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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Projects,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome,  Shops

    Late-afternoon’s snack

    April 15, 2013 /

    …who knows what will be served for dinner?

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    Andrea Monti

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    The Waiting

    December 23, 2012

    Everything is ready for the service

    July 2, 2013

    Portrait of a Politician – 2

    June 15, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Spring,  Travels

    The Worst Moment to Fix a Shoe’s Problem

    April 14, 2013 /

    Caught on a descending escalator, mid-bend, mid-thought—this is the photograph of a decision made too late. Everything in this frame leans forward. The vanishing point pulls you down, hard, like gravity with intention. The blur on the metal steps mimics momentum. You can almost feel the hum of machinery and the silent urgency of descent. At the centre of it all: a man hunched over, trying to wrestle control over something small and unruly—perhaps a loose shoelace, perhaps something more symbolic. I didn’t plan this shot. It happened fast. A reflex. Shot handheld, low light, no time to think, just enough to feel. The imperfection—the motion blur, the noise, the…

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    Andrea Monti

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    The Modern Preacher

    November 14, 2016

    Just In Case

    June 9, 2014

    A Pensive Nun

    December 14, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    An old-style ATM

    April 13, 2013 /

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    Garbage as usual@Pantheon’s nearby

    October 4, 2019

    Weren’t a Smartphone and a Selfie Stick Enough?

    October 6, 2016

    Multitasking

    February 10, 2013
  • Airport,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    No Tablet, No Problem

    April 12, 2013 /

    Airport Gate, Early Evening No screens. No earbuds. No glowing rectangles in sight. Just two people passing time with cards and conversation, waiting for a flight that’s probably delayed. The bench is metallic, cold. The lighting is flat. But between them, something human is happening—casual, quiet, and becoming increasingly rare. I didn’t stage this. I just noticed it. In a terminal where most people were curled into devices, these two were leaning forward, sharing space, actually looking at each other. He speaks, she listens. She gestures, he laughs. Their luggage is there, sure—but this moment isn’t about where they’re going. It’s about the pause before it. The photo isn’t sharp…

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    Andrea Monti

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    Out-of-Focus

    September 24, 2013

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

    May 8, 2024

    Caparezza – Live@Palamaggetti Roseto degli Abruzzi

    February 18, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Who is the mannequin?

    April 11, 2013 /

    … not sure.

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    Andrea Monti

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    Close up of a chessboard

    September 1, 2018

    A Fix for the Wikipedia Photos’ Copyright Scams?

    December 19, 2020

    The Path To Freedom

    September 29, 2014
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo

    The Urban Chase

    April 10, 2013 /

    Not all of the urban chases, involve a couple of Alfa 159 trying to catch an Aston Martin

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    Is Batman Coming To Town?

    December 2, 2017

    The Last Journey

    March 7, 2021

    Opposites

    February 3, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    So what?

    April 9, 2013 /

    Did I meet you before?

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    Andrea Monti

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    Norina shouts at Don Pasquale

    December 12, 2022

    Duel

    November 20, 2014

    Catching the Tube in Paris

    June 11, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    A young Iron Maiden fan

    April 8, 2013 /

    He might never have seen them, but who cares? Metal is immortal…

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    Andrea Monti

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    Should I Stay

    November 29, 2013

    Fujifilm XF 100-400: a quick test

    January 12, 2018

    Is This Smoke?

    August 15, 2013
  • Cities,  Daily photo,  Rome

    A stupid quarrell

    April 7, 2013 /

    This photo raised strong criticism in the mainstream media. A soldier deployed in an operational theater (war, in other words) wears a balaclava with the image of his all-day companion: the death. Apart the fact that the image is a skull and not the Death (whose iconography is fairly more articulated and complex) the question is: why should this photo matters? All the combatants, of all times, of all places in the world know best the value of inducing fear into the enemies’ minds by way of “icons” (armors, masks) and sounds (shouts, drums.) And, in parallel, every soldier must find his own way to handle the unbearable fear of…

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    Nick Beggs

    July 12, 2017

    A Two-Masted Schooner

    October 25, 2014

    7Artisans 35mm 0.95 – Testing this Fujifilm X Mount Lens in a Demanding Environment

    December 22, 2024
  • B&W,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Photography,  Thoughts

    Thirthy years behind…

    April 6, 2013 /

    I took these two shots unbeknownst of the work of Luigi Ghirri and Mimmo Jodice. These photo cannot be at all compared with those from the two masters, nevertheless what amazed me is the similarity of the compositions between what I did and those of Ghirri and Jodice. It seems that I’m into a path already explored since some thirty years or so. Now the challenge is how long will it takes to  evolve into a contemporary (and, possibly, original) style.

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    Lost in mumbling

    September 22, 2013

    Just a soccer field… Part 3

    February 5, 2014

    A Fountain

    May 17, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo

    As much as you’re far from home…

    April 5, 2013 /

    there will always be somebody who are more.

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    Alone

    December 31, 2017

    Hope after the Storm

    January 8, 2020

    Old Rolls, Immortal Style

    August 12, 2019
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    When the day is gone

    April 4, 2013 /

    … there are plenty of ways to still make a newspaper useful.

