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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  Shops,  Stockholm,  Winter

    A Special Dress for a Special Party

    July 6, 2016 /

    At night in Stockholm, when shop windows become small stages and the city quiets enough, interiors to speak outward. The mannequin stands alone, dressed in white, suspended between the street and the room behind it. There is no reflection of passers-by, no movement intruding — only the slow, deliberate stillness of fabric and objects. The dress is light, almost ceremonial, while the surrounding space is heavy with material: stacked books, dark wood, layered garments, textured rugs. The shop feels less like a retail space than a private archive, somewhere between wardrobe and memory.

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    The 365th Shot: Between Sacred and Profane

    December 14, 2013

    Zeiss ZK Planar T* 50mm F/1.4 – Test Shots and an Unpleasant Incident

    October 3, 2025

    Processing DSLR-digitized film with and without Pentax K-1 Monochrome Custom Image profile

    April 30, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Stockholm,  Summer

    Strolling in Stockholm

    July 4, 2016 /

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    The Spanish Sense of Flesh – 2

    June 28, 2014

    Carl Zeiss Jena Triotar 85/4 and Nikon Z5 – An Empirical Field Test

    January 28, 2026

    The Stroller

    July 7, 2015
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Stockholm,  Summer

    Outside the Nobel Museum

    June 30, 2016 /

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    Bless or Curse?

    August 12, 2014

    Heater

    May 23, 2015

    Nikkor 16mm Fisheye – Three Ways to Make use of Such a Lens

    August 22, 2024
  • Daily photo,  Docks,  Lines,  People,  Stockholm,  Summer

    Under The Bridge

    June 27, 2016 /

    Thank to its architecture, Stockholm is a very good place to shoot modern pictures. ストックホルムは現代の写真を撮るには良い場所です

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    Caught In The Act… Almost

    October 4, 2018

    Forgotten Bike In A Forgotten House

    April 3, 2013

    Steve Hackett – Live@Teatro d’Annunzio

    July 8, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Stockholm

    Different Life

    June 24, 2016 /

    Taking royal sentries pictures is usually useless because all the pictures look alike, unless something happens that gives the composition a new life. この写真は、スウェーデン王宮のセンチネルを示しています. しばしば退屈です. しかし、別の何かを追加することにより、 写真は新しい人生を取得します

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    Relaxed Call at Boulevard du Palais

    March 19, 2014

    Waiting for the hearing

    February 19, 2013

    Deadly Bored

    January 6, 2020
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Seasons,  Soccer,  Social Control,  Summer

    A Different Passion…

    June 12, 2016 /

    If football is a religion — and for many it is — then what are its rituals, and who are its saints and martyrs? I came across this man during a rally, wrapped in his team’s colours, crowned with blue plastic strands like a DIY halo, cigarette pinched between fingers, gaze lost somewhere off-frame. He didn’t look triumphant, nor devastated. Just worn — by hope, by defeat, by something in between. This wasn’t theatre for the camera. He wasn’t performing. He was just still, in that half-breath between chants or cheers or curses. From a technical standpoint, I shot this with a shallow depth of field, using a fast lens…

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    A promenade

    February 24, 2013

    In-Eye

    February 2, 2014

    The three musket(b)eer

    May 11, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Hanging

    May 29, 2016 /

    Do dangerous things safely. 安全に危険なものを行います

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    The El Prat’s Lounge

    June 5, 2014

    Portrait of a Judo Master

    November 14, 2013

    National Security

    April 4, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Downtown,  Garages&Labs,  Lines,  Rome,  Spring

    Frames for Sale at Via Margutta

    May 2, 2016 /

    I was walking along Via Margutta when the geometry in this shop window stopped me cold. Two empty frames leaned against the glass, one upright, the other tilted sharply as though it had slipped out of formation. Behind them, more frames receded into the dim interior, creating an optical echo — rectangles within rectangles, stretching away into the dark. I shot it in black and white film, embracing the grain and high contrast that the low light demanded. The texture is almost intrusive, but it adds a grit that feels appropriate for a street scene late in the evening. Exposure was tricky: I wanted to preserve the fluorescent highlights inside…

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

    December 22, 2024

    The Casual Observer

    September 5, 2013

    Lockpicking Tools

    December 11, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Shooting,  Spring

    The BatFire

    April 29, 2016 /

    A butterfly with wings of fire. 火の翼を持つ蝶

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    Just A Phone Call – 1

    February 18, 2015

    The Rise of the Mutant Spiders?

