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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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    Springtime

    April 23, 2015

    Under the Bridge

    November 6, 2013

    An Early Morning Fishing Expedition

    July 29, 2014
  • 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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    A Fishnet – 2

    October 29, 2014

    So Long, and Thank You for the Fish

    January 26, 2022

    Tough Enough

    August 7, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Milan,  Winter

    Technogym Milan@Night

    April 3, 2022 /

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    Rest in peace

    March 13, 2013

    The Shooter’s Dilemma

    July 12, 2014

    The Drying Machine

    November 30, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    Late Night@Piazza San Babila

    March 9, 2022 /

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    Settled in the wrong place

    January 11, 2017

    A Little Of Thailand In Rome

    August 2, 2013

    A Fountain

    May 17, 2014
  • 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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    At the theater, between two scenes

    June 15, 2015

    Off-Duty Eurocrats in Bruxelles

    March 28, 2014

    Inside the Elevator

    May 9, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People

    A Suspicious Stare

    October 4, 2018 /

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    Menu Meditation

    February 16, 2018

    Harley-Davidson

    December 24, 2018

    Lost Cigarettes at Piazza Affari

    January 22, 2014
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People

    Posing at Milan’s Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

    October 1, 2018 /

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    Busy

    December 24, 2015

    The Fisherman’s Knots

    February 11, 2014

    A Dragon Trainer?

    July 8, 2014
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Social Control,  Winter

    The Quiet Riot

    November 19, 2017 /

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    The Stare of a T800

    August 4, 2015

    Crowd Control

    February 14, 2016

    The Lost Hotel

    September 5, 2014
  • B&W,  Buildings,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Lines,  Milan,  Seasons,  Winter

    Refurbishing Downtown, Milan

    November 18, 2017 /

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

    June 6, 2024

    Sky Patrol

    September 12, 2021

    The Leica M9 CCDgate Outrageous Case

    December 11, 2014
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Milan

    Late Evening Break In Piazza Dante

    October 21, 2017 /

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    Busy (again)

    February 2, 2013

    The Oslo Opera House

    October 24, 2014

    The Watchdogs

    February 9, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Exhibitions,  Milan,  Spring

    Sala degli Onori @ Triennale di Milano

    May 19, 2017 /

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    A Calm Person

    January 8, 2014

    What Does ‘Professional’ Mean in Photography?

    March 19, 2024

    The Ferrania Film Series – Episode 1 – Ferrania Orto shot on October/November 2023

    August 7, 2024
  • 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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    5 frames exploring the Sporting Gun Culture in Italy

    April 15, 2025

    Guarding Democracy

    June 14, 2023

    Mind The Gap!

    July 5, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    Reflexes

    December 30, 2015 /

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    A Bitter Sweet

    March 23, 2013

    Late Night Arrival at Bertinoro’s Castle

    January 15, 2014

    While the kids grow-up…

    July 25, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  Reportage,  Winter

    Labcoats

    December 28, 2015 /

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    Ghosts of Ginza

    November 14, 2023

    Arriba El Mexico!

    July 3, 2014

    A Bookstore in the Gallery

    December 22, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Winter

    Last Puff Before the Ride

    December 26, 2015 /

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    The EOS-M just sucks

    July 18, 2013

    A ‘Trabocco’ on the Adriatic Sea

    April 20, 2021

    A Fashion Shop in Milan

    January 21, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    Busy

    December 24, 2015 /

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    Let’s get the party started…

    January 20, 2014

    Multitasking

    February 10, 2013

    How to Shoot Handball Matches

    April 14, 2024
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Winter

    Earbuds

    December 22, 2015 /

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    An Evening Chat

    July 30, 2013

    Fancy a beer?

    November 3, 2021

    Alex Britti – Live@Cinema teatro Massimo – Pescara

    April 3, 2016
  • Colour,  Milan,  OutOfFocus,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer

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

    December 8, 2015 /

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    Lorenzo negli stadi

    July 11, 2013

    Another attempt at DLSR film scanning

    January 21, 2023

    60×40 Borderless Printing with a HP Z3200ps 24

    May 11, 2014
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Buildings,  Daily photo,  Milan

    Ray-Ban

    October 5, 2015 /

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    Is There Something At Tsipras’Left?

    June 8, 2014

    A Nikon’s Portrait Made With a Fuji

    January 14, 2016

    Line Of Fire

    July 6, 2014
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Milan,  People

    Shaken

    October 1, 2015 /

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    Pensive

    June 13, 2015

    On Tips’n Tricks to ‘take you photos to the next level’

    May 29, 2025

    Christmas Time at Covent Garden

    December 25, 2013
  • 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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    Gary O’ Toole

    July 15, 2017

    Reasonable Privacy Expectation

    April 17, 2014

    Floating

    February 5, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Winter

    Milan

    March 19, 2015 /

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    What Could I Do?

    April 18, 2016

    A book…

    January 28, 2013

    So Long, Eos-M

    January 17, 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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    Red Fan

    June 14, 2022

    In a yellowtone…

    September 17, 2013

    A Hellish Look

    March 26, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    Message Check Before Breakfast

    December 12, 2014 /

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    The Porter

    July 3, 2015

    Intelligent Design

    October 26, 2018

    Before The Match

    October 20, 2014
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