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  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo

    Negrita’s Cover Band

    September 19, 2013 /

    They still need to walk a long, long way before getting in sight of the original Negrita. Nevertheless they have a lot of fun…

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    A pouch for the Fuji XF 150-600

    May 16, 2023

    Foto-Grafo admitted to the Persol Reflex Edition contest

    April 16, 2013

    The Porter

    July 3, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Summer

    Stairway to nothing

    September 18, 2013 /

    It was the kind of place you don’t really notice. A narrow passage, cracked walls, peeling paint, dim light. The kind of corridor you pass through without stopping. Unless you’re carrying a camera—and a little curiosity. I called this frame Stairway to Nothing when I first saw it on the screen. The name came unprompted. It just fit. The stairs are real, but lead to… what, exactly? A dead-end, a blank wall, maybe a half-forgotten door. You get the sense there was once purpose here—function, traffic, even a rhythm. Now it’s just remnants. A railing to hold on to, steps still intact, pots of green fighting back against the concrete. This wasn’t…

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    LP – Live@Anfiteatro La Civitella – The photogallery

    July 11, 2022

    Barbarians at the Gates

    September 21, 2013

    Game Over

    April 15, 2022
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Summer

    In a yellowtone…

    September 17, 2013 /

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    Alex Britti – Live@Cinema teatro Massimo – Pescara

    April 3, 2016

    Interpreti Veneziani – Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Live@San Vidal

    September 1, 2017

    Yes, We…Can

    May 16, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Odds,  Summer

    A true cricket?

    September 16, 2013 /

    Trust me, this is a real photo.

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    A Waiter in via Sardegna

    September 26, 2015

    An Old Lady in Great Shape

    September 23, 2014

    Whatever You Stand For, Vote!

    May 24, 2014
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Projects,  Summer

    Rockabilly

    September 15, 2013 /

    Not stylish, not “clean”, not “intellectual”… but damn fun!!

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    Get Ready, Set, Go

    February 2, 2022

    Waiting for a Future to Tell

    April 18, 2013

    Waiting For A Customer To Come

    July 27, 2014
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Parachute

    September 14, 2013 /

    Didn’t have a wider lens, so I got the most interesting part of the frame…

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    Game Over

    April 15, 2022

    Into The Cube

    November 18, 2014

    A (Soon) Lost Banner

    November 1, 2018
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Summer

    L’estate sta finendo…

    September 13, 2013 /

    L’estate sta finendo (the Summer is going to end) sang and old tune by The Righeira. It might have been a carefree Italo Disco anthem, but here its title feels almost literal. In this image, the end of summer is measured not in falling leaves, but in the silent rows of yellow sunbeds—upright, slightly askew, ready to be cleaned and stored. The repetition of form is the photograph’s backbone. Eleven chairs (or nearly so—one is cropped out on each side) form a neat yet imperfect line, their bright fabric glowing against the more muted tones of the stone and the soft grey-blue sky. The high-key yellow works almost like an…

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    Shrinking Knowledge Into A Small Brain

    July 24, 2018

    Powermeters

    February 18, 2023

    Chasing the Runner

    October 6, 2013
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Projects,  Summer

    Night Serenade

    September 12, 2013 /

    Is there anything more romantic?

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    Carl Zeiss Ultron 50/1,8 and Pentax K1 – An Empirical Field Test

    February 11, 2026

    Life is a bitch

    May 22, 2013

    Into The Cube

    November 18, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  People,  Summer

    Come on in…

    September 11, 2013 /

    What will you find at the end of the corridor? The frame pulls you inward. The eye enters through the shadowed foreground, past the blurred figure standing half in, half out of the light, and begins its slow walk down the corridor. The walls, cracked and weathered, carry the patina of time. Arched ceilings recede rhythmically, each arch framing the next, each doorway leading you further inside. Along the path, framed photographs lean against the walls, their colours softened by the dim light. They are not hung with formality; they rest casually, like travellers waiting to be claimed. The projector to the right hints at moving images, yet here, everything feels…

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    The Stroller

    July 7, 2015

    The Mailbox

    May 5, 2013

    A Nikon’s Portrait Made With a Fuji

    January 14, 2016
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Projects,  Summer

    Seeking Directions – Where Do I Go From Here?

