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  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Parks,  Seasons,  Spring

    Rest under a tree

    May 31, 2013 /

    Resting under a tree, on a sunny afternoon, in springtime.

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    Pavement

    November 16, 2014

    Footprints

    March 27, 2021

    On The Rocks

    August 13, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Projects

    What Lasts of Last Summer

    May 30, 2013 /

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    Strategy

    September 20, 2018

    Pipes in Colour

    May 1, 2015

    Gigi Cifarelli Guitar Solo (feat. Michele Di Toro) – Live@Florian Espace Pescara

    March 8, 2016
  • Bottles&Cups,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Projects

    Spumante (Italian Champagne) ready to fuel the party

    May 29, 2013 /

    There is no better way to do it.

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    Falling Tree

    May 8, 2014

    Flashes’ Forgotten Powersuits

    April 11, 2014

    A Fix for the Wikipedia Photos’ Copyright Scams?

    December 19, 2020
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Projects

    Mind Your Way!

    May 28, 2013 /

    What did grab his attention?

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    The Google Experiment

    February 1, 2014

    Luggages

    April 20, 2019

    Gary O’ Toole

    July 15, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Projects

    Guess who’s happier?

    May 27, 2013 /

    Easy, isn’t it? The title “Guess Who’s Happier” finds its answer before you even look twice. In the foreground, a man in a bold red Hawaiian shirt strides into frame, caught mid-motion, mid-laugh. He wears a grey fedora, sunglasses, and the loose, unselfconscious energy of someone untouched by the stiffness of the scene around him. His shirt blooms with white hibiscus prints, a quiet rebellion against the asphalt and glass of the urban backdrop. Behind him, to the right, a man in a dark suit and tie steps forward with a deliberate, guarded pace. His expression is unreadable, but the body language is tight, restrained—functional. The suit, the posture, the context…

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    Night Serenade

    September 12, 2013

    Reminiscenses From The Past

    September 7, 2013

    The Lifeguard’s Tools

    August 24, 2013
  • B&W,  Chairs&Seats,  Daily photo,  Projects

    Interior Design at Aurum

    May 26, 2013 /

    Is this couch a piece of art or just a sitting? Two benches, back-to-back, occupy the precise centre of the frame, their symmetry so exact it becomes almost architectural. The polished wooden floor stretches endlessly in all directions, its warm texture rendered in monochrome tones that transform the scene into a study of lines, surfaces, and repetition. The absence of people only sharpens the sense of stillness, making the furniture itself the protagonist. From a compositional standpoint, the central placement works because the subject’s geometry demands order. The verticals of the bench legs and back supports anchor the frame, while the horizontal lines of the seats echo the floor’s pattern.…

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    Shadows&Lights

    March 7, 2014

    Tsutaya Bookstore@Ginza

    December 6, 2020

    The Bystander

    February 5, 2018
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Streets&Squares,  Urban Landscape

    A Dangerous Alley

    May 25, 2013 /

    A parking entrance at night. A dangerous place.

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    Lost

    July 13, 2015

    The El Prat’s Lounge

    June 5, 2014

    Urban Totem

    April 29, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Thoughts

    Too Noisy

    May 24, 2013 /

    A Marching Brass Band rehearsing its performance… maybe too noisy even for daylight time?

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    Italian Track&Field Championship 2018 – The reportage

    September 12, 2018

    Silent Reader

    July 17, 2016

    Garbage Collection

    August 26, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Garages&Labs,  People,  Projects,  Shops

    A quiet watchdog or long-time friend who enjoys some rest??

    May 23, 2013 /

    I was walking through a narrow street in Rome when I saw him—stretched across the threshold of a dusty antiques shop like a soft barricade. Head down, ears flat, but not asleep. Not quite. He was watching with the kind of calm that doesn’t need to prove anything. The Leica M9 was set to zone focus, aperture around f/5.6, and I didn’t have time to fuss. I framed, stepped slightly left to catch the reflections in the glass, and took the shot. The light was diffuse—no harsh shadows, just a steady wash of warmth from the tungsten bulbs inside, softened further by the grey sky outside. The exposure held nicely,…

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    Fancy a beer?

    November 3, 2021

    Columns

    November 10, 2014

    Alessandro Blasioli – L’ultima notte di Bonfiglio Liborio@Teatro Marrucino

    May 9, 2022
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Urban Landscape,  Works

    Life is a bitch

    May 22, 2013 /

    Sunday morning. Scorching sun. A work to be done on time. Life is a bitch.

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    Under the Arc of the Seine

    June 9, 2015

    Busy

    December 24, 2015

    Why on Earth people, in Italy, still eat junk food?

    January 16, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks

    What (or Who) Are These Hangs For?

