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  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Milan,  Photography,  Street Photography

    How Privacy Hysteria Killed Street-Photography

    October 22, 2023 /

    At other times I would have dismissed this image as ‘out of focus’ and unusable. Just another missed shot caused by poor focusing technique on a fully manual film camera. Nowadays, however, I have begun to change my attitude towards these kinds of blurred images because of the privacy hysteria affecting the practice of street photography. There have been cases where people have been found guilty of harassment for covertly taking pictures in public spaces, but street photography has nothing to do with criminal behaviour. There is a huge difference between taking sneaky, random, meaningless pictures of people on the street and trying to freeze sketches of life to tell…

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    Don’t They Drink Tea, Instead?

    December 27, 2016

    The Hamlet’s Dilemma

    May 20, 2014

    The Sinking Giant

    December 6, 2013
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People

    Where to?

    October 21, 2023 /

    Unlike my previous shots, this is a ‘normal’ analogue image. The film – Ferrania P30 – was not expired and the camera was fully manual – a Voigtländer Bessa R2A with a Voigtländer Nokton Classic 35 1.4.

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    The Man Behind The Croissant

    December 13, 2014

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

    June 6, 2024

    We Are All Made of Stars

    February 28, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Milan,  Winter

    Technogym Milan@Night

    April 3, 2022 /

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    Close Up of an Alfa Romeo 4c

    August 9, 2018

    Who’s carrying Who?

    February 28, 2013

    Boat Dock Bumpers

    October 26, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    Late Night@Piazza San Babila

    March 9, 2022 /

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    Shooting Sanda (Chinese Kickboxing) Bouts

    June 26, 2025

    Yet Another WDISF Post

    May 5, 2024

    Mistress Of Puppets

    April 30, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  PhotoCritics,  Winter

    Evolution in Red

    November 20, 2019 /

    This is another example of how purely visual (the color red) and factual (a stroller on the far left, and an adult on the far right) elements create in the mind of the observer a semantic connection (in this case: the transition from childhood to adulthood) that does not exist in reality.

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    Thirsty

    June 10, 2014

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

    June 6, 2024

    John De Leo’s Grande Abarasse Orchestra – Live

    February 10, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People

    A Suspicious Stare

    October 4, 2018 /

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    A Nikon’s Portrait Made With a Fuji

    January 14, 2016

    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Italian Beach Volley Female Team – Laura Giombini, Giulia Toti

    October 17, 2015

    Black Cat

    October 31, 2021
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People

    Posing at Milan’s Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

    October 1, 2018 /

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    Empty Street in Rome

    September 13, 2014

    Just a soccer field… Part 3

    February 5, 2014

    In praise of ‘cheap’ lenses for ‘pro’ works

    April 4, 2021
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Social Control,  Winter

    The Quiet Riot

    November 19, 2017 /

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    Junk Food

    January 16, 2013

    Out of Focus, again

    October 3, 2013

    Who Said That Music Is Relaxing?

    August 14, 2013
  • B&W,  Buildings,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Milan

    Renovating Milan

    November 18, 2017 /

    Milan, November 2017. A construction site—not the kind that demands attention, but the quiet kind that hides behind fabric and scaffolding. I took this photo walking past it for the third or fourth time. What stopped me wasn’t the building itself, but its ghost. Behind the mesh screen, the silhouette of the old façade still lingered, like a memory bleeding through fabric. Chimneys, outlines, the suggestion of windows. The city behind the curtain. At the bottom, the standard construction notice: printed bureaucracy stapled to metal, a reminder that change is always sanctioned, scheduled, structured. But the rest of the image resists clarity. Straight lines waver, verticals drift. Even the fence…

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    5 Frames from our Tragic Past Shot with an iPhone 14 Pro Max

    April 4, 2025

    Mind The Step

    August 28, 2015

    Who’s carrying Who?