    September 10, 2013 /

    The cyclist wasn’t posing. He’d stopped to make a call, mid-ride, still straddling the saddle with the indecision of someone caught between stages. I didn’t ask. I just raised the camera and took the frame as it unfolded. The gas station in the background plays its part—logo sharp, prices legible, a quiet indicator of place and time. The contrast between high-performance cycling gear and the mundane infrastructure of the city gives the image its friction. It’s not a sports photo. It’s about movement interrupted. Shot handheld in late afternoon with fading light, the exposure was tricky. Highlights bounced off his helmet and the glossy panels of nearby cars. I dialled…

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    Red Cross

    October 26, 2017

    On Air

    July 22, 2014

    Tsutaya Bookstore@Ginza

    December 6, 2020
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Reportage,  Summer

    Nico Cilli Band@Chiostro Comunale – Città S.Angelo

    September 9, 2013 /

    A few shots from a reportage I did during a jazz gig.

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    National Security

    April 4, 2014

    Leica Shop @ Strada Maggiore

    May 11, 2017

    Selling Italian Ice in Boston

    March 11, 2025
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Suspicious

    September 8, 2013 /

    What’s wrong, dude?

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    Late Night Conversation at Cardinal’s Wharf

    September 29, 2016

    Tables and Chairs, at Night

    May 7, 2013

    An update on the poor Canon EOS-M autofocus

    March 30, 2013
  • Boulevards,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Reminiscenses From The Past

    September 7, 2013 /

    Lost in memories, while the world turns.

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    Waiting To Board At Santa Margherita Ligure

    August 16, 2014

    Waiting for the goal

    April 28, 2013

    Lost in mumbling

    September 22, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Visual

    Lightblade

    September 6, 2013 /

    I took this shot late in the evening, drawn by the improbable geometry cast by a wall sconce in an otherwise nondescript alley. The light didn’t just illuminate—it carved. A fan of brilliance stretching vertically in both directions, like a double-edged blade suspended in air. No tricks. No editing. Just a camera, a wall, and the physics of reflection doing the work. The symmetry is what compelled me. It’s never perfect, but in this frame it came close enough to earn the name Lightblade. The triangular base descending downward balances a more complex, diffused spray upward, where the beam fragments slightly—revealing the uneven surface of the wall and subtle flaws…

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    Even

    July 9, 2016

    A Jazz-Manouche Guitar Player

    August 17, 2014

    Too Late

    April 10, 2015
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Streets&Squares,  Summer

    The Casual Observer

    September 5, 2013 /

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    Lava Nails

    February 28, 2021

    Sales Force

    January 28, 2016

    A Special Dress for a Special Party

    July 6, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Social Control,  Summer,  Urban Landscape

    Peeping the Misery

    September 4, 2013 /

    A rough opening in a white wall becomes the frame. The edges are jagged, still bearing the scars of whatever blow created them. Through it, the eye is led into another world—a dusty, abandoned space where sunlight slices across the ground. On the floor lies a tangle of debris: fragments of cloth, splinters, and what seems to be a torn banner, its once-bright colours now dulled. The text on it is broken, unreadable, a language interrupted. In the background, shapes blur into shadow—remnants of furniture, perhaps, or the skeletal remains of another wall. This photograph is about looking in without stepping in. The viewer is held at a distance, forced…

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    Stripes in B&W

    April 29, 2015

    The Financial Times at Night

    October 1, 2016

    Arriba El Mexico!

