

    Easy To Shoot?

    December 12, 2020 /

    This picture might look “ordinary” but for the fact that I shot it with a rangefinder film camera (guess which?) during the scene change between to acts of a theatre play. Scene assistants were placing the furnitures, actors were trying to focus on their parts, there was no time (and place) to design a proper composition and set the camera. No autofocus, no real-time exposure and white-balance setting. Maybe I have been lucky capturing the match flame close to the cigar, maybe it was because of “muscle memory”, but I did it nonetheless. Problem is that I could not be sure if I succeeded until, one week later, I saw…

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    Pipes in Colour

    May 1, 2015

    Spectral Lotus

    July 19, 2015

    She Died Alone

    February 15, 2022
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  PhotoCritics,  Portraits,  Technique,  Winter

    The Power of Underexposing

    December 25, 2019 /

    Properly mastering underexposure helps to obtain pleasant results in challenging light conditions. I took this picture of a soprano by lowering the camera exposure by two stops, thus preserving skin tones burning, and “fading” the background to black. A proper in-camera under-exposure has the advantage of requiring lesser work in post to toggle clarity, temperature and black point.

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    The Aperitif

    October 5, 2017

    Stylemaster

    August 22, 2014

    Lightblade

    September 6, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Spring

    When Heroes Come to Town

    April 17, 2019 /

    The armour clanked softly as he turned. Foam, paint, Velcro, and pride. I took this shot at a cosplay convention. The kind where universes blur together in the corridors and everyone is someone else for a while. He was dressed as Optimus Prime—or something close enough to carry the weight. She stood opposite, painted purple, gold-clad glove raised in mock judgment. Thanos, reimagined with a wink. I shot from behind. It felt right. Not to reveal, but to witness. There’s a kind of reverence in seeing a costume from this angle: the care in the stitching, the scuffs from wear, the illusion holding just enough to be believable—but only to…

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    Three Legged?

    July 21, 2017

    A Bridge

    September 22, 2019

    Max Casacci – Live@Circolo Aternino, Pescara

    January 4, 2018
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Portraits,  Sport,  Spring

    Portrait of a Professional Boxing Fighter. Davide De Lellis

    March 8, 2019 /

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    In Hoc Signo

    August 20, 2015

    Imitation of Banksi

    November 1, 2021

    Waiting to Go Home

    December 21, 2013
  • Artists,  B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Winter

    Marianna D’ama – Live

    December 2, 2018 /

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    London Swash

    September 3, 2014

    Guess who’s happier?

    May 27, 2013

    Too Big To Be Dumped

    January 10, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Seasons,  Shooting,  Winter

    A Shooter

    December 8, 2017 /

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

    March 19, 2025

    What lasts of a springtime hailstorm

    June 22, 2013

    On “timing the moment”

    January 20, 2020
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer,  Venice

    Damned Pidgeons…

    October 8, 2017 /

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    A Ferrari 812 GTS in Boston

    July 14, 2023

    @Rome Maker Faire – 1

    October 9, 2014

    High-Tech Elder Care Tool

    April 2, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Summer,  Venice

    The Glassmaster

    September 4, 2017 /

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    Purple Haze

    January 3, 2013

    Very British

    October 29, 2016

    When We Were Kids

    August 18, 2013
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Summer

    Nick Beggs

    July 12, 2017 /

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    Gigi Cifarelli Guitar Solo (feat. Michele Di Toro) – Live@Florian Espace Pescara

    March 7, 2016

    Scarf’s Meeting

    March 5, 2014

    An illuminated escape path will help you to reach the exits …

    November 10, 2013
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Summer

    Steve Hackett – Live@Teatro d’Annunzio

    July 8, 2017 /

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    Legal Apartheid

    March 25, 2015

    Driving Around a Rainy Tokyo

    June 10, 2018

    Settled in the wrong place

    January 11, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Summer

    Portrait of a Cosplayer

    July 3, 2017 /

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    Lost in iPhone while the wind blows

    January 23, 2013

    Message Check Before Breakfast

    December 12, 2014

    Easy To Shoot?

    December 12, 2020
  • Colour,  Court,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Winter

    The Unresting Lawyer

    February 6, 2017 /

    Standing in Court, no matter what!

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    Three Tires

    May 18, 2022

    Photography and the dangers of ethics

    April 17, 2013

    Under the Heat In Rome…

    June 26, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Seasons,  Soccer,  Social Control,  Summer

    A Different Passion…

    June 12, 2016 /

    If soccer is – to many – a religion, a supporter may well be a martyr. This picture is iconic of the multiple feeling that a team inspires to its fans: love, passion and pain.

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    A shot wasted by Iphone 7 plus poor low light performance

    January 22, 2019

    Nick Beggs

    July 12, 2017

    The Smoke Teacher

    July 1, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Winter

    Portrait of a Law Professor (and Free Climber…)

    February 26, 2016 /

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    Urgent Call

    May 15, 2017

    Forza Italia

    July 12, 2021

    The Expired Film Series – Episode 2 – Ilford XP2Super 400 – Nov. 2017 shot in May 2023

    July 25, 2023
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Winter

    Portrait of a Gunsmith

    February 24, 2016 /

    No bravado. No noise. Just focus. This is not a scene from a film. It’s a portrait of a gunsmith — hands steady, brow drawn in close. The room is small, functional, the shelves stacked. There’s no display of violence here. No suggestion of power. Only the patient act of tuning metal into balance. He’s wearing gloves, not out of fear, but out of respect — for the tool, for the work, for the ritual. The gun isn’t loaded. It isn’t posed. It’s an object in process. A mechanism being read, understood, maintained. I took this photo in near silence. The only sound was the faint click of a slide…

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    No, You Don’t Need To Change Your Glasses

    June 14, 2014

    Tell me something I do not know…!

    April 23, 2023

    Get Ready for The Duty

    July 13, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Court,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Projects,  Spring,  Summer

    Avvocati. A New Book

    October 11, 2015 /

    I’ve just finished the project I’ve been working in the past months. Lawyers’ human and private face.

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    How to Shoot an Handball Match with a Film Camera

    May 25, 2024

    Beach in black

    January 5, 2013

    The Sentinel

    August 13, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Patisserie,  People,  Portraits,  Winter

    The Man Behind The Croissant

    December 13, 2014 /

    It’s not just a title. It’s a layered truth. He’s literally behind the croissants — arms folded, resting gently on the chilled glass counter, smiling with the quiet confidence of someone who knows exactly what he’s made. But he’s also the one behind them in the deeper sense: the early riser, the flour-dusted craftsman, the keeper of recipes that live more in muscle memory than in ink. The Man Behind the Croissant is a portrait of work and warmth. Of a man whose day starts long before anyone steps into the shop. Who rolls, folds, rests, fills, bakes — not as performance, but as rhythm. There’s no spectacle here. Just trays of pastry…

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    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Wrestling, Italy vs France (And a primer on sport photography – Part 5)

    October 9, 2015

    The Businessman…

    February 9, 2013

    Spectrum

    March 12, 2017
  • B&W,  Cars&Bikes,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits

    Portrait of The Alfa Romeo Guru

    September 25, 2014 /

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    A Quiet Evening

    June 26, 2013

    A Lamppost

    November 26, 2014

    Abstract

    May 9, 2023
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits

    Portrait of a Perinatal Cardiologist

    July 11, 2014 /

    Salvatore Gerboni, MD, is an expert perinatal cardiologist and a great human being.

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    The Urban Chase

    April 10, 2013

    A Standup Paddleboarder

    August 25, 2014

    TKO

    May 8, 2019
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