    May 21, 2013 /

    Shot under the sharp midday sun, this image was never meant to soothe. The rope nooses hanging beneath the Egidi bridge in Lazio weren’t installed for dramatic effect—at least, I assume not—but the visual reads like a theatre of unease. Their symmetrical placement across the frame, knotted with intention, stirs something more than curiosity. I took the photo from a boat, drifting slowly beneath the bridge’s concrete weight. The water was still, though not glassy—its murky green caught just enough reflection to add texture. Compositionally, the image divides into thirds almost intuitively: the river below, the ropes suspended in the centre, and the man-made bridge above. The eye bounces between…

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    Vinyl Never Dies

    September 2, 2013

    Not A Photography Anymore

    September 22, 2014

    Pre Colombian Artwork

    September 27, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Urban Landscape,  Works

    The last flower

    May 20, 2013 /

    The concrete is coming. How long will the last flowers stand?

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    Columns

    November 10, 2014

    Conversation

    November 27, 2013

    How Nissan Crossing Has Changed Over Time

    December 1, 2025
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Streets&Squares,  Urban Landscape

    Footprints

    May 19, 2013 /

    is it an oil painting, or is it for real?

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    A Shadow

    July 24, 2014

    A Street Dancer In Sakae

    August 9, 2019

    The Spanish Sense of Flesh – 2

    June 28, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Seasons,  Spring

    Love is like a flower

    May 18, 2013 /

    Love is like a flower, Both need care and attention to grow, Both die if not fed, Both don’t last forever.

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

    January 18, 2025

    Chasing the Runner

    October 6, 2013

    Hurry up and shut down the $%&? call!

    March 1, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Streets&Squares,  Urban Landscape

    Couples

    May 17, 2013 /

    Two couples in a square. One seeks rest, the other, food.

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    Ray-Ban in Milan

    October 5, 2015

    Opposites

    February 3, 2013

    Pipes in Colour

    May 1, 2015
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Urban Landscape

    When the parking’s lost

    May 16, 2013 /

    When the parking is lost, there’s only one solution.

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    The Spinners

    June 13, 2013

    One Coffee

    December 20, 2015

    Who Is The Machine?

    August 5, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Social Control

    Just a soccer match…

    May 15, 2013 /

    This is not an upcoming urban riot. Just a soccer match…

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    Close up of an Ethnic Chessboard

    September 1, 2018

    Zebra Crossing

    March 14, 2014

    In a yellowtone…

    September 17, 2013
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo

    A Master Luthier in his lab…

    May 14, 2013 /

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    The Modern Preacher

    November 14, 2016

    Why You Should Only Shoot in Your Backyard (or ‘The Art of Belonging’)

    December 19, 2024

    Weren’t a Smartphone and a Selfie Stick Enough?

    October 6, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar

    An interesting reading

    May 13, 2013 /

    To seat or no to seat?

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

    August 7, 2024

    A Focused (or Sad) Violinist

    December 17, 2016

    When Colour Helps Composition

    February 7, 2020
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Social Control

    Raus

    May 12, 2013 /

    I took this photograph on a quiet street where the stillness of the scene clashed violently with the venom of the message sprayed across the wall. The phrase, written in crude, hurried strokes, is not a remnant from some distant, darker chapter of history but a fresh reminder that intolerance continues to thrive. The frame is stripped of distraction: a textured wall, a single small window with broken panes, and the shadow of a streetlamp reaching across the surface. The composition leans heavily on the tension between emptiness and statement. Placing the graffiti off-centre allows the cracked window to act as a counterweight, both visually and metaphorically—two forms of damage,…

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    Inside the Palaces of Power – Bruxelles

    November 8, 2015

    Tiles

    October 31, 2014

    Springtime

    April 23, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar

    The three musket(b)eer

    May 11, 2013 /

    Guess who’s Porthos?

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    A Three Legged Commuter?

    July 21, 2017

    Skull of Glass at the London Science Museum

    September 27, 2016

    Why Writing About Photography Matters (or: The Importance of Re-inventing the Wheel)

    April 9, 2026
  • Artists,  B&W,  Daily photo

    In the backstage

    May 10, 2013 /

    There’s a kind of quiet tension in the way they lean against the wall. No people in sight. No instruments visible. Just the outlines of music, sleeping inside their forms. As a photographer, that’s the kind of silence you try to listen to. The room was dark, lit only from one side. The light caught the curve of one case and slipped off the edge of the other. Texture came forward. Shape. Memory. You could almost hear the faint creak of clasps, the echo of strings long since gone quiet. Sometimes the most expressive shots come when nothing is happening. No performance, no sound—just the pause in between. These cases…

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    Countersniping

    February 7, 2014

    The Ipad Shooter. Who needs a Nikon D4 anymore?

    November 3, 2013

    Uchi-Mata

    November 8, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops

    A party that shall never come

    May 9, 2013 /

    A dress and a bag waiting to be sold. Will the party ever take place?

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    Leica Shop @ Strada Maggiore

    May 11, 2017

    Leitz Summicron 50/2 and Nikon Z5 – An empirical field test

    January 3, 2026

    The Power of Music

    March 22, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar

    The Icecream is ready to be served

    May 8, 2013 /

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    Another attempt at DLSR film scanning

    January 21, 2023

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    March 2, 2020
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