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  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Dreaming of a Lancia Delta Martini…

    March 24, 2013 /

    … while driving a Nissan.

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    The Unconvinced Listener

    June 25, 2014

    Giorgio Pasotti – Racconti disumani@Teatro Marrucino

    February 28, 2022

    Freeze!

    December 19, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Markets

    A Bitter Sweet

    March 23, 2013 /

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    Multiple Peripheral Visions

    February 10, 2016

    A Quiet Evening

    June 26, 2013

    True Leather (Saved by Photoshop’s Crop)

    January 18, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    The Power of Music

    March 22, 2013 /

    The story is all in the child’s eyes

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    After the Party

    December 16, 2013

    Il barbiere di Siviglia – Don Bartolo mad at Rosina

    November 28, 2020

    A Roller Coaster… A Kind Of

    April 3, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    Supporter or Photographer?

    March 21, 2013 /

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    The Coach

    December 9, 2018

    Is AI-generated art actually killing ‘real’ Art?

    September 16, 2022

    EOS-M. An Act of Fairness

    July 24, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Street Photography

    Foto-Grafo featured on Yanidel.net

    March 20, 2013 /

    The (temporarily now) Argentina-based street-photographer Yanick Delaforge kindly published a couple of shots from Foto-Grafo, Quis Custodies and The Last Waltz, in his “Sho(r)t Stories” series.

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    The Angel Maker

    February 25, 2014

    Watching the Eiffel Tower

    October 14, 2013

    Italian Track&Field Championship 2018 – The reportage

    September 12, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo

    Hell Behind — Tiny Holes Reveal the Flames

    March 19, 2013 /

    This image came to life in a place most people would overlook—a weathered metal surface, pitted and worn, pierced by three small holes. From behind, the glow of fire seeps through, each point of red surrounded by the darkness of oxidised steel. It is a minimal scene, but one that brims with quiet menace. The composition is as simple as it gets: three points of light, vertically aligned, slightly imperfect in their spacing. That imperfection matters—it stops the image from feeling sterile and gives it the organic quality of something made by hand, or by time and decay, rather than design. The surrounding textures—the rust speckles, the gradient of heat…

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    From Camera to Print…

    March 17, 2015

    The Watchman (Street-Photography Shortcuts)

    January 21, 2016

    Coffee at Caffè Nero

    July 16, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    Seeking Directions

    March 18, 2013 /

    is a complex task, not only on the streets.

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    Waiting for the Shinkansen – 1

    June 25, 2017

    Urban Scavenger

    June 28, 2013

    Different Life

    June 24, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    A kiss in the shade

    March 17, 2013 /

    while the love is for real

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    The Sailor

    June 24, 2013

    A Frame Within a Frame Within a Frame

    April 23, 2023

    Balilla

    July 17, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    The Bored Bassman

    March 16, 2013 /

    Jazz stages have a way of amplifying not just the music, but the moods of those who inhabit them. This frame, taken mid-performance, says less about the notes being played and more about the space between them. The singer is in her moment, eyes closed, wrapped in the phrasing of a lyric. The bassist, by contrast, rests his chin on his hand — a gesture that could be concentration, fatigue, or simply waiting for his cue. From a compositional point of view, it’s an image split in tone and focus. The spotlighting was harsh, and while it gave the singer’s red dress and skin a luminous presence, it also pushed…

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    Hands of a Steward

    November 22, 2019

    Chasing the Runner

    October 6, 2013

    TicTacToe

    September 1, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    An inconvenient way to spend time.

    March 15, 2013 /

    Waking up at dawn, layering up like a World Cup slalom contender, waiting your turn at the ski-lift, gliding up to 1,800 metres… and then, instead of carving lines on powder, seeking out the perfect sunny corner to unfold a deckchair and read a magazine. De gustibus, indeed. I took this photograph partly amused, partly curious. The two figures, bundled in ski gear, are frozen in a still life of leisure that feels completely at odds with their surroundings. It’s an unspoken reminder that the mountains aren’t only for the adrenaline-seekers — they’re also for those who see them as a backdrop for a slower kind of pleasure. Technically, the…

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    The Path To Freedom

    September 29, 2014

    An interesting reading

    May 13, 2013

    Inside the Palaces of Power – Bruxelles

    November 8, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    Overexposed?

    March 14, 2013 /

    The scene was candid — two figures, winter jackets zipped to the chin, one holding a small camera at arm’s length, the other patiently posing. The patchwork of snow and rocky ground under a hard midday sun gave me a chance to play with tonal contrast, though it came with its own technical hazards. Snow in bright light loves to trick meters, and the risk here was losing detail in both the highlights and the shadowed areas of the coats. I exposed with the snow in mind, letting the darker parts fall slightly under, trusting that I could lift them later without ruining texture. The clouds, stretched across the frame…

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    Gloves

    October 19, 2014

    Moistmaker@Piazza della Rotonda

    July 12, 2018

    Interpreti Veneziani – Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Live@San Vidal

    September 1, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    Rest in peace

    March 13, 2013 /

    after half a day of ski.

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    Portrait of a Politician – 2

    June 15, 2014

    Waiting for the Shinkansen – 2

    June 30, 2017

    Chasing the Runner

    October 6, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    The perfect ski outfit

    March 12, 2013 /

    … which one is best?

