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  • B&W,  Court,  Daily photo,  People

    Out For Justice

    June 21, 2014 /

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    The Unintended March

    January 13, 2013

    Waiting To Board At Santa Margherita Ligure

    August 16, 2014

    When The Passion Is Gone (thank to a sneaky photographer)

    August 21, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Street Markets

    Square Three

    June 20, 2014 /

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    Too Big To Be Dumped

    January 10, 2015

    The Abused Balcony

    February 17, 2014

    Hidden in Plain Sight. A Japanese Journey

    August 3, 2023
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome

    What Are You Looking At?

    June 19, 2014 /

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    Behind the News

    June 25, 2013

    Easy To Shoot?

    December 12, 2020

    Moon, hand-held

    April 30, 2021
  • Daily photo,  People,  Rome

    Square Two

    June 18, 2014 /

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    The Lost Battle

    January 11, 2014

    Same Space, Different Worlds

    October 18, 2013

    Windows

    September 15, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome

    Square One

    June 17, 2014 /

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    Avid Readers

    August 17, 2013

    Humannequin

    January 10, 2013

    A Rural View

    December 8, 2014
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Streets&Squares

    Now You See It…Street Juggler at a Red Light in Barcelona

    June 16, 2014 /

    Caught this just as the traffic paused. The juggler—or maybe illusionist—stepped onto the zebra crossing like it was a stage, pulling a contact juggling sphere from his pocket with the same ease most reach for a cigarette. No microphone, no music, no hat on the ground. Just confidence, and a tight, silent routine aimed at no one and everyone. I shot from slightly above, which flattened the scene into layers: the motorcyclist on the left, the car breaking the frame in front, and the performer, suspended mid-gesture. The composition benefits from the crosswalk marks, which slice the image horizontally and echo the performer’s stance. It’s geometry meeting theatre. Technically, this…

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    The Changer — Glass Walls, Paper Smiles, and Currency Drained

    October 12, 2013

    A Young Sailor in Open Sea

    August 11, 2014

    Ghosts of Ginza

    November 14, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits

    Portrait of a Politician – 2

    June 15, 2014 /

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

    July 9, 2013

    Leaving

    September 27, 2018

    The Ferrania Film Series – Episode 1 – Ferrania Orto shot on October/November 2023

    August 7, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  OutOfFocus,  Paris,  People,  Spring,  Visual

    No, You Don’t Need To Change Your Glasses

    June 14, 2014 /

    This was intentional. No missed autofocus, no technical glitch. I set the lens manually, focused nowhere, and waited for someone to walk into the blur. He did—carrying two bright yellow bags, dressed sharply but casually, perfectly unremarkable in the sharp world we expect from street photography. The concept was simple: remove clarity and see what remains. What I found was structure. Colour. Gait. Gesture. A kind of abstraction that doesn’t erase the human, just detaches it from identification. No face. No detail. But still a presence. Technically, the image defies critique by design. It isn’t sharp—at all. The highlights push into soft bloom, the street dissolves into haze, and the…

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    Pensive

    June 13, 2015

    A Bridge

    September 22, 2019

    Tour Saint-Jacques, Standby

    March 27, 2014
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    Lost In Barcelona’s Beauty

    June 13, 2014 /

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    A Jazz-Manouche Guitar Player

    August 17, 2014

    José Ignacio Franco – Live@Auditorium Petruzzi

    July 31, 2022

    @ Rome’s Maker Faire – 6. Lost In Texting

    November 23, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Past&Relics,  Spring

    The Lost Lock

    June 12, 2014 /

    The photograph is focused on the weathered surface of a wooden door, its grain worn deep by time and use. At the centre sits a latch, secured by a small brass pin, surrounded by the scars of previous fittings. Above it, oversized keyholes mark the door’s history of repairs and replacements, each shadow stretching long across the wood in the midday light. Technically, the image is about texture and shadow. The exposure favours the roughness of the timber, rendering every fissure and nail hole in sharp detail. The sunlight is strong, but instead of washing out the surface, it enhances contrast, pulling the metallic coldness of the lock against the…

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    An Early Morning Fishing Expedition

    July 29, 2014

    Fast Roping

    October 21, 2021

    Under the Arc of the Seine

    June 9, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris,  People

    Catching the Tube in Paris

    June 11, 2014 /

    Street photography often thrives on the interplay between the static and the fleeting, and this frame from Paris captures that balance with precision. The scene is anchored by the familiar visual cues of the city — the “METRO” sign, the Haussmannian stonework, the ordered chaos of bicycles, cafés, and traffic further down the street. These elements provide a stable architectural stage against which the human drama plays out. The blurred stride of the man crossing the frame injects the shot with movement and urgency, the sort of kinetic energy that turns a documentary image into a narrative one. His presence, slightly soft due to motion blur, contrasts sharply with the…

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    Different Loads

    June 23, 2015

    Sales Force

    January 28, 2016

    Guess who’s happier?

