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  • Bookstores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Tokyo

    Tsutaya Bookstore@Ginza

    December 6, 2020 /

    Photographed inside the Tsutaya Bookstore in Ginza, Tokyo, this image celebrates the bookstore as a curated stage, where books are not simply stored but presented as artefacts. The frame is dense yet controlled, offering layer upon layer of shelves, display tables, and oversized art books. The eye is immediately drawn to the centre, where a large black-and-white wildlife photograph dominates—its scale and high contrast making it the de facto anchor of the composition. CompositionThe photographer has worked with a classic layered approach. Foreground tables angle toward the viewer, drawing them deeper into the mid-ground where the hero book sits open, and then further into the background shelves which fill the…

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    In the Rain, A Helping Hand

    July 10, 2019

    The Boat That Never Left

    September 26, 2019

    Silent Among Many Voices

    January 1, 2013
  • Actors,  Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Reportage,  Winter

    Il barbiere di Siviglia – Don Bartolo mad at Rosina

    November 28, 2020 /

    A shot from the mise en scene of the Il Barbiere di Siviglia I did as a scene-photgrapher for the Teatro Marrucino

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    Chasing Rainbows on the Open Road

    October 13, 2021

    A Standup Paddleboarder

    August 25, 2014

    Denegata Justitia

    March 2, 2020
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Exhibitions

    Inside the Nazario Sauro

    November 26, 2020 /

    An important piece of history of the Italian Navy, at the anchor in the Port of Genova.

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    A Fountain

    May 17, 2014

    AI or not AI?

    October 3, 2023

    The Fighter

    June 2, 2013
  • Bridges,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Urban Landscape

    Another Bridge

    September 23, 2019 /

    I shot this with a fisheye precisely to bend reality into something less familiar. The structure itself—a pedestrian bridge of steel and cable—already has a certain grace, but the distortion turns it into a sweeping arc that almost feels like it’s about to close in on itself. The cables draw the eye to the centre, while the graffiti below pulls it back to street level, grounding the image in the here and now. The day was heavy with cloud, the light diffused and slightly cold. That worked to my advantage: no harsh shadows to compete with the strong geometric lines, and just enough tonal variation in the sky to give…

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    Hanging Bottle

    October 11, 2014

    A tribute to an old friend

    January 7, 2014

    The Sentinel

    August 13, 2013
  • Bridges,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Summer,  Urban Landscape,  WideAngle

    A Bridge

    September 22, 2019 /

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    The Scooter

    March 1, 2013

    Still Together

    April 20, 2013

    What Lasts of Last Summer

    May 30, 2013
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Exhibitions,  Nagoya,  Summer

    Old Rolls, Immortal Style

    August 12, 2019 /

    When I stepped into the Toyota Museum in Nagoya I wasn’t there to chase a vintage V12 roar – I was after a photograph that could make the steel of those hatchbacks sing. I set the camera, took a breath, and aimed at the gleaming 2000‑series Corolla perched beneath that cathedral‑like skylight. The result is a picture that feels like a high‑octane sprint through a showroom, but let’s not pretend it’s flawless; let’s break it down the way a proper car reviewer would.

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    Alien Veins

    December 3, 2014

    Much Too Short a Ladder

    October 17, 2013

    Get Ready for The Duty

    July 13, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Nagoya,  People

    A Street Dancer In Sakae

    August 9, 2019 /

    The figure cuts across the frame in mid-motion, blurred by the long exposure into a streak of speed and rhythm. What might have been a simple step in the street becomes here a dance, arms and legs stretched in dynamic diagonals. The city’s lights smear into horizontal bands, a stage built of glass and neon for a fleeting performance. Composition thrives on movement. The dancer is placed almost centrally but leans into the right side of the frame, suggesting continuation beyond what we see. The motion blur is not a flaw but the subject itself: it transforms a person into gesture, a body into energy. Behind, the fractured colours of…

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    The Silent Dialog

    August 31, 2013

    Hard Stare

    April 26, 2016

    The Modern Preacher

    November 14, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Nagoya,  People

    Tough Enough

    August 7, 2019 /

    I took this photograph on a busy crossing, stopping behind a man whose style caught my attention immediately. His shaved head, chain accessories, and heavy branding on both shirt and jeans projected a deliberate identity—part biker, part urban cowboy, part street performance. The clothing itself, emblazoned with wings, stars, and slogans, seemed designed to announce toughness before a word was spoken. From a compositional standpoint, I chose to shoot from behind, letting the graphics on his clothes dominate the frame. This perspective makes the man more symbol than portrait, reducing him to a surface of imagery and text. The striped pedestrian crossing beneath his feet adds a rhythm of lines…

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    In the backstage

    May 10, 2013

    Lost In Barcelona’s Beauty

    June 13, 2014

    Art Auction at Piazza Navona

    February 6, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Exhibitions,  Nagoya,  People,  Summer

    Who Is The Machine?

