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  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Visual

    Time Runs Fast And Unstoppable

    May 21, 2014 /

    This photo was staged to convey the idea that life is slipping away inexorably quickly. The subject is simple: a pocket watch suspended in space, its leather cord taut, its face briefly legible before dissolving into motion. The watch was not chosen at random. I borrowed an Eberhard Tazio Nuvolari, which is named after one of the greatest drivers of all time. Nuvolari was unstoppable and his most successful win was against the German Silver Arrows in the 1935 German Grand Prix. Despite driving an Alfa Romeo Tipo B/P3, which was believed to have no chance against the faster and more powerful Mercedes, he succeeded against all odds through sheer…

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    Just Another Times Square View

    July 9, 2014

    Hell Behind — Tiny Holes Reveal the Flames

    March 19, 2013

    Skull of Glass at the London Science Museum

    September 27, 2016
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  Summer

    The Hamlet’s Dilemma

    May 20, 2014 /

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    Too Busy to Enjoy the Life…

    April 12, 2014

    Portrait of The Alfa Romeo Guru

    September 25, 2014

    Rest under a tree

    May 31, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Spring,  Visual

    Somewhere in Japan

    May 19, 2014 /

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    The Way Out

    October 20, 2013

    The Godfather

    July 23, 2014

    Davide Grotta – Live

    December 8, 2018
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    Portrait of Keyboard Player

    May 18, 2014 /

    He had just finished a piece when I took the shot. Head tilted, hand still resting on the keys, that slight smirk not forced but earned. This wasn’t posed—it was a breath between moments, a performer halfway out of character and halfway into self-awareness. The ambient energy of the room still swirled around him—soft voices, chairs moving, blurred motion in the background—but he held still. I composed tight to emphasise the contrast between stillness and motion. The background drags slightly, figures abstracted by a slower shutter speed, but the face and fingers are crisp—anchoring the shot where it needs to be. The lighting was mixed: tungsten overhead, cooler light from…

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    Tsutaya Bookstore@Ginza

    December 6, 2020

    An Antique Shop in via Cadorna

    December 10, 2023

    Footprints in the Snow

    December 25, 2012
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fountains,  Spring

    A Fountain

    May 17, 2014 /

    I made this photograph in a small corner where a public fountain once served a purpose. Now it stands fenced in by corrugated metal sheeting, isolated, its basin removed, its function suspended. The graffiti—“un po’ di panna”—is not aggressive. It reads more like a private joke left in public space, a whisper rather than a shout. That small phrase is what drew my eye first. It adds a voice to an object that has otherwise been silenced. The metal barrier creates an accidental stage. Its vertical ridges repeat across the background, directing the gaze inward toward the fountain. The pink stone base, stained and unevenly worn, introduces texture and a…

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    Come on in…

    September 11, 2013

    Zebra Crossing in Oslo… With Red Light

    October 12, 2014

    Is AI-generated art actually killing ‘real’ Art?

    September 16, 2022
  • Bottles&Cups,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Spring

    Yes, We…Can

    May 16, 2014 /

    I took this photo because it stopped me mid-step. A banal object — a crushed Coca-Cola can — pierced on a historic stone spike, suspended in defiance or perhaps pure indifference. The tension between the industrial red cylinder and the worn, centuries-old limestone was too stark to ignore. The composition leaned heavily on perspective and focus. I shot wide open, letting the background melt into soft abstraction, just enough to hint at an ancient setting without overpowering the main subject. I tilted the frame slightly to echo the absurd balance of the can, breaking away from textbook horizontality to embrace the odd equilibrium of the scene. Exposure was critical. I…

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    Autumn Leaves

    September 8, 2014

    While the kids grow-up…

    July 25, 2013

    What Lasts of a Saturday Night Party

    January 24, 2014
  • Artists,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Spring

    Between Two Sets

    May 15, 2014 /

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    Kudos to Ricoh

    February 8, 2013

    Nad Sylvan

    July 10, 2017

    The Relentless Lawyer

    February 6, 2017
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Inside the Garrison

    May 14, 2014 /

    In a usually busy day, the bomberos enjoy a moment of relax.