    November 4, 2013

    Portrait of a young guitar player

    May 4, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Spring

    Hard Stare

    April 26, 2016 /

    Shot this on a sun-scorched afternoon with harsh overhead light slicing the scene into contrast-heavy planes. The man in the checkered blazer didn’t slow his stride, didn’t shift his glare. He simply walked straight into frame, embodying the kind of presence that turns candid street into psychological confrontation. The choice of film stock—contrasty and slightly expired—helped strip the scene down to its tension lines. Midtones were sacrificed in favour of stark lights and choked shadows, a deliberate trade-off to drive mood over neutrality. The image is overexposed in the background, the whites blooming around the tourist group like a visual buffer, pushing them back and letting him advance. Compositionally, I…

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    Inside the Garrison

    May 14, 2014

    Carl Zeiss T* 50 1,5 Sonnar and EOS EF-M 18-55

    August 4, 2013

    Right before the gig

    September 14, 2018
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Spring

    What Could I Do?

    April 18, 2016 /

    Don’t be afraid to do a mistake, but fear its consequences… 失敗を恐れていません でも 結果を恐れて

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    Mind Your Way!

    May 28, 2013

    An Old Lady in Great Shape

    September 23, 2014

    On Air

    July 22, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome

    As Deep As The Ocean

    April 15, 2016 /

    Shot on high-speed film, probably pushed too far for its own good, this image leans unapologetically into its grain. That’s not a romantic defence—it’s noisy, and there’s no hiding it. But the grit serves the subject well. This isn’t a fashion shot, despite what the woman’s posture might suggest at first glance. It’s a street portrait in conflict, a moment of clashing worlds on a Roman piazza. She walks absorbed in her bag—her hands, her head, everything drawn into that black void hanging at her side. And then, almost dismissed by distance and shade, the three men sit slouched on the steps, in hi-vis trousers, watching. They’re not interacting, not…

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    The Sprint Before the Ride

    August 8, 2013

    A creative approach to zone focusing with superfast manual lenses and mirrorless cameras in street photography

    September 28, 2024

    Vive La France, The Oslo’s Way

    October 7, 2014
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    Distraction

    April 6, 2016 /

    I’ve always been drawn to images that speak to the times we live in, and this one, captured in the dim glow of a theatre, says far more than it initially lets on. Rows of seats are filled, the stage lights cast their magenta hue across the scene, and yet the true illumination comes not from the performance, but from the tiny, cold rectangles in people’s hands. The glow of smartphone screens slices through the warm darkness, each one a small, personal theatre pulling its audience away from the real one. From a compositional standpoint, I opted for a diagonal perspective, allowing the rows of red seats to create a…

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    Upcoming Call

    June 3, 2013

    Street Magic@Nagoya Castle

    July 21, 2019

    Indifference

    July 5, 2015
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    Alex Britti – Live@Cinema teatro Massimo – Pescara

    April 3, 2016 /

    Another concert, another reportage. これらは マキシム劇場のペスカーラでアレックス Brittiのコンサートの写真です, ローマで ブルースと ポップの 音楽家です.

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    What’s the Time?

    October 8, 2019

    Breakfast at Rue Brisemiche

    March 25, 2014

    Busy In A Call

    December 16, 2014
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  Reportage,  Thoughts,  Winter

    Daniele Silvestri – Live@Cinema teatro Massimo – Pescara

    March 21, 2016 /

    Be Canon, Nikon or whatever, when the assignment is demanding, there is no substitute for a DSLR. I kept taking with me a Fuji (mainly, an X-E2 with the 18-55 and sometimes an X100s) as a wide-angle camera. The results are very good but, in a scenario like a theater, can’t possibly match the versatility of a 5D Mk III with the mighty Canon EF 100-400. Enjoy the pictures!

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    Empty Chairs in the Tuileries

    October 19, 2013

    Italy, Street-Photography and the Law

    October 29, 2013

    Wrecked Hull

    February 14, 2014
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Winter

    A Sound Engineer

    March 10, 2016 /

    In this photograph, I wanted to show not the performer, but the architect of the sound. The image was taken in near-total darkness—lit only by a cold task lamp and the residual ambient from an electronic set. I waited until her face dipped into the glow of the desk lamp, her attention consumed by the maze of patch cables, mixers, and noise boxes she was bending to her will. I shot handheld at a high ISO, knowing it would introduce noise and softness, but also that any attempt to flatten the contrast would erase the mood. The exposure was pushed just enough to hold detail in the shadows while allowing…

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    Bless or Curse?