    August 5, 2019 /

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    5 frames with the (much awaited) Ferrania P33, a Nikon F3 and a Nikkor 50 F2

    April 30, 2024

    Lunar Network Or Snowy Mountain?

    May 5, 2015

    Americana Skating – Italian National Championship 2019

    February 4, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Exhibitions,  Nagoya,  People,  Summer

    Mandatory Photo Position

    August 3, 2019 /

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    Tour Saint-Jacques, Standby

    March 27, 2014

    Interplay

    December 22, 2016

    The Fighter

    June 2, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Nagoya,  Parks,  People,  Seasons,  Summer

    Street Magic@Nagoya Castle

    July 21, 2019 /

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    Mind The Step

    August 28, 2015

    Interior Design at Aurum

    May 26, 2013

    A Different Passion…

    June 12, 2016
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Nagoya,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Seasons,  Summer

    Fast Food Loneliness in Nagoya…

    July 17, 2019 /

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    The Coach

    December 9, 2018

    While Waiting for the Food

    September 3, 2013

    Quis custodies

    January 26, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Seasons,  Street Photography,  Summer

    In the Rain, A Helping Hand

    July 10, 2019 /

    The rain hit fast and hard. Streets turned to rivers in minutes. I was sheltering under a bus stop roof, camera still strapped around my shoulder, when I saw the man go down. Not dramatically—just a slow, heavy fall as he misjudged the kerb under the surge of water. Then came the officer. No hesitation. No fuss. Just a clean, instinctive move to lift him. The Leica didn’t leave my eye. I shot quickly—no time to compose in a traditional sense, but sometimes the moment doesn’t wait for your geometry. The turquoise pole on the left anchors the frame almost by accident. The crossing lines in the background help balance…

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    What an Elegant Chocolatier!

    January 6, 2014

    Mulberry Street, When Benito II Was Still There…

    July 7, 2014

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

    January 22, 2025
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Sport,  Spring

    Mid-Knee Clinch

    July 7, 2019 /

    This frame caught the clinch mid-knee, elbows locked, muscles in tension, balance tipping. I didn’t fire in burst—timing was deliberate. The image had to hold the convergence of force and geometry: shin to torso, fists to neck, backs arched into compression. Shot ringside at f/2.8 with a fast telephoto, ISO pushed to 3200 under dim sodium-halide lights softened by overhead mesh. Shutter at 1/640s, just enough to freeze impact without killing the tension in the stance. Noise control was adequate. Detail retained in skin texture and compression shorts without artificial smoothing. Lighting was patchy but consistent enough to avoid burnouts. Composition obeys containment. The cage creates the visual boundary, but…

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    The Watchman (Street-Photography Shortcuts)

    January 21, 2016

    Lost Bag

    December 8, 2016

    Winter Leaves

    December 9, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo

    Collision Path

    July 5, 2019 /

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    Mussels Underwater…

    August 23, 2014

    The Silent Geometry of a Trabocco

    December 22, 2022

    Indifference

    July 5, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Spring

    TKO

    May 8, 2019 /

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    Wasted Shot Because iPhone 7 Poor Low-Light Handling

    January 22, 2019

    Max Gazzè Tour 2016 Live @Pescara

    February 1, 2016

    Under the Arc of the Seine

    June 9, 2015
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Spring,  Visual

    A view of the Bologna’s Station

    April 28, 2019 /

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    Bycicle Ride

    August 28, 2013

    Photopanning in Rome

    December 3, 2019

    Waiting for the Justice to Arrive

    March 11, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Spring

    Luggages

    April 20, 2019 /

    I framed the beagle as one more item in the window: tagged by its harness, parked on the threshold, reflected like stock behind glass. The suitcases promise mobility. The dog, still and compliant, reads as another container to be handled, stored, and retrieved. That is the tension I wanted. Composition puts the animal slightly off-centre, level with the lowest display plinth so the eye equates subject and object. The reflection completes the conceit, doubling the dog the way duplicate models line a shelf. The pavement line anchors the scene, while the stacked cases build a grid that the body neatly occupies. Exposure is restrained to keep detail through glass and…

