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  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Projects,  Summer

    Seeking Directions – Where Do I Go From Here?

    September 10, 2013 /

    The cyclist wasn’t posing. He’d stopped to make a call, mid-ride, still straddling the saddle with the indecision of someone caught between stages. I didn’t ask. I just raised the camera and took the frame as it unfolded. The gas station in the background plays its part—logo sharp, prices legible, a quiet indicator of place and time. The contrast between high-performance cycling gear and the mundane infrastructure of the city gives the image its friction. It’s not a sports photo. It’s about movement interrupted. Shot handheld in late afternoon with fading light, the exposure was tricky. Highlights bounced off his helmet and the glossy panels of nearby cars. I dialled…

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    Poetry Still Survives

    June 7, 2014

    Lamp

    April 2, 2014

    Barbarians At the Beach

    August 30, 2021
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Reportage,  Summer

    Nico Cilli Band@Chiostro Comunale – Città S.Angelo

    September 9, 2013 /

    A few shots from a reportage I did during a jazz gig.

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    The Chess Players

    October 10, 2013

    Autumn Leaves

    September 8, 2014

    Square One

    June 17, 2014
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Suspicious

    September 8, 2013 /

    What’s wrong, dude?

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    Who The Hell Killed the Light Off?

    August 2, 2015

    Relax At The Rapallo’s Marina

    August 2, 2014

    Is This Photo Illegal?

    March 20, 2014
  • Boulevards,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Reminiscenses From The Past

    September 7, 2013 /

    Lost in memories, while the world turns.

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    The Eye

    April 25, 2014

    An Altar for the Propaganda Machine

    November 17, 2013

    Relentless – A One Shot Story

    November 27, 2025
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Visual

    Lightblade

    September 6, 2013 /

    I took this shot late in the evening, drawn by the improbable geometry cast by a wall sconce in an otherwise nondescript alley. The light didn’t just illuminate—it carved. A fan of brilliance stretching vertically in both directions, like a double-edged blade suspended in air. No tricks. No editing. Just a camera, a wall, and the physics of reflection doing the work. The symmetry is what compelled me. It’s never perfect, but in this frame it came close enough to earn the name Lightblade. The triangular base descending downward balances a more complex, diffused spray upward, where the beam fragments slightly—revealing the uneven surface of the wall and subtle flaws…

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    Distraction

    April 6, 2016

    Not A Rorschach Inkblot

    December 24, 2017

    The Lost Church

    July 16, 2014
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Streets&Squares,  Summer

    The Casual Observer

    September 5, 2013 /

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    VueScan and the missed Bits-per-pixel

    December 1, 2013

    Who Is The Machine?

    August 5, 2019

    Lost in Le Puglie

    December 2, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Social Control,  Summer,  Urban Landscape

    Peeping the Misery

    September 4, 2013 /

    A rough opening in a white wall becomes the frame. The edges are jagged, still bearing the scars of whatever blow created them. Through it, the eye is led into another world—a dusty, abandoned space where sunlight slices across the ground. On the floor lies a tangle of debris: fragments of cloth, splinters, and what seems to be a torn banner, its once-bright colours now dulled. The text on it is broken, unreadable, a language interrupted. In the background, shapes blur into shadow—remnants of furniture, perhaps, or the skeletal remains of another wall. This photograph is about looking in without stepping in. The viewer is held at a distance, forced…

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    A Dragon Trainer?

    July 8, 2014

    The Last Puff, Before the Kitchen Opens

    March 6, 2013

    Glancing Books In A Brussels’Night

    November 12, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer

    While Waiting for the Food

    September 3, 2013 /

    Somewhere coastal, sometime after sundown. The table is set, the drinks half gone, the plates not yet full. It’s the in-between moment—the pause before the meal arrives, when conversation either deepens or disappears. He’s on his phone, thumb scrolling with purpose, eyes locked to the glow. Around him, the restaurant hums: plastic chairs, thatched roof, barefoot kids running between tables, the usual clatter of dishes and casual voices. A holiday place, probably. Warm air, sea salt, and time meant to be slower. What struck me was not the act—because it’s common—but the woman across from him. Half-hidden, partly blurred, yet watching. Not annoyed, not angry. Just watching. The kind of…

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    A Dangerous Alley

    May 25, 2013

    Freeze!