    May 27, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fountains,  People,  Spring

    Thirsty

    June 10, 2014 /

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    A Hellish Look

    March 26, 2024

    Small Talk in Las Ramblas

    June 4, 2014

    So what?

    April 9, 2013
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Odds,  Social Control,  Spring

    Just In Case

    June 9, 2014 /

    Should you have some doubt, by reading the banner you can’t be mistaken. Clarity can be a virtue, even when it delivers its message with the blunt weight of inevitability. Here, a simple blue sign announces the location of the mortuary—not just once, but three times, in three languages. French, Latin, English. No ambiguity, no chance of misunderstanding. Just in case. The composition frames the sign against the muted greys of the surrounding architecture, a deliberate choice to strip away distractions. The words stand out, rendered in stark, functional typography, their neutrality belying the emotional weight of the place they indicate. Photography thrives on layers of meaning, and here the…

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    Yellow

    December 15, 2014

    Generations – I

    August 6, 2014

    The Naughty Customer’s Place

    September 28, 2013
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Streets&Squares,  Summer

    Ni État Ni Patron

    June 8, 2014 /

    Brussels. A quiet wall, a passing car, and a message that’s louder than both. The slogan is old—older than the paint used to scrawl it—Ni État Ni Patron. No state, no boss. A phrase that echoes from factories, barricades, pamphlets. And now, here it is again, on a half-covered stretch of rendered concrete. It wasn’t written to decorate. It was written to remain. The graffiti stands out not just for what it says, but for where it says it: in the middle of a freshly patched rectangle, painted over what was clearly another message before it. The wall becomes a palimpsest—layers of resistance, erasure, and return. Below it, a car…

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    Inside the Nazario Sauro

    August 10, 2014

    Two Beers, One Cigarette

    April 23, 2014

    Lost in iPhone while the wind blows

    January 23, 2013
  • B&W,  Bookstores,  Bruxelles,  Daily photo,  Spring

    Poetry Still Survives

    June 7, 2014 /

    Blessed be the city, where somebody can earn his day, by selling poetry.

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    What Are You Looking At?

    June 19, 2014

    Red Curtains

    August 28, 2014

    A Portrait on the Nasdaq Building

    January 18, 2014
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Garbage,  Gates&Fences,  Past&Relics,  Social Control

    Caged?

    June 6, 2014 /

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    Ramping Up

    September 16, 2014

    Floating

    October 7, 2023

    The Smoke Teacher

    July 1, 2013
  • Airport,  Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo

    The El Prat’s Lounge

    June 5, 2014 /

    Airport lounges often exist in a strange, liminal space — neither entirely connected to the bustle of the terminal nor completely detached from it. This photograph captures that in-between feeling with an almost still-life precision. The beige armchairs, glass coffee table, and neatly placed newspaper (“La Vanguardia”) suggest a space curated for calm, yet one can sense the transient nature of those who pass through. The composition is deliberate and symmetrical, the sofa centred with the vase of artificial flowers acting as the visual anchor. The choice to place the glass table in the foreground introduces depth and framing, its reflections adding subtle complexity without pulling attention from the central…

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    Safe Living (?)

    July 28, 2016

    Ramping Up

    September 16, 2014

    Cold Stuff

    November 28, 2015
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Small Talk in Las Ramblas

    June 4, 2014 /

    I took this photo in Barcelona, where conversation isn’t background noise but part of the architecture. Las Ramblas is never quiet, never empty—always a current of movement, commerce, and human theatre. Yet in this frame, the flow is briefly suspended by a gesture: one man leaning down to greet another, while a third man stands as witness, folded newspaper in hand, arms set in a subtle brace of familiarity. The scene unfolds naturally, without prompting. I wasn’t aiming for perfection but presence—being there, camera in hand, when a moment coalesced. Compositionally, it’s informal yet balanced. The figures form a loose triangle, anchoring the shot while the rest of the world…

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    Washed

    November 22, 2015

    The Expired Film Series – Episode 7 – Kodak Portra 160 – June 2015 shot in Oct. 2023