    August 12, 2014

    A London’s Skyline

    September 13, 2016

    Now You See It…Street Juggler at a Red Light in Barcelona

    June 16, 2014
  • Artists,  B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Reportage,  Spring

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

    March 8, 2016 /

    This the reportage I did on behalf of Rockol.it with a Canon 5d Mk III and the venerable Canon EF 70-200/2,8. These frames came from a night where the light was scarce but the music was abundant. I knew from the start that I would have to work with the available stage lighting, which meant pushing the ISO well beyond my comfort zone. The result is a grain structure that feels almost filmic — not something I tried to hide, but rather embraced, as it adds texture that suits the intimacy of live jazz. The composition developed naturally: Gigi Cifarelli to the right, fully immersed in his guitar, and the…

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    Will The iPhone Kill Traditional Cameras? Not Very

    October 15, 2019

    Alfa (1750) … Dog

    July 25, 2015

    Out of Focus, again

    October 3, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Winter

    A Lamp in an Old Teather

    March 8, 2016 /

    There is something quietly poetic about an object photographed in isolation, removed from its intended context yet still resonating with hints of its former life. This image — a simple floor lamp set against a timeworn, crimson theatre curtain — speaks volumes in its sparseness. The lamp, with its contemporary, almost utilitarian design, stands in stark contrast to the opulent, textured backdrop, a relic from an era when theatres embraced velvet and grandeur. From a compositional standpoint, the decision to place the lamp off-centre allows the folds and rich patina of the curtain to dominate the frame. The interplay between the deep reds, the lamp’s soft white glow, and the…

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    Urban Desolation

    September 18, 2014

    ChitChat in a sunny day

    January 4, 2013

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

    August 7, 2024
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Winter

    Portrait of a Law Professor (and Free Climber…)

    February 26, 2016 /

    Some portraits speak as much through their surroundings as through the subject’s face. This image—shot on T-Max 400—was conceived to be less about formality and more about quiet juxtapositions. The professor, sharply dressed in a waistcoat and tie, sits in an office that is anything but stiff: behind him, a large photograph of a free climber grips the rock face with raw, physical intensity. The contrast is the story. The academic’s world is one of precision, argument, and interpretation of law; the climber’s, one of risk, strength, and moment-to-moment survival. And yet, the connection between the two is more than decorative. This professor is himself a climber—an individual who understands…

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    A Little Of Thailand In Rome

    August 3, 2013

    Alive Or Not?

    February 16, 2013

    When The Passion Is Gone (thank to a sneaky photographer)

    August 21, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Winter

    Portrait of a Gunsmith

    February 24, 2016 /

    No bravado. No noise. Just focus. This is not a scene from a film. It’s a portrait of a gunsmith — hands steady, brow drawn in close. The room is small, functional, the shelves stacked. There’s no display of violence here. No suggestion of power. Only the patient act of tuning metal into balance. He’s wearing gloves, not out of fear, but out of respect — for the tool, for the work, for the ritual. The gun isn’t loaded. It isn’t posed. It’s an object in process. A mechanism being read, understood, maintained. I took this photo in near silence. The only sound was the faint click of a slide…

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    Portrait of a young guitar player

    May 4, 2014

    Belgian Chocolate – Neuhaus

    November 16, 2015

    Home on the Range

    May 17, 2015
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Winter

    An Old Boxing Gym

    February 22, 2016 /

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    January 14, 2016

    Out of Focus, again

    October 3, 2013

    Los Niños y El Tocaor

    October 30, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Real Time Update

    February 20, 2016 /

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    September 17, 2022

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    May 12, 2022

    Italian Stardust

    April 6, 2015
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Social Control,  Winter

    Who Can It Be Now?

    February 18, 2016 /

    He stood apart, not physically—just mentally. Everyone else was turned toward the stage, pulsing with light and sound, faces lifted, absorbed. But he was here, high above the crowd on a metal platform, lit by a cold phone screen. Not watching, not present. Swiping, scrolling, messaging—connected to everything but the moment directly in front of him. I composed this with intent. The platform rails frame him almost like a cage. He isn’t trapped, but the symbolism’s hard to ignore. The crowd beyond is dense, soft-focused, awash in ambient green and blue from the stage lights. Exposure had to be pushed—concert lighting isn’t kind to dynamic range—but I kept it tight…

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    Shadow On The Wall

    August 30, 2015

    Suspicious

    December 2, 2014

    A chat on a lake shore

    May 6, 2013
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Social Control,  Winter

    Staged?

    February 16, 2016 /

    This pictures portrays Max Gazzè 2016 tour’s official photographer asking the crowd to raise and wave the hands. Although the picture is staged (meaining: the photographer “created” the “moment” instead of waiting for it) the outcome is not, since is the result of the dialog between the photographer and the people.

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    April 2, 2015

    Guarding Democracy

    June 14, 2023

    As Seen on Ferrania Film’ Stories section…

    December 4, 2023
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