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  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Parachute

    September 14, 2013 /

    Didn’t have a wider lens, so I got the most interesting part of the frame…

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    Red Bag, Black Shoes

    November 27, 2014

    Life, the Universe and Everything

    July 28, 2013

    TicTacToe

    September 1, 2014
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Summer

    L’estate sta finendo…

    September 13, 2013 /

    L’estate sta finendo (the Summer is going to end) sang and old tune by The Righeira. It might have been a carefree Italo Disco anthem, but here its title feels almost literal. In this image, the end of summer is measured not in falling leaves, but in the silent rows of yellow sunbeds—upright, slightly askew, ready to be cleaned and stored. The repetition of form is the photograph’s backbone. Eleven chairs (or nearly so—one is cropped out on each side) form a neat yet imperfect line, their bright fabric glowing against the more muted tones of the stone and the soft grey-blue sky. The high-key yellow works almost like an…

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    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Italian Beach Handball Female Team (and a primer on sport photography, part 3)

    September 30, 2015

    Shade of Berlin

    April 23, 2013

    So Long, and Thank You for the Fish

    January 26, 2022
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Projects,  Summer

    Night Serenade

    September 12, 2013 /

    Is there anything more romantic?

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    Shrinking Knowledge Into A Small Brain

    July 24, 2018

    The missing guest

    April 19, 2013

    Bicycle

    February 2, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  People,  Summer

    Come on in…

    September 11, 2013 /

    What will you find at the end of the corridor? The frame pulls you inward. The eye enters through the shadowed foreground, past the blurred figure standing half in, half out of the light, and begins its slow walk down the corridor. The walls, cracked and weathered, carry the patina of time. Arched ceilings recede rhythmically, each arch framing the next, each doorway leading you further inside. Along the path, framed photographs lean against the walls, their colours softened by the dim light. They are not hung with formality; they rest casually, like travellers waiting to be claimed. The projector to the right hints at moving images, yet here, everything feels…

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    Claws of Fire

    September 27, 2017

    Where Did I Left My Car?

    April 2, 2015

    No, You Don’t Need To Change Your Glasses

    June 14, 2014
  • 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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    The Expired Film Series – Episode 6 – Kodak Portra 400 – November 2016 shot in Sept. 2023

    June 5, 2024

    The Actor’s Nightmare

    August 3, 2013

    The Casual Observer

    September 5, 2013
  • 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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    Full Moon

    May 9, 2017

    An Asian Lion Guarding an Italian Town – One Shot Story

    August 27, 2025

    Under the Heat Of Rome…

    June 26, 2018
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Suspicious

    September 8, 2013 /

    What’s wrong, dude?

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    The Pulse of Passion: A Story Told in Red

    August 9, 2018

    The Expired Film Series – Episode 6 – Kodak Portra 400 – November 2016 shot in Sept. 2023

    June 5, 2024

    Bent

    July 13, 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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    A Droplet

    February 21, 2021

    The Smoker’s Golden Rule: A Coffee Always Calls a Cigarette

    July 9, 2013

    Safe Living (?)

    July 28, 2016
  • 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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    When Colour Helps Composition

    February 7, 2020

    @ Mediterrean Beach Games 2015 – Italian Beach Soccer Team (and a primer on sport-photography, part 4)

    October 3, 2015

    The Hamlet’s Dilemma

    May 20, 2014
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Streets&Squares,  Summer

    The Casual Observer

    September 5, 2013 /

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    Niccolò Fabi – Meno Per Meno Tour 2023 – Live@Teatro Massimo, Pescara

    May 7, 2023

    Processing a DSLR Digitised Black and White Film with Affinity Photo

    January 24, 2023

    Pensive, On the Way Home

    November 28, 2014
  • 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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    The Flame is Still Burning…

    June 23, 2018

    The Silent Ceremony

    November 2, 2017

    A sample of the Carl Zeiss Jena 135/F4 Sonnar and a Fuji X-T3

    February 5, 2023
  • 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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    On The Rocks

    August 13, 2014

    Faces in the Façade: A Ghostly Smile in Stone

    November 15, 2014

    Lost In Rembrance

    July 26, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar

    Vinyl Never Dies

    September 2, 2013 /

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    The call that never quite ends

    March 4, 2014

    Winter Leaves

    December 9, 2014

    Meaning in Photography

    March 4, 2020
  • 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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    Pipeline

    February 13, 2014

    Smile!

    August 7, 2013

    A Ryanair Aircraft

    August 21, 2018
  • 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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    Portrait of a Perinatal Cardiologist

    July 11, 2014

    Iron Gate

    May 2, 2013

    DSLR film scanning: episode three

    January 24, 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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    @ Rome’s Maker Faire – 6. Lost In Texting

    November 23, 2014

    Waiting for the Justice to Arrive

    March 11, 2013

    The Financial Times at Night

    October 1, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar

    A Puff of Smoke

    August 29, 2013 /

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    Elishéva live@Faneuil Hall

    July 8, 2023

    Strolling in Stockholm

    July 4, 2016

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

    March 8, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Bycicle Ride

    August 28, 2013 /

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    The Way Out

    October 20, 2013

    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Italian Female Rowing Team

    October 7, 2015

    Footprint

    April 24, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Afternoon’s Mumbling

    August 27, 2013 /

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    The missing guest

    April 19, 2013

    Sega Codemaster

    November 21, 2017

    Portrait of a Wrestler

    October 27, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Garbage,  Streets&Squares,  Summer

    Garbage Collection

    August 26, 2013 /

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    Waiting for the Fish

    December 18, 2021

    Trust Us, We Care About You

    March 18, 2014

    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Italian Beach Volley Team – Marco Caminati (and a primer on sport photography, part 6)

    October 13, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    Pillars Of The Beach

    August 25, 2013 /

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    The Mystique of Film

    August 24, 2022

    Action shot

    January 7, 2013

    Watching the Eiffel Tower

    October 14, 2013
  • 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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    W Verdi

    January 29, 2014

    One Shot (Plus One) Story – All That Lasts

    April 19, 2025

    Humannequin

    January 10, 2013
  • 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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    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Italy Beach Soccer Team’s Goalkeeper (and a primer on sport photography, part 2)

    September 24, 2015

    LP – Live@Anfiteatro La Civitella

    July 22, 2022

    A Knitting Shop in Rovereto

    March 21, 2026
  • 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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    February 22, 2014

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    September 27, 2013

    Matching Nails

    September 18, 2017
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