    July 3, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer

    While Waiting for the Food

    September 3, 2013 /

    Somewhere coastal, sometime after sundown. The table is set, the drinks half gone, the plates not yet full. It’s the in-between moment—the pause before the meal arrives, when conversation either deepens or disappears. He’s on his phone, thumb scrolling with purpose, eyes locked to the glow. Around him, the restaurant hums: plastic chairs, thatched roof, barefoot kids running between tables, the usual clatter of dishes and casual voices. A holiday place, probably. Warm air, sea salt, and time meant to be slower. What struck me was not the act—because it’s common—but the woman across from him. Half-hidden, partly blurred, yet watching. Not annoyed, not angry. Just watching. The kind of…

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    Interior Design at Aurum

    May 26, 2013

    Waiting for a Future to Tell

    April 18, 2013

    Who Is The Machine?

    August 5, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar

    Vinyl Never Dies

    September 2, 2013 /

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    The Audience (Not a Rock Concert, Indeed)

    September 23, 2013

    A Fujifilm X-E1 Annoyance

    April 15, 2014

    Inside The Palace of Power

    September 17, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer

    The Doorman

    September 1, 2013 /

    Night work has its own silence, even when it’s loud. I made this frame just before the crowd arrived — a kind of photographic inhale before the push and pull of a Saturday night began. The doorman stands alone, his posture almost statuesque, braced against the neon wash of the venue’s lighting. The composition leans heavily on verticality. I intentionally let the figure anchor the centre, framed between structural elements and artificial glow. It’s an image of solitude and readiness, not action — and that contrast is what I wanted to preserve. The light is tough: mixed colour temperatures, harsh reflections, and flat backgrounds. But I didn’t correct it. It…

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    A Seagull

    May 10, 2021

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

    April 5, 2021

    The sentinel…

    March 8, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    The Silent Dialog

    August 31, 2013 /

    Sometimes, two subjects share a conversation without exchanging a word. In this case, the dialogue exists between man and stone — between the jogger, resting mid-route, and the towering marble column in front of him. The stillness of the sculpture contrasts with his barely contained energy, as though the pause is only temporary before motion resumes. The composition is anchored by geometry. The bollards form a rhythm across the foreground, pulling the eye toward the seated figure. The column rises almost dead-centre in the frame, lending a sense of vertical authority, while the urban backdrop — palms, apartments, the waiting truck — situates the scene in the ordinary present, far…

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    Inside an Old Gym

    February 16, 2015

    Lost in Le Puglie

    December 2, 2015

    Who Can It Be Now?

    February 18, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Sleep Wins

    August 30, 2013 /

    I found them in that fragile hour when night hasn’t fully given up and the day hasn’t quite claimed the streets. Two bodies slumped against a shuttered shopfront, graffiti curling behind them like a silent narrator. They weren’t staged, of course — this was simply where exhaustion decided to settle. With the Canon EOS-M paired to the EF-M 18–55, I had the flexibility to frame them in a way that gave space for the scene to breathe. The late light worked in my favour, sliding in at an angle that brought warmth to their skin tones while pulling texture from the cold metal behind them. The graffiti, soft enough not…

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    Fast Roping

    October 21, 2021

    On the Edge of the World

    April 22, 2014

    The Expired Film Series – Episode 6 – Kodak Portra 400 – November 2016 shot in Sept. 2023

    June 5, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar

    A Puff of Smoke

    August 29, 2013 /

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    Portrait of a young scholar

    October 28, 2013

    The Spanish Sense of Flesh – 1

    June 26, 2014

    In Hoc Signo

    August 20, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Bycicle Ride

    August 28, 2013 /

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    A Bad Experiment

    August 26, 2016

    The Expired Film Series – Episode 5 – Kodak Tri X 400 – September 2015 shot in Sept. 2023

    May 8, 2024

    The Restorer’s Nest

    June 27, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Afternoon’s Mumbling

    August 27, 2013 /

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    Uninterested

    March 2, 2021

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    January 18, 2013

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    January 22, 2013
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