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  • B&W,  Court,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Winter

    Arrested Behind the Door

    March 29, 2015 /

    Arrested inside. Don’t enter unless you can prove you’re (their) lawyer…

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    A missed pricetag?

    January 29, 2013

    Asimo’s Ancestor@Tsukuba World1985 Expo

    June 30, 2018

    Red Beam

    October 24, 2023
  • B&W,  Court,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Spring

    Room 17 – VIXI

    March 27, 2015 /

    The steel doors of Aula 17 stand closed, expressionless. Matte black, scratched, impassive. Above them, a bureaucratic sign: 7ᵃ Sezione, Edificio B. On the right, a board once meant to list names and hearings is now empty—washed clean by time or intention. Seventeen is an unlucky number in Italy. Rearranged, the Roman numerals XVII form VIXI—”I have lived”, an epitaph. And so, Room 17 becomes more than a courtroom. It becomes a threshold. A place where the living confront endings. The end of freedom. The end of illusions. Sometimes, the end of justice itself. The symmetry of the composition tightens the tension. Every element is locked in place. Nothing moves, and nothing is random.…

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    A Zen Garden?

    February 22, 2014

    Relaxed Call at Boulevard du Palais

    March 19, 2014

    Footprints

    May 19, 2013
  • B&W,  Court,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Winter

    Legal Apartheid

    March 25, 2015 /

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    Waiting For The Bus On Las Ramblas

    August 19, 2014

    Couples

    May 17, 2013

    Leaving

    September 27, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Photography,  Winter

    YANE – Yet Another Nepal Exhibit

    March 23, 2015 /

    This the poster of Yet Another Nepal Exhibit. It is hard to see the point in going to the other end of the world  to take pictures that, as a Google Image Search shows, have already been shot zillions of time. In other words: taking original photos in Nepal is very hard. This teach a simple lesson: going overseas in the belief that the place makes the photo is wrong.

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    Stairway to Hell

    January 9, 2022

    The Violinist

    July 1, 2015

    Footprints in the Snow

    December 25, 2012
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  OutOfFocus,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Street Photography,  Winter

    The Street Photographer Dilemma: Film or Digital

    March 21, 2015 /

    To me Street-Photography is digital. I missed this shot because I wasn’t able to properly focus my full-manual kit, as I would have do with an average digital camera. There is no point in wasting film in an highly fault-rate activity such as Street Photography.

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    No time for lunch at Piazza Fiume …

    February 20, 2013

    Hidden in Plain Sight. A Japanese Journey

    August 3, 2023

    Santino’s Photo& Video at Broadway

    August 7, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Winter

    Milan

    March 19, 2015 /

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    Full Moon

    September 30, 2018

    Three of a Kind

    July 6, 2013

    The Shoesfixer

    September 7, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Photography,  Travels

    From Camera to Print…

    March 17, 2015 /

    This is what happens when a shot is not taken thinking of its final destination (or when a graphic editor doesn’t consider what the outcome would be once printed): a poor rendition.

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    A Two-Masted Schooner

    October 25, 2014

    EOS-M. Manual focus tips and results for Street-Photography and more

    August 9, 2013

    Oops!

    July 4, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Photography,  Winter

    Dress Different

    March 15, 2015 /

    According to the fashion-photography standards this is a perfectly usable shot. To me, that’s simply a missed photo.

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    The Ref

    June 6, 2013

    The Photo I Didn’t Shoot

    June 8, 2013

    Running On The (Oslo’s) Docks

    September 28, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Lines,  Visual,  Winter

    Horizontal

    March 14, 2015 /

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    Last Puff Before the Ride

    December 26, 2015

    The Abused Balcony

    February 17, 2014

    Audience

    February 20, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Lines,  Visual,  Winter

    Rectangles

    March 12, 2015 /

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    Photography and the Importance of a Proper Training

    April 23, 2024

    Line Of Fire

    July 6, 2014

    The Stupidity of Being Stubborn

    August 31, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  People,  Winter

    Sharp Shooter

    March 10, 2015 /

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    A Mesh

    February 16, 2021

    A Sailor

    July 28, 2014

    Belgian Chocolate – Neuhaus

    November 16, 2015
  • Beach&Shores,  Chairs&Seats,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar