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    Reminiscenses From The Past

    September 7, 2013

    Stantsted Lounge’s Chairs

    December 31, 2013

    The Real-Life Lens Test Series – Episode 1: Viltrox XF 56/1,4 AF

    June 6, 2024
  • Colour,  Court,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Spring

    Waiting for the Justice to Arrive

    March 11, 2013 /

    In this hallway of the Tribunale Penale di Roma, time seems suspended. Lawyers sit or stand, briefcases at their feet, bundles of files in hand. Some engage in hushed conversation, others review notes with ritualistic precision. A woman in red draws the eye—a rare burst of colour in an otherwise subdued palette of solemnity. The title, Waiting for the Justice to Arrive, operates on two planes. On the surface, it is procedural. The court has not yet opened its doors; the judge is late, the hearing is postponed. These legal professionals must simply wait—idle, static, alert. Justice, here, is both person and principle: the judge must enter the courtroom for proceedings…

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    A Lost Towel

    July 3, 2013

    Watch My Back

    January 15, 2013

    Turiddu repeals Santuzza

    November 19, 2022
  • Cities,  Daily photo,  Rome

    Chitchat under the rain

    March 10, 2013 /

    every moment is the right one, to enjoy a friendly conversation.

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    National Security

    April 4, 2014

    Mind Your Way!

    May 28, 2013

    The Last Icecream?

    October 30, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Spring

    Under the Yellow Umbrella

    March 9, 2013 /

    It had just stopped raining—just enough to make the pavement shine, but not enough to fold away the umbrellas. I took this photo in passing. No setup, no waiting. Just a quiet moment shared by two people walking slowly, pushing a shopping trolley and carrying a red bag, both tucked under a loud yellow Bardahl-branded umbrella. The kind of umbrella you don’t buy, but are given somewhere and end up using forever. There’s nothing dramatic here. No grand gesture. Just two people—maybe a couple, maybe not—navigating a wet day together. The colours caught me: the dull browns, the muted jackets, that flash of red, and of course the umbrella. It…

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    The First Picture of the Year

    January 5, 2019

    Padua, a photographer’s goldmine

    October 31, 2024

    Street Compass Rose

    September 25, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    The sentinel…

    March 8, 2013 /

    … hawkeye!

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    Has street-photography a limit?

    December 19, 2012

    After a Tough Day

    January 30, 2016

    Yin and Yang

    November 26, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    Bored

    March 7, 2013 /

    … why go to dinner together, just to enjoy a boring night?

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    Aren’t Tapas Spanish?

    June 29, 2015

    When Venus Meets the Moon

    October 2, 2023

    Hard Worker

    February 9, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Shops

    The Last Puff, Before the Kitchen Opens

    March 6, 2013 /

    He leans into the corrugated shutter like it’s the only stable thing in his world. Dressed in pristine whites, but already marked by the day’s fatigue, this cook steals a few quiet moments with his cigarette and his phone. The street is empty, the restaurants still closed, and everything about the frame holds a soft tension—the pause before the fire and oil, the clang of metal, and the heat of service. What struck me first was the geometry. The vertical roll-up doors, the receding line of storefronts, the bricks underfoot—all form a corridor that isolates him visually and narratively. I composed slightly off-centre to echo the disconnection between his world…

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    An Essay on Light

    October 13, 2017

    5 Frames with a Praktica MTL5B, a Pentacon 50/1,8 and a Roll of Portra 400 (expired in 2011)

    June 20, 2024

    Zebra Crossing in Oslo… With Red Light

    October 12, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo

    The Alchoolist’s garbage

    March 5, 2013 /

    …

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    Rusted Platform

    April 25, 2015

    Shade of Berlin

    April 23, 2013

    Inside an Old Gym

    February 16, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo

    Lonely cart

    March 4, 2013 /

    … of a potato manic

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    Uncertainity

    August 11, 2013

    Italian Track&Field Championship 2018 – The reportage

    September 12, 2018

    The Choir Master

    December 24, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    None of my business…

    March 3, 2013 /

    Two local police agents try to block an African guy because of the CD he was supposedly selling. But this is none of our business…

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

    September 28, 2024

    Outside the Nobel Museum

    June 30, 2016

    The Casual Observer

    September 5, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    Enough…

    March 2, 2013 /

    The man in the blue windbreaker is not just leaning on a railing — he’s leaning on a lifetime. I caught him mid-pause, his posture tilted forward yet anchored, as if he had been running but something — or perhaps nothing — made him stop. Behind him, others drift along the walkway, anonymous shapes in dark jackets, contrasting with his bright, almost defiant blue. Compositionally, I wanted the railing to serve as a visual guide, leading the viewer’s eye from the man into the horizon, creating a kind of bridge not just in space but in thought. The diagonal sweep of the barrier, with its graffiti and padlocks, speaks of…

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    An Off Duty Anchor

    September 21, 2014

    Stantsted Lounge’s Chairs

    December 31, 2013

    Diner After the Show

    July 7, 2013
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    The Scooter

    March 1, 2013 /

    Trying to run faster than its shadow.

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    The Racers

    December 7, 2014

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    October 5, 2014

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    January 22, 2014
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