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  • Boston,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer

    Coffee at Caffè Nero

    July 16, 2023 /

    On the technical side, this photo was a test of the X-T5 capability to handle scenes with both strong highlights and shadows without increasing the standard dynamic range. As per the quality, despite the similarity of the name, definitely no, it has nothing ado with the ‘Nero’ one can taste in Trieste which —unbeknownst to many — is the Italian capital of coffee.

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    5 Frames from our Tragic Past Shot with an iPhone 14 Pro Max

    April 4, 2025

    Barbarians at the Gates

    September 21, 2013

    The Empty Stage

    November 25, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome

    Beer or Spritz?

    November 1, 2019 /

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    A Beverage Dispenser

    November 21, 2014

    A lighter

    February 14, 2013

    Disagreement

    December 29, 2012
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Nagoya,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Seasons,  Summer

    Fast Food Loneliness in Nagoya…

    July 17, 2019 /

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    Columns

    November 10, 2014

    Same Seats, Different Lifes

    April 14, 2014

    Silver Pottery

    November 4, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Parks,  Restaurants&Bar,  Spring,  Tokyo

    StreetPizza@Ueno

    August 4, 2018 /

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    Wrecked Ship

    November 23, 2013

    Blow Up

    November 13, 2014

    The Empty Stage

    November 25, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Parks,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer,  Tokyo

    Pizza Maker@Ueno’s Park

    June 6, 2018 /

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    Max Gazzè Tour 2016 Live @Pescara

    February 1, 2016

    A Lighthouse

    October 11, 2023

    Supporter or Photographer?

    March 21, 2013
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    Menu Meditation

    February 16, 2018 /

    There’s a particular silence in cafés just before ordering. That moment when the cold air from outside still clings to your coat, and all attention narrows to laminated options and the quiet negotiations of hunger. This was taken on a grey afternoon in Brussels. A couple sits across from each other, each reading their own menu as if studying for an exam. No phones. No talking. Just decisions to be made: sweet or savoury, warm or cold, this or that. It’s a familiar ritual, yet rarely observed this closely. What drew me in wasn’t the scene’s drama—there was none—but its quietness. The soft concentration on their faces, the gentle lean…

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    Toxic Waste in Open Air

    August 31, 2021

    Mind Your Way!

    May 28, 2013

    Next Time, Maybe…

    January 12, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer,  Venice

    Damned Pidgeons…

    October 8, 2017 /

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    Mind Your Way!

    May 28, 2013

    God Save the Queen!

    September 6, 2014

    Skating on the Riviera

    November 9, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer,  Venice

    The Aperitif

    October 5, 2017 /

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    Argument on the Range

    November 7, 2016

    Inked

    February 12, 2016

    A Sad Afternoon

    October 7, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Lines,  Restaurants&Bar,  Streets&Squares,  Summer,  Venice,  Visual

    Seats

    September 11, 2017 /

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    A Shooter

    December 8, 2017

    The Stupidity of Being Stubborn

    August 31, 2024

    Max Casacci – Live@Circolo Aternino, Pescara

    January 4, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer,  Tokyo

    Restaurant or Killing House?

    July 18, 2017 /

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    Easy To Shoot?

    December 12, 2020

    Missed Airplane

    December 4, 2017

    Same Seats, Different Lifes

    April 14, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer,  Tokyo

    Every Single Day

    June 28, 2017 /

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    Iron Gate

    May 2, 2013

    The Eye

    April 25, 2014

    Panoramio’s 200th photo

    February 4, 2013
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  London,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer

    Late Night Conversation at Cardinal’s Wharf

    September 29, 2016 /

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    Dreaming of a Lancia Delta Martini…

    March 24, 2013

    The Bell Ringer of Nikko

    August 6, 2018

    Carl Zeiss T* 50 1,5 Sonnar and EOS EF-M 18-55

    August 4, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome,  Winter

    A coffee at Saint Eustachio’s

    February 4, 2016 /

    This photo is taken with an X-E2 coupled with a Zeiss Planar 50/1,5, manually focused. Although the visible purple shift in the face of the barman is still visible, it doesn’t change the quality of the colours rendition.

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    Under the Bridge

    November 6, 2013

    In a yellowtone…

    September 17, 2013

    An inconvenient way to spend time.

    March 15, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome,  Winter

    A Nikon’s Portrait Made With a Fuji

    January 14, 2016 /

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    Visual

    January 18, 2013

    Justice Under Construction

    March 31, 2015

    Under an Old Roof

    May 22, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    Reflexes

    December 30, 2015 /

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    March 27, 2015

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    August 3, 2019

    The Observer

    November 30, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    Busy

    December 24, 2015 /

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    November 3, 2013

    5 Frames with a Praktica MTL5B, a Pentacon 50/1,8 and a Roll of Portra 400 (expired in 2011)

    June 20, 2024

    Waiting for the hearing

    February 19, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Streets&Squares

    One Coffee

    December 20, 2015 /

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    October 5, 2014

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    April 29, 2024

    Renovating Milan

    November 18, 2017
  • Colour,  Milan,  OutOfFocus,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer

    A (Out-of-Focus) Break Between Lunch and Supper

    December 8, 2015 /

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    Junk Food

    January 16, 2013

    Cultural Variety

    September 24, 2022

    Justice measured as the distance between Words and Facts

    July 10, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    Cold Stuff

    November 28, 2015 /

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    Spectral Lotus

    July 19, 2015

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    May 9, 2014

    Smoke is everywhere…

    February 21, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar

    A Lamp

    November 14, 2015 /

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    November 20, 2019

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    June 14, 2014

    Life, the Universe and Everything

    July 28, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer

    A cigarette

    September 28, 2015 /

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    November 14, 2015

    The Solitude of Power

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    April 23, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Spring,  Venice

    Table Dressing

    July 15, 2015 /

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    November 14, 2023

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    January 5, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Spring,  Venice

    Nice Drink

    July 11, 2015 /

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    October 4, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Spring,  Venice

    Aren’t Tapas Spanish?

    June 29, 2015 /

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    February 21, 2024

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