    December 19, 2014

    Who is the mannequin?

    April 11, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar

    Vinyl Never Dies

    September 2, 2013 /

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    Come on in…

    September 11, 2013

    Hard Stare

    April 26, 2016

    Action shot

    January 7, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer

    The Doorman

    September 1, 2013 /

    Night work has its own silence, even when it’s loud. I made this frame just before the crowd arrived — a kind of photographic inhale before the push and pull of a Saturday night began. The doorman stands alone, his posture almost statuesque, braced against the neon wash of the venue’s lighting. The composition leans heavily on verticality. I intentionally let the figure anchor the centre, framed between structural elements and artificial glow. It’s an image of solitude and readiness, not action — and that contrast is what I wanted to preserve. The light is tough: mixed colour temperatures, harsh reflections, and flat backgrounds. But I didn’t correct it. It…

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    A few shots from a Paco de Lucia live performance

    July 31, 2013

    Fujifilm XF 100-400: a quick test

    January 12, 2018

    Portrait of a Law Professor (and Free Climber…)

    February 26, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    The Silent Dialog

    August 31, 2013 /

    Sometimes, two subjects share a conversation without exchanging a word. In this case, the dialogue exists between man and stone — between the jogger, resting mid-route, and the towering marble column in front of him. The stillness of the sculpture contrasts with his barely contained energy, as though the pause is only temporary before motion resumes. The composition is anchored by geometry. The bollards form a rhythm across the foreground, pulling the eye toward the seated figure. The column rises almost dead-centre in the frame, lending a sense of vertical authority, while the urban backdrop — palms, apartments, the waiting truck — situates the scene in the ordinary present, far…

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    The Coach

    December 9, 2018

    Ceci N’Est Pas Une Junior (or, Cognitive Dissonance – Part Two)

    December 12, 2025

    Red Moon at the end of August

    September 1, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Sleep Wins

    August 30, 2013 /

    I found them in that fragile hour when night hasn’t fully given up and the day hasn’t quite claimed the streets. Two bodies slumped against a shuttered shopfront, graffiti curling behind them like a silent narrator. They weren’t staged, of course — this was simply where exhaustion decided to settle. With the Canon EOS-M paired to the EF-M 18–55, I had the flexibility to frame them in a way that gave space for the scene to breathe. The late light worked in my favour, sliding in at an angle that brought warmth to their skin tones while pulling texture from the cold metal behind them. The graffiti, soft enough not…

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    Last Check Before the Start

    July 29, 2015

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

    December 19, 2024

    Arrested Behind the Door

    March 29, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar

    A Puff of Smoke

    August 29, 2013 /

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    A Banner

    November 29, 2014

    Lost In Barcelona’s Beauty

    June 13, 2014

    Glancing Books In A Brussels’Night

    November 12, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Bycicle Ride

    August 28, 2013 /

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    London in Motion: A Night Ride in a Single Frame

    October 26, 2016

    Guarding Democracy

    June 14, 2023

    Nagoya’s reportage featured in The Good Life

    October 29, 2020
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Afternoon’s Mumbling

    August 27, 2013 /

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    Waiting for the Shinkansen – 1

    June 25, 2017

    Buying Chocolate

    October 31, 2015

    Mind The Step

    August 28, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Garbage,  Streets&Squares,  Summer

    Garbage Collection

    August 26, 2013 /

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    EOS-M. An Act of Fairness

    July 24, 2013

    Different Financial Transactions

    November 3, 2016

    Aren’t Tapas Spanish?