    February 28, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Milan

    Late Evening Break In Piazza Dante

    October 21, 2017 /

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    Free Shoes

    October 8, 2014

    An Antique Shop in via Cadorna

    December 10, 2023

    London Panning

    December 30, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Exhibitions,  Milan,  Spring

    Sala degli Onori @ Triennale di Milano

    May 19, 2017 /

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    Macarons. Again

    October 23, 2015

    Las Ramblas’s Talk

    June 4, 2014

    Italy, Street-Photography and the Law

    October 29, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  Milan,  People,  Winter

    After a Tough Day

    January 30, 2016 /

    I  took this photo with a Fujifilm X-E2 and a Leica Elmarit 90/2,8. Manual focusing with the split-image option has been fairly easy.

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    A droplet

    February 21, 2021

    Helios 40-2 85/1,5 and Fuji X-T5: a sample

    June 21, 2023

    Waiting for the Shinkansen – 2

    June 30, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    Reflexes

    December 30, 2015 /

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

    June 5, 2024

    Fujifilm XF 18-120 just snapped in two

    September 10, 2023

    Rest in peace

    March 13, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  Reportage,  Winter

    Labcoats

    December 28, 2015 /

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    A Night at the Opera – Plays and Opera Photography

    December 21, 2024

    The Hamlet’s Dilemma

    May 20, 2014

    A Toilet of the Court of Rome

    March 11, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Winter

    Last Puff Before the Ride

    December 26, 2015 /

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    5 Frames with various cameras – Ferrari On The Road(s)

    February 22, 2025

    Davide Grotta – Live

    December 8, 2018

    On Detachment. Or ‘If You Love Something, Set It Free’ (cit. Sting)

    June 17, 2025
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    Busy

    December 24, 2015 /

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    Street Of New York… possibly

    March 21, 2017

    Drying Clothes

    March 9, 2021

    Denegata Justitia

    March 2, 2020
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Winter

    Earbuds

    December 22, 2015 /

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    Sky Patrol

    September 12, 2021

    Lorenzo negli stadi

    July 11, 2013

    In Hoc Signo

    August 20, 2015
  • Colour,  Milan,  OutOfFocus,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer

    A (Out-of-Focus) Break Between Lunch and Supper

    December 8, 2015 /

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    Hey Mister!

    June 25, 2015

    Room 17 – VIXI

    March 27, 2015

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    July 16, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Milan,  Streets&Squares

    Ray-Ban in Milan

    October 5, 2015 /

    It’s not just about what sits on the roof—it’s about what it says without blinking. Shot in the heart of Milan, this image captures a building that has seen eras come and go, crowned by a brand that has spent decades convincing the world to look cool while blocking out the light. The lettering floats above the stone like graffiti gentrified by permanence. I framed the photo dead-on, as if to let the architecture and the logo negotiate their own contrast. The façade is neoclassical, orderly, almost too proud to wear an ad. But there it is—Ray-Ban—scribbled in neon above cornices and keystones, as defiant as it is inevitable. Black…

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    December 15, 2019

    Stylish

    March 16, 2014

    Mir-20 20mm 3.5 on a Pentax K1-II – A Field Test

    January 18, 2025
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Milan,  People

    Shaken

    October 1, 2015 /

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    The Compelling Power of Photography

    September 22, 2022

    Leaving

    September 27, 2018

    Waiting To Board At Santa Margherita Ligure

    August 16, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  OutOfFocus,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Street Photography,  Winter

    The Street Photographer Dilemma: Film or Digital

    March 21, 2015 /

    To me Street-Photography is digital. I missed this shot because I wasn’t able to properly focus my full-manual kit, as I would have do with an average digital camera. There is no point in wasting film in an highly fault-rate activity such as Street Photography.

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    A Portrait on the Nasdaq Building

    January 18, 2014

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    October 7, 2023

    The Guardian

    January 19, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Winter

    Milan

    March 19, 2015 /

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    Fisherman’s Fatigue

    December 19, 2022

    Twin Helmets

    July 21, 2015

    A Green Patch

    August 26, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Photography,  Winter

    Dress Different

    March 15, 2015 /

    According to the fashion-photography standards this is a perfectly usable shot. To me, that’s simply a missed photo.

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    Mario Asks for it!

    April 9, 2014

    Ghosts

    October 19, 2016

    Stinky Shoes

    June 3, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    Message Check Before Breakfast

    December 12, 2014 /

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

    September 22, 2015

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    September 11, 2013

    Dark Cloud Over San Pietro

    August 27, 2021
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