    January 11, 2024

    The Empty Stage

    November 25, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Spring

    Much Too Powerful a Knock…

    June 3, 2014 /

    The subject here is as straightforward as it gets: a wall, framed by rusted metal edges, and a hole clean enough to suggest sudden, concentrated force. The image works because it refuses embellishment — no dramatic angles, no post-production theatrics, just a direct record of an event’s aftermath. Compositionally, the vertical framing contains the scene like a display case, while the rust on either side breaks the monotony of the pale plaster. The crack lines radiating from the impact point add an organic texture, guiding the viewer’s eye back to the centre. The absence of any human figure allows the imagination to dwell on cause and consequence. From a technical…

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    Lonely cart

    March 4, 2013

    Portrait of a young scholar

    October 28, 2013

    A Lamppost

    November 26, 2014
  • Artists,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Garbage,  Past&Relics

    Cupido’s Fall

    June 2, 2014 /

    There was a time when Cupido ruled the world. Not the cherubic archer of myth, but the man on the torn poster — a champion accordionist, his name blazing in dotted capitals, promising music and spectacle. Now, the paper curls at the edges, bleached and scarred by weather, the glory half-erased by time and graffiti. The god of love meets the fate of every earthly name: reduced to a fading print on a damp wall, fighting a losing battle against rust, mould, and the next layer of urban scribble. The photograph works because it understands the poetry of decay. The black-and-white treatment is an apt choice — stripping the scene…

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    The Road To Justice

    August 31, 2014

    Vasa’s Ghost

    July 11, 2016

    Who’s Carrying Who?

    February 28, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Paris,  Spring

    Siamese Boats On the Seine River

    June 1, 2014 /

    Two barges, TEMPO and VESTA, lashed together as if bound by some unspoken pact, making their way up the Seine. Seen from above, their pairing creates a symmetry that is almost architectural. The way their bows slice the water in unison feels more like choreography than navigation. The shot was taken from a bridge, directly aligned with their approach, which allowed me to keep both vessels centred and parallel in the frame. That alignment is crucial — a slight offset would have made the composition feel off-balance. Here, the geometry holds everything together: two hulls, two decks, two names, and a doubling of anchor motifs. The light was soft but…

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    Action! (beware of Fuji X-Pro 2)

    February 2, 2016

    A Pensive Nun

    December 14, 2016

    The Alchoolist’s garbage

    March 5, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics

    Longtime Abandoned

    May 30, 2014 /

    Some photographs speak in whispers, and this image of a weathered wooden door is one of them. Its panels are mottled with time—stains, scratches, and the slow creep of age have worked their way into every fibre. A crude plank, bolted across two round metal handles, serves as a lock, its blunt practicality making any notion of elegance irrelevant. This is not a door meant to welcome; it is a barrier meant to last. The surface reads like a palimpsest. Graffiti, faint and uneven, is etched into the upper left panel—“MAS” followed by lines and symbols that could be initials, a date, or nothing at all. The ambiguity is part…

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    Friendship is Forever

    March 6, 2014

    Landing

    December 4, 2021

    After a Tough Day

    January 30, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Photography,  Spring

    Who Needs A Wedding Photographer Anymore?

    May 29, 2014 /

    I took this picture at a friend’s wedding. Though there was an “official” photographer, almost all of the attendees did their own “service”. They spent the majority of their time (and of their mobiles’ batteries) by obstructing the professionals on duty to get mostly irrelevant and low quality pictures. This is the main reason I chose not do weddings and – in general – ceremonies.

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    In a yellowtone…

    September 17, 2013

    Gotcha!

    August 16, 2013

    Shade of Berlin

    April 23, 2013
  • B&W,  Barcelona,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Spring

    The Teleferic de Montjiuc

    May 28, 2014 /

    I framed this high, tight, and in monochrome. The tower holds its geometry clean against a washed-out sky, bisected by the tension of support cables that anchor the structure both physically and compositionally. The decision to exclude ground and context wasn’t aesthetic—it was structural. I wanted the image to stand on line, angle, and steel alone. Shot with a mid-telephoto to flatten depth slightly and reduce parallax across the girders. The light was diffuse but not flat. A break in the clouds gave enough gradient to define planes without creating shadow noise. The exposure leaned conservative: highlights retained in the clouds, midtones preserved in the riveted panels and pulleys. No…

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

    July 20, 2013

    Hell Behind — Tiny Holes Reveal the Flames

    March 19, 2013

    The Day After The Tide

    December 12, 2013
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