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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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    The First Picture of the Year

    January 5, 2019

    A Dragon Trainer?

    July 8, 2014

    John De Leo’s Grande Abarasse Orchestra – Live

    February 10, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Projects

    What Lasts of Last Summer

    May 30, 2013 /

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    @Rome Maker Faire – 1

    October 9, 2014

    The Lost Garage

    July 8, 2013

    Poetry Still Survives

    June 7, 2014
  • 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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    Big Brother Enhanced

    May 1, 2013

    A Panorama

    December 30, 2014

    Not A Rorschach Inkblot

    December 24, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Projects

    Mind Your Way!

    May 28, 2013 /

    What did grab his attention?

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    @Rome Maker Faire – 7. Mobile Rest

    October 23, 2014

    A Lonely Table

    March 8, 2015

    The Driver

    August 8, 2015
  • 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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    A Relaxed Call

    February 12, 2014

    5 frames with a Canon R6 Mk II and its RF 50/1,2 L USM

    September 28, 2024

    A Fix for the Wikipedia Photos’ Copyright Scams?

    December 19, 2020
  • 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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    The Photo I Didn’t Shoot

    June 8, 2013

    Kime in Photography

    June 9, 2013

    Creativity vs Originality

    March 11, 2024
  • 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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    Los Niños y El Tocaor

    October 30, 2017

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

    May 23, 2013

    Sun Worshipers

    January 3, 2022
  • 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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    Waiting for the Shinkansen – 2

    June 30, 2017

    My First Shot (With Purpose)

    December 22, 2012

    Roots On The Roof

    September 6, 2015
  • 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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    Intelligence Contest

    April 15, 2017

    The Watchdogs

    February 9, 2017

    The Google Experiment

    February 1, 2014
  • 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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    Shooting the Shooter…

    February 12, 2013

    Behind the Beer

    December 26, 2013

    Shooting Italian 5 birilli

    May 18, 2025
  • 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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    Inside the Palaces of Power – Bruxelles

    November 8, 2015

    Feuer

    July 10, 2021

    Quis Custodiet…

    January 26, 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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    Content Creators

    July 20, 2023

    Fancy a beer?

    November 3, 2021

    Different Paths

    December 26, 2012
  • 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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    The Lost Battle

    January 11, 2014

    Italian National Skating Championship 2019

    February 8, 2019

    After the Race

    July 27, 2015
  • 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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    A Pensive Nun

    December 14, 2016

    A Tribute to An Old Friend

    January 7, 2014

    Fishing Shelter Under The Bridge

    September 4, 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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    The Guardian

    January 19, 2014

    Which Part of “No Smoking” Got You Lost?

    June 21, 2015

    A Sad Cat in a Neko Cafè

    August 5, 2018
  • 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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    Mind Your Business…

    January 9, 2013

    Personal Musing On Monochrome Digital Cameras

    September 11, 2025

    Clandestine Seagull

    November 24, 2013
  • 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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    Is This My Breakfast? (Kirobo, the new Pinocchio)

    December 14, 2014

    Fujifilm XF 18-120 just snapped in two

    September 10, 2023

    Busy

    December 24, 2015
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo

    A Master Luthier in his lab…

    May 14, 2013 /

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    What Are You Looking At?

    June 19, 2014

    Sega Codemaster

    November 21, 2017

    The Pizza’s Journey

    June 12, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar

    An interesting reading

    May 13, 2013 /

    To seat or no to seat?

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    Three Sprouts

    May 22, 2022

    Crowd Control

    February 14, 2016

    Urban Desolation

    September 18, 2014
  • 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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    Life Within the Post Office

    November 24, 2014

    Faces in the Façade: A Ghostly Smile in Stone

    November 15, 2014

    Nagoya’s reportage featured in The Good Life

    October 29, 2020
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar

    The three musket(b)eer

    May 11, 2013 /

    Guess who’s Porthos?

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    Run Like Hell, Pinocchio!

    February 24, 2015

    Cultural Variety In Helsinki

    September 24, 2022

    Portrait of aTocaor

    October 8, 2013
  • 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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    Brain vs Camera

    April 19, 2014

    The Google Experiment

    February 1, 2014

    Mediterranean Games 2009

    June 28, 2015
  • 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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    Italy, Landscape Photography and the Law

    January 23, 2014

    Modern Times

    January 6, 2013

    Hard Spam

    April 1, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar

    The Icecream is ready to be served

    May 8, 2013 /

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    Friend or Foe?

    January 21, 2013

    Editing a photo taken with a Carl Zeiss Jena 135/4 Sonnar and a Fuji X-T3

    February 8, 2023

    A Skater

    February 23, 2021
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