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  • Barcelona,  Boulevards,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Waiting For The Bus On Las Ramblas

    August 19, 2014 /

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    The Penguin’s Feeder

    July 25, 2014

    An Essay on Composition

    February 14, 2021

    As Seen on Ferrania Film’ Stories section…

    December 4, 2023
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Tattoos in Barcelona

    August 18, 2014 /

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    The Mystique of Film

    August 24, 2022

    Via Collina, Empty, From Above

    September 13, 2014

    Different Loads

    June 23, 2015
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring,  Street Markets

    The Spanish Sense of Flesh – 2

    June 28, 2014 /

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    The Actor’s Nightmare

    August 3, 2013

    Late Evening Break In Piazza Dante

    October 21, 2017

    A Fix for the Wikipedia Photos’ Copyright Scams?

    December 19, 2020
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring,  Street Markets

    The Spanish Sense of Flesh – 1

    June 26, 2014 /

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    A Nikon’s Portrait Made With a Fuji

    January 14, 2016

    A useless photo

    July 23, 2013

    A Maserati GranTurismo

    July 15, 2023
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Streets&Squares

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

    June 16, 2014 /

    Caught this just as the traffic paused. The juggler—or maybe illusionist—stepped onto the zebra crossing like it was a stage, pulling a contact juggling sphere from his pocket with the same ease most reach for a cigarette. No microphone, no music, no hat on the ground. Just confidence, and a tight, silent routine aimed at no one and everyone. I shot from slightly above, which flattened the scene into layers: the motorcyclist on the left, the car breaking the frame in front, and the performer, suspended mid-gesture. The composition benefits from the crosswalk marks, which slice the image horizontally and echo the performer’s stance. It’s geometry meeting theatre. Technically, this…

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    Last Check Before The Show

    July 21, 2014

    Dreaming of a Lancia Delta Martini…

    March 24, 2013

    Mussels Underwater…

    August 23, 2014
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    Lost In Barcelona’s Beauty

    June 13, 2014 /

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    A Modern Nazca?

    December 4, 2014

    An Open Gate

    January 13, 2015

    Art Auction at Piazza Navona

    February 6, 2016
  • Airport,  Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo

    The El Prat’s Lounge

    June 5, 2014 /

    Airport lounges often exist in a strange, liminal space — neither entirely connected to the bustle of the terminal nor completely detached from it. This photograph captures that in-between feeling with an almost still-life precision. The beige armchairs, glass coffee table, and neatly placed newspaper (“La Vanguardia”) suggest a space curated for calm, yet one can sense the transient nature of those who pass through. The composition is deliberate and symmetrical, the sofa centred with the vase of artificial flowers acting as the visual anchor. The choice to place the glass table in the foreground introduces depth and framing, its reflections adding subtle complexity without pulling attention from the central…

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    Another Bridge

    September 23, 2019

    A Great Marketing Stunt

    May 27, 2014

    Trust Us, We Care About You

    March 18, 2014
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Small Talk in Las Ramblas

    June 4, 2014 /

    I took this photo in Barcelona, where conversation isn’t background noise but part of the architecture. Las Ramblas is never quiet, never empty—always a current of movement, commerce, and human theatre. Yet in this frame, the flow is briefly suspended by a gesture: one man leaning down to greet another, while a third man stands as witness, folded newspaper in hand, arms set in a subtle brace of familiarity. The scene unfolds naturally, without prompting. I wasn’t aiming for perfection but presence—being there, camera in hand, when a moment coalesced. Compositionally, it’s informal yet balanced. The figures form a loose triangle, anchoring the shot while the rest of the world…

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    The Boat That Never Left

    September 26, 2019

    The Misplaced Buoy

    April 26, 2014

    Flashes’ Forgotten Powersuits

    April 11, 2014
  • B&W,  Barcelona,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Spring

    The Teleferic de Montjiuc

    May 28, 2014 /

    I framed this high, tight, and in monochrome. The tower holds its geometry clean against a washed-out sky, bisected by the tension of support cables that anchor the structure both physically and compositionally. The decision to exclude ground and context wasn’t aesthetic—it was structural. I wanted the image to stand on line, angle, and steel alone. Shot with a mid-telephoto to flatten depth slightly and reduce parallax across the girders. The light was diffuse but not flat. A break in the clouds gave enough gradient to define planes without creating shadow noise. The exposure leaned conservative: highlights retained in the clouds, midtones preserved in the riveted panels and pulleys. No…

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    A Lost Towel

    July 3, 2013

    A Roller Coaster… A Kind Of

    April 3, 2014

    Rusted Platform

    April 25, 2015
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Inside the Garrison

    May 14, 2014 /

    In a usually busy day, the bomberos enjoy a moment of relax.

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    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Wrestling, Italy vs France (And a primer on sport photography – Part 5)

    October 9, 2015

    Waiting for the goal

    April 28, 2013

    Genta Fukue live@Sakura Terrace – Kyoto

    June 22, 2017
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  People,  Spring

    The New Church

    May 13, 2014 /

    In the XXIth Century, a new church grows, to satisfy old needs.

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    The Arson

    February 21, 2014

    Portrait of a Wrestler

    October 27, 2013

    School of Mathematics@Sapienza University of Rome

    November 10, 2018
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    WTF Are They Looking At?

    May 7, 2014 /

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    Perfectly Framed

    November 26, 2015

    The three musket(b)eer

    May 11, 2013

    Heater

    May 23, 2015
  • Barcelona,  Boulevards,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    Las Ramblas’ Lifestyle

    April 18, 2014 /

    Who cares about pickpockets?

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    Night Shift At The Gas Station

    November 11, 2013

    Lightspeed

    August 6, 2015

    Italian National Skating Championship 2019

    February 8, 2019
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    Which One?

    April 16, 2014 /

    The Abundance’s Paradox

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    Caught In The Act… Almost

    October 4, 2018

    Negrita’s Cover Band

    September 19, 2013

    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Italian Anthem (and a primer on sport photography, part 1)

    September 22, 2015
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  Spring,  Street Markets

    A Fujifilm X-E1 Annoyance

    April 15, 2014 /

    The X-E1 is a good camera, though has some annoyances that make it less handy for Street Photography. Contrary to Leica, (some) Zeiss or (some) Nikon lenses, zone-focusing is not set on the lens barrel. You must do it either through the viewfinder or the LCD, and this makes problematic the switch from one technique to another. Same is true for aperture settings. Operating the camera one-handed, happened twice to me, led to a change of the image quality settings from RAW to Jpg. Unfortunately I wasn’t aware while shooting and I’ve wasted half a day in Barcelona getting inferior quality pictures.

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    An interesting reading

    May 13, 2013

    A Bitter Sweet

    March 23, 2013

    Between Two Sets

    May 15, 2014
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    The Bodyguard in Red

    April 13, 2014 /

    This frame happened in a square full of motion, but all I saw was this frozen pair: a woman checking a map, and her dog—a small, white, overdressed sentinel—standing squarely on duty. What amused me wasn’t just the dog’s outfit (hood up, leash taut, plaid trim), but the posture. Alert. Angled. Watching the flow of pedestrians like a security detail in fur. I made this image with the intention of isolating a moment within the broader current of urban transit. The pedestrian stream moves left to right—fast, disengaged, anonymous. Meanwhile, the woman and her dog form a perpendicular axis. They’re static. They interrupt the flow. That tension is what holds…

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    Safe Living (?)

    July 28, 2016

    A relic from the (recent) past

    April 30, 2013

    A quiet watchdog or long-time friend who enjoys some rest??

    May 23, 2013

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