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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar

    An Evening Chat

    July 30, 2013 /

    The heat is unbearable in the evening of summer, but it doesn’t stop people from enjoying the outdoor nightlife.

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    Chasing Rainbows on the Open Road

    October 13, 2021

    Genta Fukue live@Sakura Terrace – Kyoto

    June 22, 2017

    An Abandoned Book…

    January 28, 2013
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Careful With That Bike, Eugene!

    July 29, 2013 /

    Sticks And Stones Can Break My Bones…

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    Wonder… Wall

    June 8, 2021

    Sun Worshipers

    January 3, 2022

    Man in Trenchcoat

    November 20, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Life, the Universe and Everything

    July 28, 2013 /

    …Told U So!

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    A Fountain

    May 17, 2014

    A Dislodged Portal

    December 15, 2018

    Caught In The Act… Almost

    October 4, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Shops

    Self-Defense

    July 27, 2013 /

    Three against one…

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    Photography Does Not Exist (Until the Eye Makes It)

    March 28, 2026

    Planetarium

    May 30, 2015

    Waiting For A Customer To Come

    July 27, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    While the kids grow-up…

    July 25, 2013 /

    While the kids grow-up, a father waits with patience.

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    Shooting Fast Alfa Romeo on a Race Track

    October 22, 2024

    A Street-Skater on the Waterfront

    March 17, 2021

    Without Glasses @ via del Corso

    January 25, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Portraits,  Restaurants&Bar,  Shops

    Portrait of a Waiter

    July 22, 2013 /

    Another day is going to start, and the ashtrays are ready to filled by the deadly dust…

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    The dilemma

    January 11, 2013

    Labour Spilling Into Transit Time

    December 30, 2025

    Vinyl Never Dies

    September 2, 2013
  • Barber&HairStylist,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    The Barber’s Routine

    July 19, 2013 /

    The barber and the client had clearly known each other for years; the conversation between them was quiet, unhurried, and occasionally punctuated by comfortable pauses. I didn’t interrupt or ask them to acknowledge the camera. I simply observed.

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    A Moto Guzzi Falcone and an Expired Kodak Portra 160 Roll

    October 25, 2025

    In the Rain, A Helping Hand

    July 10, 2019

    Yet Another Tokyo Tower Nightshot

    July 27, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    The Cameraman

    July 17, 2013 /

    There’s a quiet heroism to the figure of a cameraman mid-shoot. This image captures that intensity — the squint of concentration, the firm but fluid grip on the camera, the slight tilt of his head as if aligning himself with the rhythm of the scene unfolding before him. The bright red of the staircase behind him injects energy into the frame, contrasting sharply with his dark clothing and the muted tones of the camera equipment. The composition works in part because it respects the subject’s craft. The frame is tight enough to convey focus, yet wide enough to hint at context: the scaffolding, the staging, the theatre of production. The…

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    The Google Experiment

    February 1, 2014

    Too Young to Spend Time Watching the Ducks in the Pond

    October 22, 2013

    5 Frames with various cameras – Ferrari On The Road(s)

    February 22, 2025
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Projects,  Winter

    The Suit

    July 15, 2013 /

    How would it feel like, when everybody around goes to the beach, wearing a suit and going to the office?

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    Belgian Gloves

    October 15, 2015

    Dark Cloud Over San Pietro

    August 27, 2021

    Posing at Milan’s Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

    October 1, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Social Control

    Get Ready for The Duty

    July 13, 2013 /

    Twilight hits differently in industrial spaces — it smooths the sharp angles and softens the glare of primary colours. This shot, taken just outside the Stadio Adriatico, finds a firefighter in quiet preparation while the world behind him begins to stir. The fire engine’s bold typography — VIGILI DEL FUOCO — is less a design element than a declaration, slicing across the frame in a defiant horizontal. I composed this frame to split the visual tension. On the right, a single man and a machine. On the left, a group of police officers huddled in conversation, their presence as much about routine as readiness. The stairs and monumental architecture climb…

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    The Next Emperor of Foro Italico

    May 15, 2026

    Where Did I Left My Car?

    April 2, 2015

    Planetarium

    May 30, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Have fun…

    July 12, 2013 /

    This is the mood music should always create… (so long, jazz players)

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    Who Needs A Wedding Photographer Anymore?

    May 29, 2014

    A Bridge

    September 22, 2019

    Mediterranean Games 2009

    June 28, 2015
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Lorenzo negli stadi

    July 11, 2013 /

    Rockol.it – a music-oriented online magazine I work with – published the reportage I did at the Jovanotti’s “Lorenzo negli stadi tour 2013” in Pescara (IT). Here are the other pictures.

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    The First Picture of the Year

    January 5, 2019

    Cold Stuff

    November 28, 2015

    A Night at the Opera – Plays and Opera Photography

    December 21, 2024
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Projects,  Winter

    The SoundMaster

    July 10, 2013 /

    You don’t usually see them—not really. They’re always there, but never in the spotlight. Still, without them, there wouldn’t be a show. I was at a concert recently, camera in hand, doing what I normally do—trying to catch something a little off-stage, something that tells the rest of the story. That’s when I spotted him: back to the crowd, eyes on the board, headphones hanging loose around his neck. Focused, steady. Doing the kind of work that only gets noticed when something goes wrong. I framed the shot from behind. The lights of the soundboard, all blinking and glowing, lit up the edges of his shirt—a simple icon of a…