    June 29, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    Pillars Of The Beach

    August 25, 2013 /

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    Friends

    August 3, 2014

    A Comfortable Chair

    November 8, 2013

    How Nissan Crossing Has Changed Over Time

    December 1, 2025
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Summer

    The Lifeguard’s Tools

    August 24, 2013 /

    This image was taken on a humid Adriatic morning, before the sun had made its way through the marine haze. The beach is empty, save for the standard equipment of Italian stabilimenti: a stack of white plastic loungers, a faded parasol, and a time-worn pedalò parked like a stranded vessel waiting for a purpose it hasn’t had in years. The scene centres on a lifeguard, though not in the dramatic or muscular sense the word often evokes. He stands waist-deep in the still sea, just off a sign that likely warns swimmers of a drop-off or prohibited zone. His posture is unremarkable—calm, passive, perhaps resigned. And yet, that mundanity is…

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    Life is a bitch

    May 22, 2013

    Pino Ammendola – L’ultima notte di Bonfiglio Liborio@Teatro Marrucino

    May 13, 2022

    Next Time, Maybe…

    January 12, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Photography,  Thoughts

    The Nightmare

    August 23, 2013 /

    Last night, at what should have been an intimate tango exhibition, I was reminded how delicate the relationship between photographer, performer, and audience really is. It’s a balance of presence and discretion — a dance of our own, if you will — and when one party missteps, the whole atmosphere can falter. The image I took here is less about the aesthetics of tango than about an interruption to its magic. In the foreground stands a photographer, camera raised, entirely absorbed in his task. The moon glows softly above him, the darkness swallowing most of the scene, but it’s clear enough to see the intent concentration on his face. Off…

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    Skating at Palais de Tokyo

    June 11, 2015

    St. Peter in Background

    December 5, 2013

    Message Check Before Breakfast

    December 12, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Staring At The Infinite

    August 22, 2013 /

    Shot on a quiet coastline, this image started as a spontaneous exercise in balance and distance—two figures set against the immeasurable vastness of the sea. The horizon offered a natural axis, both dividing and uniting the sky and the water, while the couple, placed slightly off-centre, became the emotional anchor. I chose a moderate focal length to avoid exaggerating depth or flattening perspective. The intent was to render the vastness not as spectacle, but as presence—imposing yet still intimate. The sea is not in fury, nor calm; it simply is, stretching without end behind them. That’s the metaphor I was after. Compositionally, I leaned on symmetry without being rigid. The…

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    Thirsty

    June 10, 2014

    Cold Freezing Tour Through Oslo’s Fjord

    October 4, 2014

    The Ghost

    February 15, 2013
  • Artists,  Daily photo,  Observer Bias,  Photography,  Thoughts

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

    August 21, 2013 /

    The close-up delivers a feeling of hot passion, as often tangueros do. But a wider view, including that sneaky photographer, kills the mood.

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    Bronine Volkit Camera Hub. Mixed feelings

    November 30, 2021

    Zebra Crossing

    March 14, 2014

    Moon, hand-held

    April 30, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    High Heels Ghost

    August 20, 2013 /

    I took this on a Saturday night, tripod low, exposure long. The street was busy but silent—one of those moments when you hear the city breathe between footsteps and engines. She passed quickly, dressed for somewhere else, but the shutter stayed open just long enough to erase her features and leave only motion. She became a spectre. Legs firm, heels sharp, but the torso blurred into translucence. It wasn’t planned. I wanted to catch life, but what emerged was absence—graceful, flickering, unresolved. That duality between presence and erasure fascinated me. Compositionally, it’s a static stage: parked cars, rough bark, municipal geometry. The frame’s symmetry anchors the chaos of the motion…

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    Just A Phone Call – 1

    February 18, 2015

    Columns

    November 10, 2014

    The Sentinel

    August 13, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer

    Saturday Night’s Ice Cream

    August 19, 2013 /

    This image was taken late one summer evening, in that quiet stretch after dinner but before the streets empty out. The man in the frame is devouring his ice cream like it’s the first proper moment he’s had to himself all day—elbows on knees, back curved forward, eyes fixed on the cone like it holds more than just pistachio and stracciatella. Technically speaking, the photograph is far from pristine. Handheld in low light with a slow shutter and high ISO, the noise creeps in and sharpness suffers. But I don’t mind that. Precision wasn’t the priority here. What I wanted was to capture a trace of stillness in motion, a…

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    A Lockheed C-130 Hercules

    January 31, 2021

    Self-Defense

    July 27, 2013

    A Hellish Look

    March 26, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Parks,  People,  Summer

    When We Were Kids

    August 18, 2013 /

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    August 26, 2014

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    April 15, 2022

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