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  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Oslo,  Parks,  People

    The Wild Bunch

    September 30, 2014 /

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    Leitz Summicron 50/2 and Nikon Z5 – An empirical field test

    January 3, 2026

    Under the Arc of the Seine

    June 9, 2015

    Las Ramblas’ Lifestyle

    April 18, 2014
  • Autumn,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Gates&Fences

    The Path To Freedom

    September 29, 2014 /

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    Portrait of a young scholar

    October 28, 2013

    Busy

    December 24, 2015

    A Lighthouse

    October 11, 2023
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Oslo,  People

    Running On The (Oslo’s) Docks

    September 28, 2014 /

    The moment lasted a fraction of a second. I was walking along the Oslo harbour, camera hanging loosely, eyes half on the ships and half on the geometry of the paving stones when he entered the frame — the runner. Perfect posture, right leg extended mid-stride, left arm balancing out the rhythm, and most crucially, isolated against the background clutter of docked ships and cranes. This image isn’t about the athleticism. It’s about pace, solitude, and counterpoint. The city rests behind him, still and orderly, while he pushes forward, cutting through the quiet with motion and intention. He’s small against the marine industrial backdrop, but all attention lands on him.…

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    The Chess Players’ Summer Nest

    July 31, 2014

    A creative approach to zone focusing with superfast manual lenses and mirrorless cameras in street photography

    September 28, 2024

    A ghostly bystander

    September 21, 2013
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Ceci N’Est Pas Une Pipe

    September 27, 2014 /

    The man stands on the pavement, absorbed in the small object between his fingers. From a distance, it could be mistaken for a pipe, but it is not — hence the title. The illusion, momentary and context-dependent, mirrors Magritte’s provocation: our assumptions often run ahead of the facts. I composed this with a clear separation of subject and background. The warm, textured brown of his jacket isolates him against the cooler tones of concrete and foliage, pulling the eye immediately toward him. The alignment along the right-hand third of the frame keeps the sidewalk stretching away into the background, giving a sense of space and urban depth. Technically, the exposure…

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    A Cello’s Player

    February 8, 2015

    Efesto’s New Production Line

    September 20, 2014

    Poetry Still Survives

    June 7, 2014
  • Autumn,  Cars&Bikes,  Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Oslo

    A Taxi Night Fleet At Oslo’s Central Station

    September 26, 2014 /

    I took this frame at a moment of pure symmetry and friction. The way taxi lines form outside Oslo Central Station at night—almost militaristic in their discipline, yet each vehicle pulsing with its own colour rhythm—felt like an urban ballet set to the low hum of idling engines and the soft scuff of rubber on wet cobblestones. Technically, night shots like this are unforgiving. The cold light from the LEDs clashes sharply with the warmth of the taillights and the overhead sodium vapour glow, which is why I resisted neutralising the colour balance too much. The visual tension between the icy blue reflected on the left and the bleeding red…

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    Which Part of “No Smoking” Got You Lost?

    June 21, 2015

    Italian Boxing Amateur Championship 2018. The Reportage

    December 18, 2018

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

    September 11, 2023
  • B&W,  Cars&Bikes,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits

    Portrait of The Alfa Romeo Guru

    September 25, 2014 /

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    The Aperitif

    October 5, 2017

    Almost Spotted

    February 27, 2014

    Knocking on lion’s door

    April 22, 2013
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  OutOfFocus

    Dreaming Of Giulietta (sprint)

    September 24, 2014 /

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    Shin Pepper@Harajuku

    June 4, 2018

    A videographer…

    February 27, 2013

    A few test shots with an MC Cosinon T200/4

    January 14, 2024
  • Autumn,  Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo

    An Old Lady in Great Shape

    September 23, 2014 /

    There’s something about old cars that asks you to listen before you look. You don’t photograph them—you make their acquaintance. This shot was taken inside an Alfa Romeo Giulia. She’s a machine from another time, but she doesn’t wear her age like a burden. The patina on the steering wheel, the soft wear on the dashboard controls, the dusty glow on the gauges—they don’t speak of decay, but of use. Of stories lived in full throttle and long idles. I didn’t stage this frame. I simply opened the door and saw her waiting there in quiet elegance. The light slipped through the glass just enough to kiss the rim of…

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    Fuji X-T2 records audio at 16bit/48Khz

