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  • Bottles&Cups,  Colour,  Daily photo

    Lost Bottles

    January 27, 2014 /

    Forty years’ old dust…

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    Andrea Monti

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    Distraction

    April 6, 2016

    Processing a DSLR Digitised Black and White Film with Affinity Photo

    January 24, 2023

    A priest

    October 19, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Observer Bias,  Visual

    Ni

    January 26, 2014 /

    Just a couple of broken woods, or the Katakana symbol for “Ni”?

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    Andrea Monti

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    The Ubiquitous Mobile

    July 14, 2016

    Hanging Bottle

    October 11, 2014

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

    October 11, 2020
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar

    Luck is an Attitude

    January 25, 2014 /

    That’s an interesting catch. The Latin word for “luck” is “fortuna” that doesn’t mean “luck”, but “fate”. So I’d rather like to be, as an old aphorism from Appius Claudius Caecus says (“Fabrum esse quemque fortunae suae) the “builder of my own fate”.

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    Andrea Monti

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    Photopanning in Rome

    December 3, 2019

    One Shot Story: Behind the Fence

    January 3, 2025

    The Gas Station Attendant

    November 11, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Garbage,  Urban Landscape

    What Lasts of a Saturday Night Party

    January 24, 2014 /

    Another week-end is gone. Ordinary life gets kicking-in back.

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    Andrea Monti

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    Just A Bird

    July 1, 2014

    The Restorer’s Nest

    June 27, 2013

    EOS-M. Manual focus tips and results for Street-Photography and more

    August 9, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Landscape,  Photography

    Italy, Landscape Photography and the Law

    January 23, 2014 /

    Welcome back to the “Law, Order and Photography in Italy” series. The second episode (the first being about Street-Photography) deals with Landscape Photography and, again, provides practical advise for the photographer who travels through Italy shooting its nature. Summary Landscape Photography, at first sight, looks like a piece of cake. No need to hip shoot, no fear of being confronted by an illiterate policeman or angry passerby, no model-release to carry… just you, your camera and your subject: the Nature. But things, as often in Italy, aren’t that simple since rules and regulations extend (literally) up to the top of the mountains. To put it short, there are a few…

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    Andrea Monti

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    Who is the mannequin?

    April 11, 2013

    A Japanese Luthier and a Fingerstyle Player from My Home Region (and My Past) – A One shot story

    January 22, 2025

    Landing

    December 4, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Garbage,  Milan,  Winter

    Lost Cigarettes at Piazza Affari

    January 22, 2014 /

    The Milan Stock-Exchange is just closed, another stressful day is gone, so are the cigarettes

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    Andrea Monti

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    Zebra Crossing, Again…

    June 22, 2014

    A Puff of Smoke

    August 29, 2013

    A contemporary-art installation

    March 31, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  Milan

    A Fashion Shop in Milan

    January 21, 2014 /

    In a fashion shop is always hard to tell the difference beween a model and a store clerk.

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    Andrea Monti

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    Crowd Control

    February 14, 2016

    Another Bridge

    September 23, 2019

    Toxic Waste in Open Air

    August 31, 2021
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Winter

    Let’s get the party started…

    January 20, 2014 /

    You never know… maybe some fish might slip from the fishermen’s hands!

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    Andrea Monti

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    Learning to Shoot Boxing Matches

    July 18, 2024

    Late Afternoon Shopping

    March 1, 2014

    The Spanish Sense of Flesh – 2

    June 28, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Winter

    The Guardian

    January 19, 2014 /

    Not scaring as a Pitbull would, but still deserving to be handled with care… He didn’t move. Not even when I approached with the camera. Not even when I paused to adjust the lens. He just stared—calm, unblinking, sure of his place. This photo was taken outside a closed wooden structure. Maybe a seasonal shack, maybe a beachside store. The railings were weathered, the wood silvered by sun and salt. Everything about the setting felt unfinished, in-between. Except for him. The black cat sat at the centre like he’d been assigned the role. Not hiding, not curious—just there. Positioned perfectly in the geometry of the fence, flanked by empty space…

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    Light Dance in Hamburg

    April 6, 2018

    Carabinieri in Milan

    January 28, 2014

    The Quest for Belgian Chocolate…

    April 11, 2017
  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  New York,  Portraits

    A Portrait on the Nasdaq Building

    January 18, 2014 /

    My fault, I don’t know the name of this man, presumably dead on July 1985. From the background of the picture (the records shown on the up-left corner) I assume that he should be either a musician or somebody active in the recording industry. Nevertheless, what catch my attention was the mix between sadness and joy in his eyes.