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    High-Tech Elder Care Tool

    April 2, 2013

    Sleep Wins

    August 30, 2013

    National Road Running Championships 2023 – Portraits

    June 28, 2024
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  People,  Spring

    The New Church

    May 13, 2014 /

    In the XXIth Century, a new church grows, to satisfy old needs.

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    Venditti&DeGregori – Live@Anfiteatro La Civitella

    August 11, 2022

    A Banner

    November 29, 2014

    An Asian Lion Guarding an Italian Town – One Shot Story

    August 27, 2025
  • Airport,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring,  Travels

    Guru Meditation

    May 12, 2014 /

    Airports are temples of waiting. They strip away the illusion of control, leaving travellers suspended in time between one place and another. In that in-between, people invent ways to cope. Here, in a lounge of muted reds and glassy daylight, a man folds himself into a private space. One leg drawn up, back curved, cap pulled low, he cradles a tablet as if it were a small book or a talisman. His fingers rest lightly on it, not tapping, not scrolling—just holding. The surrounding noise and movement dissolve in his stillness. This is meditation for the digital age. Not in a forest clearing or a candlelit room, but in an…

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    Vasa’s Ghost

    July 11, 2016

    Meaningless

    November 9, 2013

    A Bitter Sweet

    March 23, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear

    60×40 Borderless Printing with a HP Z3200ps 24

    May 11, 2014 /

    Printing a 60by40cm image on a A1 roll (61cm wide) should be a pretty straightforward task: well, not on a printer like the HP Z3200. To cut the story, here are the settings: set your image landscape, and size it 60 by 40 cm, set your CANVAS size to 61,8 by 41 cm with a white background (highlighted in red, in the picture) so that the final image size is, indeed, 61,8 by 41, In the Print Settings menu select the Paper Size option and set a custom page size of 61 by 40,5, Again, in the Print Settings menu select the Margins/Layout menu and check the  Borderless radio button,…

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    The Odd Couple

    January 30, 2013

    Full Moon

    September 30, 2018

    Ray-Ban in Milan

    October 5, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome

    A Sunny day in Rome

    May 10, 2014 /

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    The Spanish Sense of Flesh – 2

    June 28, 2014

    Nightlife in Bruxelles

    June 27, 2014

    FUJIFILM X-T5 RAF have problems with Affinity Photo 2.1

    June 11, 2023
  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Odds,  Rome,  Spring

    Inside the Elevator

    May 9, 2014 /

    Escher’s Relativity inspired these shots.

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    Fast Food Loneliness in Nagoya…

    July 17, 2019

    A Kiss In The Shade

    March 17, 2013

    The Last Barrell

    December 10, 2015
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Landscape,  Spring

    Falling Tree

    May 8, 2014 /

    Again, an impossible perspective…

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    Perfect Strangers

    April 5, 2014

    Breaking Through

    March 12, 2026

    The Man Behind The Croissant

    December 13, 2014
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    WTF Are They Looking At?

    May 7, 2014 /

    Street photography often unfolds in fractions of a second that resist tidy interpretation. This frame emerged from one of those moments — brief, slightly absurd, and quietly revealing. The photograph shows three men crossing the same urban space yet seemingly inhabiting different psychological trajectories. The bald man in the foreground, dressed in a vivid orange jumper that stands out against the subdued tones of the pavement, appears momentarily detached from the flow of movement around him. His posture is firm, almost statuesque, as if he had paused mid-stride to reassess the scene. The shopping bag hanging from his hand becomes less an object of practical use than a compositional counterweight,…

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    A new camera and the quest for the missed information

    December 18, 2012

    Oops!

    July 4, 2014

    Path of Life

    May 17, 2017
  • B&W,  Bruxelles,  Buildings,  Daily photo,  Spring

    An Unplausable Perspective

    May 6, 2014 /

    There is something odd in this photo, isnt’it?