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    Andrea Monti

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    Three Shadows

    November 11, 2016

    Passage Lost

    August 9, 2014

    Washed

    November 22, 2015
  • B&W,  Cars&Bikes,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Forgotten bike

    April 3, 2013 /

    in a forgotten house.

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    Andrea Monti

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    The Unconvinced Listener

    June 25, 2014

    Portrait of a Lawyer

    October 5, 2013

    Reminiscenses From The Past

    September 7, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo

    High-Tech Elder Care Tool

    April 2, 2013 /

    Rotten chairs for rotten people?

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    Andrea Monti

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    Writer Inspiration’s Tools

    April 17, 2015

    Street Of New York… possibly

    March 21, 2017

    Into The Cube

    November 18, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Marketing,  Shops,  Spring

    Hard Spam

    April 1, 2013 /

    Sometimes spam doesn’t hide in your inbox. It glows in a pharmacy window. Shot on a quiet evening walk, this storefront display in Rome—or somewhere very much like it—caught my attention with the subtlety of a neon bullhorn. A perfectly literal interpretation of hard advertising: Viagra, Levitra, Cialis. Bold red font, urgent discounts, official decree cited. Street-level pharma meets street-level comedy. The scene is absurdly human. Framed by a closed shutter and a lonely Gaviscon box, the paper sign is taped like a last-minute school notice, but the message is anything but shy. There’s no algorithm, no clickbait. Just unapologetic, front-facing capital letters offering a prescription-strength punchline. It’s spam—but analogue. No filters,…

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    Technological Memento

    June 26, 2021

    On The Rocks

    August 13, 2014

    The Financial Times at Night

    October 1, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo

    A contemporary-art installation

    March 31, 2013 /

    A contemporary-art installation, or just a forgotten garbage?

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    Horizon Bending, Again

    April 28, 2014

    A Dragon Trainer?

    July 8, 2014

    The Solitude of Power

    May 6, 2018
  • Cities,  Daily photo,  Rome

    An update on the poor Canon EOS-M autofocus

    March 30, 2013 /

    It seems that by setting the autofocus mode on FlexiZoneAF centered the performance of the camera improves slightly. Still far from being usable for street-photography, though.

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    Andrea Monti

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    Generations

    February 5, 2013

    Slow Walk at Mulberry St.

    January 16, 2014

    Fixing the ship

    August 18, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    A true friend

    March 29, 2013 /

    They enjoy their time together, as true friends ever should… No leash. No command. Just a gesture—and absolute trust. In this intimate frame, the lens captures a silent language spoken only between companions of a certain kind. The man’s hand rises gently, fingers curled, holding nothing yet holding everything that matters: attention, affection, history. The dog, massive and solemn, gazes upward with reverence—not out of obedience, but because it wants to. This is not a portrait of a pet and its owner. It is a document of friendship forged over countless days walked together, of shared silences and mutual understanding. The bond, invisible to the eye yet utterly present, transcends words. Loyalty…

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    A Sad Violinist

    December 17, 2016

    Off-Duty Eurocrats in Bruxelles

    March 28, 2014

    Stripes in B&W

    April 29, 2015
  • Cities,  Daily photo,  Rome

    Canon EOS-M. Useless for Street-Photography

    March 28, 2013 /

    A friend of mine handed over a Canon EOS M with the 22 (35mm equiv.) lens so I thought to give it a try during a street-photography session in Rome. To put it short, the EOS M is a useless camera. I don’t enter into a tech-talk since there are already many on the internet, just focusing on the practical side. Though, for general purposes, the EOS M isn’t worse than other competitors, the autofocus – as clearly stated by many reviewer – is deadly slow, making impossible to shoot from the hip and the touch screen often messes up the settings while “palming” the camera. Furthermore, there is no…

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    Content Creators

    July 20, 2023

    The Actor’s Studio

    January 14, 2014

    Los niños y el tocaor

    October 30, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    Don’t Forget!

    March 27, 2013 /

    … keeping a strong grip on his business.

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    Italian Stardust

    April 6, 2015

    Dreaming of a Lancia Delta Martini…

    March 24, 2013

    Belgian Chocolate – Godiva

    November 20, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo

    Abruzzo’s made Coke??

    March 26, 2013 /

    Didn’t know that Coca-cola was a speciality of Abruzzo…

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    Andrea Monti

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    Belgian Chocolate – Neuhaus

    November 16, 2015

    Generations – I

    August 6, 2014

    Is The Sky Falling On Their Heads?

    August 1, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Projects

    Climbing is hard

    March 25, 2013 /

    … not only when facing stairs.

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    Andrea Monti

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    The Bell Ringer of Nikko

    August 6, 2018

    The Hasselblad Way

    January 2, 2014

    As Deep As The Ocean

    April 15, 2016
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Dreaming of a Lancia Delta Martini…

    March 24, 2013 /

    … while driving a Nissan.

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    Andrea Monti

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    Canon EOS-M. Useless for Street-Photography

    March 28, 2013

    Bless or Curse?

    August 12, 2014

    Who Is The Machine?

    August 5, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Markets

    A Bitter Sweet

    March 23, 2013 /

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    Claws of Fire

    September 27, 2017

    Passage Lost

    August 9, 2014

    Fisherman’s Friend

    January 10, 2014
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