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  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People

    Wet Socks

    July 19, 2014 /

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    Chitchat under the rain

    March 10, 2013

    Weight Training @ Rome’s Stadio Olimpico

    October 9, 2018

    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Beach Wrestlers

    October 21, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    An Attentive Listener

    July 18, 2014 /

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    Tesla Coils@Boston Science Museum

    July 4, 2023

    Carabinieri in Milan

    January 28, 2014

    The Unconvinced Listener

    June 25, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    The Soul Of Politics

    July 17, 2014 /

    There are moments in public life when the abstractions of policy, ideology, and governance are distilled into something intensely human. The Soul of Politics captures such a moment—raw, immediate, and deeply personal. Here, the focus is not on the grand stage or the official podium, but on the energy and conviction of a single individual, set against the hum of a gathered crowd. The central figure, a woman framed mid-action with two flags in hand, dominates the image both physically and emotionally. Her posture—arm raised, face set with a determined focus—anchors the scene. The flags, their colours vivid against a muted background, slice through the frame with a visual rhythm…

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    The Street Photographer Dilemma: Film or Digital

    March 21, 2015

    Good Idea

    January 31, 2014

    Portrait of a young guitar player

    May 4, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Summer

    The Lost Church

    July 16, 2014 /

    There’s a peculiar stillness to places abandoned to time. This old church, half-standing and half-claimed by nature, radiates a kind of quiet defiance. The arches remain intact, elegant in their geometry, even as the roof has long given way and the nave has filled with weeds and tall grasses. When I composed the frame, I wanted to place the arches as the structural rhythm that guides the eye. The diagonal sweep from the lower right to the upper left pulls you naturally towards the surviving façade. The wild vegetation softens the geometry, adding texture and colour — greens, yellows, and browns — that contrast with the pale limestone. Technically, the…

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    Saturday Night’s Ice Cream

    August 19, 2013

    Everything is ready for the service

    July 2, 2013

    Tesla Coils@Boston Science Museum

    July 4, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer

    Once A God

    July 15, 2014 /

    Poseidon emerges from above the sign like a relic of popular imagination—muscular torso, crown, and trident, his authority now reduced to advertising. Below him, the oversized fish and bold lettering spell out his name with certainty, though the plaster figure betrays wear, paint faded and surfaces weathered. It is not divinity but decoration, a reminder of how myth survives in commerce. Composition stresses perspective: the low angle forces the viewer to look up, as if paying homage, yet the clean blue sky strips the scene of grandeur, leaving only figure and name. The fish’s body stretches across the lower frame as a pedestal, while Poseidon’s arms, frozen mid-gesture, create diagonals…

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    A Red Floating Crate

    February 15, 2014

    When Heroes Come to Town

    April 17, 2019

    Avvocati. A New Book

    October 11, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Bikers

    July 14, 2014 /

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    A Focused (or Sad) Violinist

    December 17, 2016

    Humannequin

    January 10, 2013

    Portraits in Skating

    November 30, 2024
  • B&W,  Beach&Shores,  Daily photo,  Summer,  WideAngle

    Bent

    July 13, 2014 /

    Shot with a Nikon F3 and a 16mm fisheye, this isn’t your typical curved-sky, skateboard-in-midair kind of photo. Instead of pushing the distortion to the front of the image, I let it sneak in at the edges—just enough to bend the rules. The subject is ordinary: a coastal bridge, a pedestrian path, the usual lampposts lining a curve. But the lens pulls the whole scene inward, gives it weight and sweep, turns a flat space into something that stretches, leans, folds in on itself. I like using fisheye glass this way—not as a gimmick, not for laughs, but to see how geometry shifts when you force perspective without centring it.…

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    Between Sea and Sky

    February 12, 2015

    An Early Morning Fishing Expedition

    July 29, 2014

    The Leica M9 CCDgate Outrageous Case

    December 11, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    The Shooter’s Dilemma

    July 12, 2014 /

    I took this during a routine shooting session. The man wasn’t posing. He was checking his grouping, arms crossed behind his back, body still, gaze locked forward. The target hangs silent. No smoke, no sound, just aftermath. The image is built on symmetry and distance. I framed from behind, dead-centre, letting the shooter’s back align with the silhouette’s head. They overlap in posture and scale. It’s a quiet mirroring—two figures facing off, one made of flesh, the other paper. Shot wide open at f/2.8, focus sits on the shooter’s shoulder line. The target softens just slightly—enough to retain its shape, not enough to compete. ISO at 800, shutter at 1/160s.…

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    The Prisoner’s View from the Sospiri’s Bridge

    September 25, 2017

    Caged?

