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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Summer

    Just A Cat

    June 29, 2014 /

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    Skating on the Riviera

    November 9, 2018

    Minolta MC W Rokkor-HG 35/2.8 and Nikon Z5 – An Empirical Field-Test

    January 8, 2026

    Pentax SMC-A 50/1,7 – Nikkor 50/1,4 – Summicron 50/2

    February 9, 2021
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring,  Street Markets

    The Spanish Sense of Flesh – 2

    June 28, 2014 /

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    AI or not AI?

    October 3, 2023

    A pouch for the Fuji XF 150-600

    May 16, 2023

    Mir-20 20mm 3.5 on a Pentax K1-II – A Field Test

    January 18, 2025
  • 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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    Fujifilm XF 100-400: a quick test

    January 12, 2018

    Does It Worth It?

    May 22, 2017

    God Save the Queen!

    September 6, 2014
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring,  Street Markets

    The Spanish Sense of Flesh – 1

    June 26, 2014 /

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    Rectangles

    March 12, 2015

    Sweet Dilemma

    November 4, 2015

    Nightlife in Bruxelles

    June 27, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    The Unconvinced Listener

    June 25, 2014 /

    This was one of those shots where the scene composed itself. I didn’t need to move much—just recognise and release the shutter. What drew me in was the geometry of the interaction: a makeshift stage, oversaturated lighting washing the performers in synthetic blue, and in the foreground, a single man caught mid-gesture, possibly clapping, possibly holding a phone, or perhaps neither—his posture uncertain and unaligned with the music unfolding metres ahead. The band, framed neatly under the overhang of a modern tram stop, seems to exist in its own world, driven by rhythm, sequins, and stage light bravado. They’re working hard. But the man in the foreground? He’s not buying…

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    Reflexes

    December 30, 2015

    Just a soccer field… Part 2

    February 4, 2014

    Creativity vs Originality

    March 11, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Social Control,  Spring

    Waiting For The Elections

    June 24, 2014 /

    Shot on a Leica M9 with a Zeiss Biogon 35mm f/2.8, this image is more about suspension than action. The frame holds a waiting posture — literally and metaphorically. No speeches, no slogans, just the inertia of democratic process taking over the political machinery. I wanted to convey stillness without silence. The Biogon’s rendering gave me that microcontrast and edge clarity I rely on when details matter more than gestures. The M9 sensor — as unpredictable as it can be in mixed light — held together the tonal values well here, especially in the midtones. Shadow detail was secondary; this wasn’t about hiding or revealing, but about the unresolved pause…

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    Message Check Before Breakfast

    December 12, 2014

    Open Interior

    March 14, 2021

    Free Shoes On A Hot Day

    October 8, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Spring,  Street Markets

    Though Choice

    June 23, 2014 /

    It doesn’t take much to make your day happy.

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    A Fence

    November 6, 2014

    Watching the Eiffel Tower

    October 14, 2013

    Oh…MG!

    July 23, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Winter

    Zebra Crossing, Again…

    June 22, 2014 /

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    Lunchtime

    February 18, 2013

    Seeking Directions – Where Do I Go From Here?

    September 10, 2013

    Small Talk in Las Ramblas

    June 4, 2014
  • B&W,  Court,  Daily photo,  People

    Out For Justice

    June 21, 2014 /

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    A jam in via Alessandria

    December 8, 2023

    Audience

    February 20, 2014

    A Little Of Thailand In Rome

    August 3, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Street Markets

    Square Three

    June 20, 2014 /

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    Red Wine Makes Good Blood…

    April 27, 2014

    Late for Lunch

    March 26, 2014

    Panning the Police

    November 17, 2016
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome

    What Are You Looking At?

    June 19, 2014 /

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    Three Sprouts

    May 22, 2022

    Even

    July 9, 2016

    Uncertainity

    August 11, 2013
  • Daily photo,  People,  Rome

    Square Two

    June 18, 2014 /

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    Abstract

    May 9, 2023

    It’s always the right time

    February 17, 2013

    Venditti&DeGregori – Live@Anfiteatro La Civitella

    August 11, 2022
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome

    Square One

    June 17, 2014 /

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    A Couch in the Yard

    November 18, 2013

    The Fighter

    June 2, 2013

    Portrait of a Professional Pugilist. Davide De Lellis

    March 8, 2019
  • 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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    A Silent Dialogue

    December 21, 2012

    Ghosts of Ginza

    November 14, 2023

    A Fishnet – 2

    October 29, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits

    Portrait of a Politician – 2

    June 15, 2014 /

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    On the Edge of the World

    April 22, 2014

    Yet Another WDISF Post

    May 5, 2024

    On Detachment. Or ‘If You Love Something, Set It Free’ (cit. Sting)

    June 17, 2025
  • 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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    Late Evening Break In Piazza Dante

    October 21, 2017

    Gotcha!

    August 16, 2013

    Just a soccer field… Part 2

    February 4, 2014
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    Lost In Barcelona’s Beauty

    June 13, 2014 /

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    Lost In Rembrance

    July 26, 2014

    Just a soccer match…

    May 15, 2013

    All Mobiles But One Book

    June 24, 2017
  • 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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    Keep Out!

    November 30, 2019

    A Ferrari 812 GTS in Boston

    July 14, 2023

    Portrait of Keyboard Player

    May 18, 2014
  • 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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    Toxic Waste in Open Air

    August 31, 2021

    Too Big To Be Dumped

    January 10, 2015

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

    October 11, 2020
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fountains,  People,  Spring

    Thirsty

    June 10, 2014 /

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    Italian Stardust

    April 6, 2015

    Shadows&Lights

    March 7, 2014

    Foto-Grafo featured on Yanidel.net

    March 20, 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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    Waiting For The Bus On Las Ramblas

    August 19, 2014

    Up from the Waterline

    December 3, 2016

    The Doorman

    September 1, 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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    Portrait of a Fin Swimmer

    June 5, 2021

    The Leica M9 CCDgate Outrageous Case

    December 11, 2014

    Rush Hours

    March 10, 2014
  • 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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    Portrait of a Waiter

    July 22, 2013

    Content Creators

    July 20, 2023

    Labour Spilling Into Transit Time

    December 30, 2025
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Garbage,  Gates&Fences,  Past&Relics,  Social Control

    Caged?

    June 6, 2014 /

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    December 24, 2015

    Street Crossing

    September 17, 2014

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