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    Belgian Ghosts

    May 2, 2014

    Last Wing Down

    February 26, 2015

    Ramping Up

    September 16, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Sport,  Spring

    Emanuele Cavallucci. The New Italian Pro Boxing Welterweight Champion

    March 9, 2019 /

    Boxing is cruel to photographers. Not because it’s fast — although it is — but because it’s chaotic. In the ring, there’s no neatly choreographed movement, no second takes. You’ve got sweat flying, ropes cutting through your composition, referees wandering into frame, and the perpetual risk of being exactly half a second too late. This shot came together with the Nikon D610 paired to the Nikkor 24–120mm f/4 — a workhorse lens that, while not the fastest in maximum aperture, offers just the right flexibility for ringside work. Here, I caught the moment Cristofori’s jab lands flush on his opponent’s cheek, the head snapping back, muscles taut with the torque…

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    Quality Check. Try Before You Buy

    April 10, 2014

    Protected: Prova Aurum

    April 25, 2014

    On Air

    July 22, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Portraits,  Sport,  Spring

    Portrait of a Professional Pugilist. Davide De Lellis

    March 8, 2019 /

    He had the kind of face that told its own story long before a shutter ever clicked — a mix of focus, fatigue, and that guarded reserve I’ve often seen in fighters before a bout. Photographing a professional pugilist isn’t about glorifying the violence of the sport, but about catching that fleeting moment where discipline, experience, and vulnerability intersect. I chose a tight composition, keeping the frame uncluttered so the viewer’s attention rested on the expression and posture. Every crease in the skin, every glint of sweat, mattered; these details carried more weight than any background could. Depth of field was shallow enough to isolate him from distraction, but not…

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    Tsutaya Bookstore@Ginza

    December 6, 2020

    Iphone 15 Billboard in Via XX Settembre

    February 14, 2024

    Processing a DSLR Digitised Black and White Film with Affinity Photo

    January 24, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Skating,  Sport,  Winter

    Italian National Skating Championship 2019

    February 8, 2019 /

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    Weren’t a Smartphone and a Selfie Stick Enough?

    October 6, 2016

    Frames for Sale at Via Margutta

    May 2, 2016

    Emanuele Cavallucci. The New Italian Pro Boxing Welterweight Champion

    March 9, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Skating,  Winter

    Americana Skating – Italian National Championship 2019

    February 4, 2019 /

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    Batklubben

    July 23, 2016

    The Shoesfixer

    September 7, 2014

    Shooting the Shooter…

    February 12, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  Thoughts,  Winter

    Wasted Shot Because iPhone 7 Poor Low-Light Handling

    January 22, 2019 /

    There’s a certain frustration in watching a scene unfold that you know deserves better than the tool in your hands can give it. This was one of those moments. The Adige was shrouded in mist, the bridge arches glowing faintly from warm streetlights, the water reflecting pinpricks of gold — a scene so atmospheric it almost photographed itself. Almost. The iPhone 7 Plus, for all its merit in good daylight, simply doesn’t hold up when the light falls away. The sensor struggles, the noise reduction turns painterly, and dynamic range collapses into a murky smear. What was meant to be a layered play of mist, water, and stone turned into…

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    God Save the Queen!

    September 6, 2014

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    September 14, 2017
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Lines,  People,  Winter

    The First Picture of the Year

    January 5, 2019 /

    The year opens with a frame caught mid-step — a street scene suspended between the casual and the cinematic. The woman in the leopard-print coat commands the foreground, her figure sharply rendered against the soft haze of the street beyond. Her presence is decisive, yet she faces away, offering no expression, only movement. The background melts into a gentle blur, two figures walking arm in arm becoming silhouettes of intimacy. The shallow depth of field works well here: the compression between crisp foreground and ghosted distance draws the viewer through the frame, making the eye travel naturally from the coat’s texture to the vanishing point of the street. Technically, the…

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    Orange Scarf

    November 9, 2014

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    April 21, 2015

    Plenty of Chairs in Via Veneto

    December 2, 2013
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