    June 6, 2014

    Hanging

    January 19, 2015
  • 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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    Barbarians at the Gates

    September 21, 2013

    Thirthy years behind…

    April 6, 2013

    No, You Don’t Need To Change Your Glasses

    June 14, 2014
  • Colour,  Court,  Daily photo,  Photo Journalism,  Photography,  Rome,  Street Photography,  Thoughts

    The Street Photographer Rights In Italy. The Leaflet

    July 10, 2014 /

    Here is an easy-to-carry A4 leaflet to be used in case you are confronted by a law enforcement agent of officer that question your Street Photography activity. Legal issues apart, please remember to always be polite and to help the officer not to look goofy or ignorant (as he actually would) in front of the public. Q. Does taking people’s photography in public spaces infringes sec. 615 bis of the criminal code? A. NO. Under the Corte di cassazione ruling n. 47165/2010 outdoor there is no reasonable privacy expectation, as there is no reasonable privacy expectation in case of tacit – while non equivocal – withdrawal of this right, as…

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    A Puff of Smoke

    August 29, 2013

    Lost in iPhone while the wind blows

    January 23, 2013

    The Lost Battle

    January 11, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  New York,  Spring,  Streets&Squares

    Just Another Times Square View

    July 9, 2014 /

    Memories from the past…

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    Waiting For The Patrons – 2

    June 19, 2015

    The Sorcerer’s Shop

    November 1, 2016

    Good Plan, Poor Execution

    December 15, 2019
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Observer Bias,  People,  Summer

    A Dragon Trainer?

    July 8, 2014 /

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    Kite Surfers

    October 16, 2021

    The Lifeguard’s Tools

    August 24, 2013

    A Lighthouse

    October 11, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  New York,  Restaurants&Bar,  Spring,  Travels

    Mulberry Street, When Benito II Was Still There…

    July 7, 2014 /

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    Reminiscenses From The Past

    September 7, 2013

    Dreaming of a Lancia Delta Martini…

    March 24, 2013

    Late Afternoon Shopping

    March 1, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Odds,  Social Control,  Summer

    Line Of Fire

    July 6, 2014 /

    This image was taken inside a shooting range, but I wasn’t there to document firearms. I was drawn to geometry, symmetry, and control. What struck me was the sheer order of the space. Every line — from the foam cladding to the shooting lanes — channels the viewer’s gaze forward. You don’t look at this picture. You’re funnelled through it. Technically, the space presented a challenge: low, mixed lighting and reflective surfaces. I shot handheld, wide open, leaning into the natural light spread to keep shadows soft and detail intact. The overhead panels, designed for acoustic insulation, created an unusual texture that became an integral compositional element. The ceiling almost…

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    A ‘Trabocco’ on the Adriatic Sea

    April 20, 2021

    Streetlight Duet

    June 30, 2014

    Paths of Life

    January 20, 2013
  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Odds,  Summer

    Mind The Gap!

    July 5, 2014 /

    I made this photograph standing almost flush with the wall, pointing the lens straight up into the thin slice of sky framed by stone and metal. The subject is not the building itself but the uneasy conversation between its decaying ornamentation and the open void above. The fractured balcony edges lean toward each other without touching, creating a tension in the composition that pulls the viewer’s eye toward the bright gap. From a compositional standpoint, the choice of perspective is both a strength and a limitation. The severe upward angle forces strong converging lines, which add a sense of depth and slight unease. However, the proximity of the elements means…

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    The Unintended March

    January 13, 2013

    The Photo I Didn’t Shoot

    June 8, 2013

    Perfect Strangers

    April 5, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Social Control

    Oops!

    July 4, 2014 /

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    Caught In The Act… Almost

    October 4, 2018

    Alessandro Blasioli – L’ultima notte di Bonfiglio Liborio@Teatro Marrucino

    May 9, 2022

    A coffee at Saint Eustachio’s

    February 4, 2016
  • Boulevards,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  New York,  Spring

    Arriba El Mexico!