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    Andrea Monti

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    Easy Parking

    August 12, 2013

    Perfect Strangers

    April 5, 2014

    Thirthy years behind…

    April 6, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  People,  Rome,  Streets&Squares

    So Long, Eos-M

    January 17, 2014 /

    A couple of days ago, while wandering around a street-market, I spotted a small “exhibit” of old Nikon and Hasselblad lenses. I thought it would have been nice to get the two “classic” lenses for the System V, so I traded my Eos-M (and lenses) for a Carl Zeiss lenses: a Distagon 50 and a Sonnar 150. The seller was eager to strike the deal, but I’m not sure who actually got the best bargain…

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    Americana Skating – Italian National Championship 2019

    February 4, 2019

    The Power of Music

    March 22, 2013

    Street Of New York… possibly

    March 21, 2017
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  New York,  Streets&Squares

    Slow Walk at Mulberry St.

    January 16, 2014 /

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    Spumante (Italian Champagne) ready to fuel the party

    May 29, 2013

    Shooting Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA)-like Events

    August 15, 2024

    The Lost Church

    July 16, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Late Night Arrival at Bertinoro’s Castle

    January 15, 2014 /

    Hopefully the janitor is still awake…

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    Italy, Street-Photography and the Law

    October 29, 2013

    Ramón Jarque, tocaor

    October 29, 2017

    Inside the Garrison

    May 14, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  New York,  People,  Spring

    The Actor’s Studio

    January 14, 2014 /

    No, the title is not a misspell. To perform as a true artist, the Actors Studio must actually become an actor’s studio.

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    Indifference

    July 5, 2015

    Raus

    May 12, 2013

    Let’s get the party started…

    January 20, 2014
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Cold Night, Hot Drink

    January 13, 2014 /

    A cold night calls for a hot drink…

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    Windows

    September 15, 2014

    Which One?

    April 16, 2014

    The Straycat

    December 3, 2013
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Streets&Squares

    Next Time, Maybe…

    January 12, 2014 /

    This is not the right moment to lunch outside. Maybe next time…

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    Shoes’ Meeting in Corso Vittorio

    March 12, 2014

    Nico Cilli Band Live@Città Sant’Angelo

    October 23, 2013

    Italy, Landscape Photography and the Law

    January 23, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  New York,  Spring,  Streets&Squares

    The Lost Battle

    January 11, 2014 /

    Against the New York traffic, the controllers themselves, contended in vain.

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    PI Room At Palais de la Découverte

    June 7, 2015

    The Way Out

    October 20, 2013

    Free Ride

    October 2, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Winter

    Fisherman’s Friend

    January 10, 2014 /

    When the course is set back to the dock, at night, there is no better friend than this twin masts to show the way.

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    The Lost Garage

    July 8, 2013

    A Virtual Glance Dance

    December 28, 2019

    Wave Riders

    September 20, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Winter

    Riviera Life

    January 9, 2014 /

    Nothing to do with Caro Emerald’s tune. Life on a fishing boat isn’t exactly a holiday…

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    Hard Worker

    February 9, 2014

    Kite Surfers

    October 16, 2021

    Damned Autofocus

    April 20, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    A Calm Person

    January 8, 2014 /

    In a small village close to the mountains, during an outdoor celebration, I’ve been stricken by the calm of this woman. The troubles of life, at list for once, are light-years far.

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    Lost

    July 26, 2014

    An illuminated escape path will help you to reach the exits …

    November 10, 2013

    A relic from the (recent) past

    April 30, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics

    A tribute to an old friend

    January 7, 2014 /

    The Lord Sinclair’s ZX Spectrum has been my first “real” computer, and the only one I really enjoyed. Now he (he, not “it”) proudly rests on a special place of my firm’s library, looking at his dumb heirs.

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    Tell me something I do not know…!

    April 23, 2023

    Street Of New York… possibly

    March 21, 2017

    Using a 1960 Leica Elmarit 90/2,8 on a Fuji X-T3

    April 5, 2021
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Patisserie,  Winter

    A chocolaterie in Bruxelles

    January 6, 2014 /

    What an elegant chocolatier!

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    Over There!

    May 29, 2022

    A Ferrari 812 GTS in Boston

    July 14, 2023

    Late for Lunch

    March 26, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Landscape,  Winter

    A Tree through the Fog

    January 5, 2014 /

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    Before The Match

    October 20, 2014

    A Couch in the Yard

    November 18, 2013

    Mind Your Business…

    January 9, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Visual,  Winter

    Blob

    January 4, 2014 /

    I definitely have a thing for fountains…

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    Batklubben

    July 23, 2016

    Blowin in the Wind

    February 8, 2014

    Ashtray

    February 12, 2017
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