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    A Sad Afternoon

    October 7, 2013

    The perfect ski outfit

    March 12, 2013

    Boat Maintenance At Genova’s Porto Antico

    July 30, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Three of a Kind

    July 6, 2013 /

    Shot from street level, this image captures an everyday theatre performed quietly on a terrace. Three people — two women and one man — are held together by proximity but separated by gesture, expression, and posture. It’s a fleeting constellation of personalities, caught just before it disperses. I was struck by the triangular tension: the woman on the left, sporting a bicycle helmet and pursed lips, locked in on the man’s casual delivery. He stands as the pivot, mid-sentence, while the third figure leans away, hand on neck, visibly disengaged. The emotional distance between them expands far beyond the physical. Technically, the image relies on a crisp focus and compressed…

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    Footprints

    March 27, 2021

    The Smoker’s Golden Rule: A Coffee Always Calls a Cigarette

    July 9, 2013

    The Misplaced Buoy

    April 26, 2014
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Evolution of a Guitar Player

    July 5, 2013 /

    It’s strange how a decade can pass in the blink of an eye — and yet carry with it the weight of evolution. The last time I met Roberto Di Virgilio, he had a Steinberger in his hands: all sharp edges, carbon fibre, and the aura of the 1980s futurism that guitarists either loved or dismissed outright. Seeing him now, a Les Paul slung across his shoulder, feels almost like a chapter shift in a novel I didn’t realise I was still reading. The photograph was taken in the kind of setting that usually conspires against the photographer: a stage during setup, flat midday light filtered through the structure above,…

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    The Score Keeper

    April 25, 2019

    A Sailors’ Warehouse

    September 9, 2014

    The Expired Film Series – Episode 3 – Ilford HP5 400 – Dec. 2010 shot in August 2023

    August 30, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    The Calm Newsreader

    July 4, 2013 /

    Piazza del Duomo is never truly still. The stone expanse acts as both stage and thoroughfare, where the pace of life is measured in contrasts. In this pair of images, that tension is laid bare: a young woman, mid-stride, the blur of her step almost audible, shares the same visual field as a man in a red shirt who sits in unhurried contemplation, newspaper in hand. The composition in the first frame benefits from the deliberate use of foreground and background separation. The woman is caught in that decisive moment—foot lifted, eyes focused ahead—while the man remains anchored in his position, reading. The interplay between their postures tells a story…

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    Red Curtains

    August 28, 2014

    George Braque

    October 11, 2013

    DxO Pure Raw empirical test

    November 22, 2022
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Seasons,  Shops,  Summer

    The Smoke Teacher

    July 1, 2013 /

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    Avid Readers

    August 17, 2013

    Serva padrona @ Teatro Marrucino

    October 1, 2023

    Let’s get the party started…

    January 20, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Shops

    Red Storm

    June 30, 2013 /

    I took this photo without raising the camera to my eye, resting it against the back of a chair to avoid breaking the rhythm of the scene. The room was full — women mostly, all dressed for the occasion, voices layered like overlapping melodies, echoing off red tablecloths and gold-framed mirrors. At the centre of it, this woman in a storm of colour. Her jumper caught the light — green, crimson, black — like a weather system of yarn. I didn’t need to see her face. Her hand told the story. The composition is crowded, intentionally so. No negative space, no clean lines, just immersion. You’re pulled into the middle…

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    Waiting For The Patrons – 2

    June 19, 2015

    Too Big To Be Dumped

    January 10, 2015

    Every Single Day

    June 28, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Seasons,  Summer

    The Elders’ Council

    June 29, 2013 /

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    Uncertainity

    August 11, 2013

    Kite Surfing, Again

    February 19, 2017

    Foto-Grafo admitted to the Persol Reflex Edition contest

    April 16, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Projects,  Rome

    Behind the News

    June 25, 2013 /

    He stands in full sun, blazer buttoned, shirt crisp, mic in hand — delivering his segment with composure. It’s a classic image: the field reporter, live from the square, holding the line between chaos and clarity. But move the lens just a little wider, and the story changes. Because behind the camera, a different truth unfolds. The cameraman, sleeves rolled up, and the tourists slouched in the shade — legs stretched, sandals kicked off, hair tied up in the heat. They’re close enough to hear the words but completely removed from the illusion. And that’s the beauty of it: two realities, divided by a lens, staged in the same space.…

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    Food For Thought

    September 14, 2014

    The Sentinel

    August 13, 2013

    Disagreement

    December 29, 2012
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Seasons,  Summer

    The Sailor

    June 24, 2013 /

    Hey, there’s no water straight there!

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    An urgent phone call?

    December 15, 2013

    Quality Check. Try Before You Buy

    April 10, 2014

    Romeo’s Hideout

    December 16, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Streets&Squares,  Summer

    Trento, After Dark

    June 23, 2013 /

    There’s a plaque on the wall behind them—honouring soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, fallen in a war a hundred years gone. But they’re not looking at that. Instead, three boys sit shoulder to shoulder on a wooden bench, huddled around a glowing Apple logo. A little too bright for the square. The light falls on their faces the way a fire once would have. They’re focused, not speaking much. Two watch the screen; one taps at his phone. Nobody’s in a rush. This is Trento at night: limestone façades, uneven cobbles, Mediterranean shrubs in planters, and now Wi-Fi in the air. The square is mostly empty. Just a few benches,…

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    Fujifilm X-T3 Video Cheat Sheet

    September 5, 2021

    Shin Pepper@Harajuku

    June 4, 2018

    Whatever You Stand For, Vote!

    May 24, 2014
  • Boulevards,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Streets&Squares,  Urban Landscape

    Nightlife

    June 20, 2013 /

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    Interior Design at Aurum

    May 26, 2013

    Seeing What Isn’t There

    October 27, 2015

    Happy New Year

    January 1, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    As Time Goes By

    June 11, 2013 /

    Lost in thought, as time goes by…

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    Wrecked Hull

    February 14, 2014

    Somewhere in Japan

    May 19, 2014

    Don’t They Drink Tea, Instead?

    December 27, 2016
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