    July 3, 2014 /

    Proud to be a native American!

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    The Pizza’s Journey

    June 12, 2013

    Peeping the Misery

    September 4, 2013

    Busy In A Call

    December 16, 2014
  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  New York

    A Zeppelin in The New York Sky

    July 2, 2014 /

    New York, 2000. I remember looking up from the crowded streets and seeing it — a zeppelin, drifting slowly above the jagged canyon of Midtown’s architecture. In that moment, it felt like something out of a different century had quietly slipped into ours. I didn’t have much time to think; I just framed, focused, and released the shutter. The composition is as much about absence as it is about presence. The airship is small, almost swallowed by the negative space of the sky, yet the buildings act as monumental bookends, forcing the eye toward the centre. The turquoise cast of the glass facade on the left and the warm brick…

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    Sweet Dilemma

    November 4, 2015

    The Ubiquitous Mobile

    July 14, 2016

    Too Noisy

    May 24, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Summer

    Just A Bird

    July 1, 2014 /

    The small sparrow resting on the green stalk caught my attention not because it was rare, exotic, or particularly dramatic, but because it was simply there. A fleeting pause in the ordinary rhythm of the day. The late afternoon light wrapped both bird and plants in a warm, almost golden atmosphere, softening the edges and bringing out the textures of the leaves and flowers. From a technical standpoint, the composition is clean yet unforced. The sparrow is positioned off-centre, allowing the surrounding vegetation to balance the frame. The diagonals created by the leaves and the blurred background help guide the eye naturally towards the bird without resorting to obvious tricks.…

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    Panning the Police

    November 17, 2016

    Portrait of The Alfa Romeo Guru

    September 25, 2014

    The Lost Garage

    July 8, 2013
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits

    Streetlight Duet

    June 30, 2014 /

    Late-day sun is the best kind of collaborator—less commanding than noon, more generous than twilight. It brushed the scene just enough to lift texture from skin and fabric without blowing out detail. I didn’t ask them to pose, but the casual lean against the car and the hand over the guitar’s body settled naturally. That balance between intimacy and performative posture intrigued me. This shot could have easily slipped into cliché—two musicians and a guitar, the standard fare of street portraits. But the subtle discord between expression and energy saves it. One wears a smile that could go either way: pride or deflection. The other looks on with the quiet…

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    Fujifilm XF 18-120 just snapped in two

    September 10, 2023

    Thirsty

    June 10, 2014

    Soldering

    November 8, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Summer

    Just A Cat

    June 29, 2014 /

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    Running On The (Oslo’s) Docks

    September 28, 2014

    Italian Stardust

    April 6, 2015

    The Naughty Customer’s Place

    September 28, 2013
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring,  Street Markets

    The Spanish Sense of Flesh – 2

    June 28, 2014 /

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    Inside the Nazario Sauro

    August 10, 2014

    Alex Britti – Live@Cinema teatro Massimo – Pescara

    April 3, 2016

    @Rome Maker Faire – 1

    October 9, 2014
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    Nightlife in Bruxelles

    June 27, 2014 /

    You can smell it before you hear it — the warm hum of beer, laughter, breath crystallising in the cold. This photo, taken in the backstreets of Brussels, isn’t a postcard of nightlife. It’s a sketch. Loose, fast, half in shadow. Which makes it all the more true. Cafés and pubs stack signs on top of each other like citations — Delirium, Floris Bar, Café, Pub, Garden. Every name lit, every door half-open, promising exactly what you need at this hour. But the terrace tables are empty, stacked in rows like punctuation marks between stories. It’s too cold to sit. Too late to be still. The people gather where the…

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    Never Trust the Autofocus (not only) in Street-Photography

    July 20, 2013

    The Racers

    December 7, 2014

    Giorgio Pasotti – Racconti disumani@Teatro Marrucino

    February 28, 2022
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring,  Street Markets

    The Spanish Sense of Flesh – 1

    June 26, 2014 /

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    Late for Lunch

    March 26, 2014

    Kime in Photography

    June 9, 2013

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    April 15, 2021
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