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    A Missed Pricetag?

    January 29, 2013

    Italy, Street-Photography and the Law

    October 29, 2013

    Bikers

    July 14, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Landscape

    For Sale

    May 5, 2014 /

    Long gone is the time when people loved to live in the countryside

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    Protezione Civile

    November 12, 2013

    Should I Stay or Should I Go?

    November 29, 2013

    PI Room At Palais de la Découverte

    June 7, 2015
  • B&W

    Protected: Black&White

    May 4, 2014 /

    There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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    Wire Stylist

    January 31, 2015

    Rest under a tree

    May 31, 2013

    As Deep As The Ocean

    April 15, 2016
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Spring

    Portrait of a young guitar player

    May 4, 2014 /

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    Watch My Back

    January 15, 2013

    Three Sprouts

    May 22, 2022

    Photography and the Importance of a Proper Training

    April 23, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits

    Portrait of a (former) bike champion

    May 3, 2014 /

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    Easy Parking

    August 12, 2013

    Still Together

    April 20, 2013

    The Lost Garage

    July 8, 2013
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Belgian Ghosts

    May 2, 2014 /

    Midnight still has to come. But in Bruxelles even ghosts wake up early… The air was damp, the pavement glistening faintly under the sodium lamps. I wasn’t chasing a scene — only watching light. Then someone walked through the frame, absorbed in their own path, and the moment shaped itself. The passer-by moved too quickly for the shutter speed I’d set. At first, I thought I’d lost the shot. Then, reviewing it, I realised that the blur was the picture — motion distilled into presence. The figure became anonymous, spectral, more gesture than person. It summed up urban life in that hour: everyone moving, no one quite seen.

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    Should I Buy It? (Best Taken With an 85mm)

    January 23, 2016

    A Dislodged Portal

    December 15, 2018

    A relic from the (recent) past

    April 30, 2013
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  Photography,  Spring,  Visual,  WideAngle

    Noon on the Beach

    May 1, 2014 /

    this image hinges on simplicity and distortion. The sun was directly overhead, leaving the shadow of the pole as a near-perfect sundial, slicing the centre of the frame from bottom to vanishing point. That shadow was the whole reason to shoot: absolute verticality rendered into graphic contrast on a near-featureless plane. The lens dictates the structure. At 16mm, lines bow. The horizon curves. Perspective exaggerates. I leaned into it—there’s no attempt to correct distortion in post. The intention was not to imitate a rectilinear frame, but to emphasise space as abstraction. The beach becomes a sphere, the sky a ceiling, and the tiny trace of buildings at the perimeter only…

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    Red Tears

    June 7, 2013

    Conversation

    November 27, 2013

    @Rome Maker Faire – 1

    October 9, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Landscape,  Spring

    Ninja-Turtles?

    April 30, 2014 /

    I couldn’t help but smile when I saw this line of turtles perched neatly along the log, each one angled just so to catch the warmth of the midday sun. It’s a scene that strips away the pop culture fantasy of katana-wielding reptiles and replaces it with something far more universal — the quiet pleasure of simply doing nothing. From a compositional standpoint, I did well to let the log form a natural leading line, drawing the viewer’s eye from the cluster on the left to the stragglers on the right. The surrounding foliage frames the scene nicely, adding depth and a touch of chaos to balance the orderly arrangement…

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    5 (random) frames of Bruxelles with a MIR-1B, a Pentax ME Super and a Kodak TMax400

    March 19, 2025

    Boat Maintenance At Genova’s Porto Antico

    July 30, 2014

    W Verdi

    January 29, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar

    Urban Totem

    April 29, 2014 /

    Once upon a time, a totem helped the soul to get in touch with gods. Nowadays it helps the stomach to be fed.

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    Singers

    February 19, 2014

    A Mini At The Garage

    June 16, 2013

    Kite Surfer Under Duress

    January 29, 2021
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