    October 11, 2020

    Cold Freezing Tour Through Oslo’s Fjord

    October 4, 2014

    A Fountain

    May 17, 2014
  • Autumn,  Bottles&Cups,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Visual

    Not A Photography Anymore

    September 22, 2014 /

    I approached this shot with the intention of exploring the point at which photography begins to lose its documentary role and drifts into the territory of constructed image-making. The Leica M9, with its CCD sensor, is unforgiving in its rendering of highlights, and here I chose to exploit that to push the tones far beyond their natural state. The result is an image that wears its artificiality openly. The composition is rigidly symmetrical: three vases, evenly spaced, under a line of metallic coffee pots and creamers. The symmetry is disrupted only by the interplay of colours — magenta, amber, and white — and the bold shadows they cast. These shadows…

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    The Bell Ringer of Nikko

    August 6, 2018

    Frank Gambale All Stars – Live@Teatro Marrucino

    November 22, 2023

    The Bodyguard in Red

    April 13, 2014
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo

    An Off Duty Anchor

    September 21, 2014 /

    I photographed this anchor in bright sunlight, a massive piece of ironwork chained and set as a monument. What caught my attention, however, was not just the object itself but the casual intrusion of a beer bottle resting at its base. The contrast between permanence and ephemerality, between weight and disposability, was too striking to ignore. Compositionally, the frame is cropped tightly to remove distractions and place the focus squarely on the anchor’s texture and the bottle’s fragility. The dark chain arcs across the image, cutting a diagonal line that divides the weighty form. Against it, the amber glass sits small and almost ridiculous, yet it steals attention precisely because…

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    Hurry up and shut down the $%&? call!

    March 1, 2014

    Stantsted Lounge’s Chairs

    December 31, 2013

    Stripes in B&W

    April 29, 2015
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar

    Efesto’s New Production Line

    September 20, 2014 /

    Just behind the barbecue master, the heat rose sharply and the smoke thickened into a shifting wall. The man stood at the centre of it, absorbed in the intensity of roasting slices of lambs, his back straight, shoulders tight, arms moving with controlled force. There was no theatrical pose—only concentration. From this angle, the scene feels more like a workshop than a stage.

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    The Chicken

    September 10, 2014

    Fantozzi’s chairs

    May 4, 2013

    5 frames with a Canon R6 Mk II and its RF 50/1,2 L USM

    September 28, 2024
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Past&Relics,  Spring

    A Haunted(?) House

    September 19, 2014 /

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    Forza Italia

    July 12, 2021

    Stantsted Lounge’s Chairs

    December 31, 2013

    Ninja-Turtles?

    April 30, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Spring,  Streets&Squares,  Urban Landscape

    Urban Desolation

    September 18, 2014 /

    This photograph is part of a study I’ve been developing on marginal architecture—spaces neglected by urban development yet still clinging to presence. The building isn’t ruined in a picturesque way. It’s just exhausted. Scarred concrete, flaking plaster, and rusted grates stand as accidental testimonies of permanence beyond usefulness. I composed the frame to draw the viewer’s eye along the length of the structure, ending with the blurred outlines of new buildings in the background. The juxtaposition isn’t subtle—it wasn’t meant to be. These walls hold layers of past usage, from the makeshift repairs to the graffiti tags now fading like old memories. Technically, the photo rides a fine line between…

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    Different Loads

    June 23, 2015

    Get Ready for The Duty

    July 13, 2013

    Beer or Spritz?

    November 1, 2019
  • B&W,  Cities,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome

    Street Crossing

    September 17, 2014 /

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    Aren’t Tapas Spanish?

    June 29, 2015

    Late Night Arrival at Bertinoro’s Castle

    January 15, 2014

    The Google Experiment

    February 1, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Visual,  Winter

    Ramping Up

    September 16, 2014 /

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    Portrait of a Lawyer

    October 5, 2013

    Table Dressing

    July 15, 2015

    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Beach Wrestlers

    October 21, 2015
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Visual

    Windows

    September 15, 2014 /

    The photograph isolates a stark interior: two narrow barred windows flanking a central wall, and above them, a single rectangular window letting in pale light. Geometry dominates—verticals and horizontals align, while the bars break symmetry with their irregular grid. The result is a study in confinement and release, the eye inevitably drawn upward toward the light source. Composition is strict, almost architectural. The side windows anchor the lower frame, their darkness reinforcing the weight of the walls. The brighter upper window, positioned centrally, becomes both focal point and escape. Depth is minimal; the flatness of the surfaces intensifies the sensation of enclosure. Technically, the black and white treatment enhances austerity.…

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    A Quiet Evening

    June 26, 2013

    Three-Card Monte in Rome

    December 20, 2025

    God Save the Queen!