    A Lonely Table

    March 8, 2015 /

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    Another experiment, now with a Kodak Portra 400

    May 4, 2023

    The Watchdogs

    February 9, 2017

    Lightspeed

    August 6, 2015
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    A Casual Walk

    March 6, 2015 /

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    Shooting Kite Surfing

    September 22, 2024

    5 frames exploring the Sporting Gun Culture in Italy

    April 15, 2025

    Seine

    June 9, 2015
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Garages&Labs,  People,  Winter

    The True Ironman

    March 4, 2015 /

    Not in a cave. Not in a suit. No arc reactor. Just grit, weight, and heat. This is a portrait of a welder—not fictional, not cinematic, but real. And yet, standing behind the mask, lit by the fierce white arc of molten metal, it’s hard not to think of Iron Man. Not the one flying through CGI skies, but the original scene: sparks, shadows, invention by necessity. But this isn’t fantasy. This is work. The man in the photo is sculpting structure with his hands, joining steel under blinding light. Every gesture is deliberate. Every spark, a fragment of labour. The mask doesn’t make him a superhero. It protects him—barely—from the…

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    Under the Heat In Rome…

    June 26, 2018

    Pensive

    June 13, 2015

    Waiting to Go Home

    December 21, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    Stripes

    March 2, 2015 /

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    A Shadow

    July 24, 2014

    A Lonely Table

    March 8, 2015

    Las Ramblas’s Talk

    June 4, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  OutOfFocus,  People,  Winter

    Out-of-Focus Once Again

    February 28, 2015 /

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    A Bubble In The New York Sky

    July 2, 2014

    A Fishnet – 1

    October 28, 2014

    What Does ‘Professional’ Mean in Photography?

    March 19, 2024
  • B&W,  Beach&Shores,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Winter

    Last Wing Down

    February 26, 2015 /

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    Nightlife

    June 20, 2013

    A chocolaterie in Bruxelles

    January 6, 2014

    The Scooter

    March 1, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Parks,  Winter

    Run Like Hell, Pinocchio!

    February 24, 2015 /

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    Killing the Time

    October 10, 2016

    A chat on a lake shore

    May 6, 2013

    The Expired Film Series – Episode 5 – Kodak Tri X 400 – September 2015 shot in Sept. 2023

    May 8, 2024
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Garages&Labs,  Winter

    Workbench

    February 22, 2015 /

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    Wasn’t He Supposed To Carry A Walther PPK?

    December 6, 2014

    Traffic Jam in Rome

    December 14, 2015

    How to Shoot an Handball Match with a Film Camera

    May 25, 2024
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Phone Call – 2

    February 20, 2015 /

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    The Choir Master

    December 24, 2016

    On Composition. Or: the eye sees what the mind is prepared to comprehend

    September 11, 2023

    Chitchat under the rain

    March 10, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Phone Call – 1

    February 18, 2015 /

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    Sea Anemones

    August 20, 2014

    Staying Behind

    November 28, 2013

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

    October 3, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Winter

    Inside an Old Gym

    February 16, 2015 /

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    Trust Us, We Care About You

    March 18, 2014

    Autumn Leaves

    September 8, 2014

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

    May 29, 2025
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    Merleria Livia

    February 14, 2015 /

    Some signs don’t light up the street—they anchor it. This one simply says “MERLERIA LIVIA,” glowing white against the black. Not neon, not flashy. Just enough light to find your way back to something ordinary. Useful. Forgotten. Shot on a rainy night, the kind that turns every surface into a mirror. The pavement reflects the streetlamps like a memory trying to stay present. A man walks slowly, slightly hunched—not from age, maybe just the weather. Hands in pockets, coat zipped. Nothing urgent, nothing staged. The shop is closed. You can feel it. The shutters are down, but the sign is still doing its job. Reminding anyone passing that once, not…

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    No Tablet, No Problem

    April 12, 2013

    Buying Chocolate

    October 31, 2015

    Kime in photography

    June 9, 2013
  • B&W,  Beach&Shores,  Daily photo,  Winter

    Between Sea and Sky

    February 12, 2015 /

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    Avid Readers

    August 17, 2013

    Shade of Berlin

    April 23, 2013

    Footprint

    April 24, 2014
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