    September 6, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Winter

    Food For Thought

    September 14, 2014 /

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    Path of Life

    May 17, 2017

    Rest under a tree

    May 31, 2013

    Love is like a flower

    May 18, 2013
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Streets&Squares

    Via Collina, Empty, From Above

    September 13, 2014 /

    The perspective is vertical, as if leaning out and looking straight down. Cars line both sides of the narrow street, parked in strict succession, their roofs forming a patchwork of tones. The pavement and façades edge the scene, flattening into geometry under the camera’s angle. At the centre, however, the street itself is bare—an unexpected strip of emptiness in a crowded frame. Composition relies on symmetry and repetition. The rhythm of vehicles, rectangles of windows, and parallel lines of pavement create a structured grid. The lamppost, suspended on its wire, interrupts this order with a curve, offering a counterpoint to the rectilinear logic. Two pedestrians near the corner introduce scale,…

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    Portrait of a (former) bike champion

    May 3, 2014

    Silver Pottery

    November 4, 2014

    The Bodyguard in Red

    April 13, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics

    An Old School Workstation

    September 12, 2014 /

    It’s not just a desk. It’s a time capsule. A stack of worn books. Pages thick with annotation and use. The chipped edge of a hardcover bent from years of handling. And just out of focus, the heavy presence of a typewriter—silent now, but once the loudest voice in the room. This photo is titled An Old School Workstation, and it says more than it shows. There’s no screen here, no cursor blinking for attention. Just tools. Weighty, tactile, deliberate. This was how knowledge was built—layer by layer, keystroke by keystroke, turned page after turned page. The contrast to today is hard to ignore. Now we scroll, we skim, we tap…

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    Lost Cigarettes at Piazza Affari

    January 22, 2014

    A lighter

    February 14, 2013

    Falling Tree

    May 8, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Winter

    A Rusted Window

    September 11, 2014 /

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    Mirror

    January 17, 2013

    Uncertainity

    August 11, 2013

    An Old Motorcade At Night

    August 10, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Landscape,  Winter

    The Chicken

    September 10, 2014 /

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    Rectangles

    March 12, 2015

    When We Thought We Would Have Changed The World

    August 21, 2014

    Halt!

    December 28, 2017
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks

    A Sailors’ Warehouse

    September 9, 2014 /

    I took this photograph inside a boathouse, looking down into a storage system built from large industrial pipes. What struck me immediately was the rhythm of repetition: the orange-red circles forming a grid, each cradling a piece of fabric, rope, or gear. Practicality drove the design, yet visually it became something else—an ordered chaos, a taxonomy of a sailor’s life. The top-down perspective was deliberate. Shooting directly overhead flattened the objects into patterns, stripping away depth in favour of geometry. It is a photograph about compartments and how objects settle into them. The symmetry of the circles is slightly broken by the irregular bulk of the bags and fabrics, which…

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    Portfolio

    February 24, 2014

    A Grocery Store in Rome

    November 5, 2014

    My First Shot (With Purpose)

    December 22, 2012
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo

    Autumn Leaves

    September 8, 2014 /

    There’s nothing particularly striking about this photo at first glance. Just a flower box tucked against a weathered wall. A few green leaves still stubbornly clinging on, others browned and curled, caught mid-fall. It’s the kind of street element you pass without noticing, or maybe glimpse and forget. And yet, it’s a portrait — not of a person, but of a moment in life. That in-between moment.When you’re no longer young, but not yet old.Not blooming, not dying. Just… suspended. There’s resilience in the remaining green, still pushing out colour despite the changing cycle. But there’s no hiding the signs of decline. Age creeps in at the edges first —…

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    Money Doesn’t Smell

    April 2, 2015

    @Rome Maker Faire – 2

    October 10, 2014

    Once A God

    July 15, 2014
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    The Shoesfixer

    September 7, 2014 /

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    Perfectly Framed

    November 26, 2015

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    January 14, 2024

    Just a Soccer Field… Part 1

    February 3, 2014
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