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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring,  Venice

    Lost

    July 13, 2015 /

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    Silhouettes@Osaka Castle

    June 12, 2018

    A Droplet

    February 21, 2021

    Somewhere in Japan

    May 19, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Spring,  Venice

    Nice Drink

    July 11, 2015 /

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    Fujifilm X-Pro 2: Does It Worth It? (Lost In Via Del Corso)

    January 16, 2016

    Come on in…

    September 11, 2013

    Good Idea

    January 31, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring,  Venice

    Are you Sure?

    July 9, 2015 /

    There is a delightful dissonance at work in this photograph, taken on Venice’s docks. We expect wedding portraits to be carefully curated affairs — romantic, timeless, perhaps even a little clichéd. Yet here, the scene unfolds against a backdrop of a bright yellow, graffiti-stained container, with stacks of bottled water and the raw brick of a church wall behind it. From a compositional perspective, the frame is well balanced. The groom, positioned to the left, strides toward the bride, who stands slightly off-centre to the right. The eye is drawn naturally from him to her, and then to the small entourage of photographers and onlookers who appear more amused than…

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    Rush Hours

    March 10, 2014

    Glancing Books

    November 12, 2015

    Passage Lost

    August 9, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring,  Venice

    The Stroller

    July 7, 2015 /

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    Modern Moai?

    October 10, 2023

    Busy In A Call

    December 16, 2014

    The dilemma

    January 11, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring,  Venice

    Indifference

    July 5, 2015 /

    They might be travelling together, but their body language tells a different story. I spotted them in Venice, sitting mere inches apart, yet continents away in attitude. She looks ahead, arms crossed, eyes shaded, posture closed. He’s buried in his phone call, face half-covered, shoulders turned. The irony of their proximity to water — a place where people typically pause, connect, reflect — only heightens the emotional disconnect. Compositionally, I was drawn to the layered diagonals: the canal’s edge slicing across, the dock projecting out, the visual wall created by their backs. Their separation isn’t just emotional — it’s architectural. Framing them just off-centre, I allowed the background vaporetto and…

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    Dark Cloud Over San Pietro

    August 27, 2021

    Three Shadows

    November 11, 2016

    Creativity vs Originality

    March 11, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring,  Venice

    The Porter

    July 3, 2015 /

    There is a peculiar rhythm to Venice in summer — a constant shuffle of feet, a hum of voices in a dozen languages, the clack and roll of suitcase wheels over stone. This image came from within that chaos, taken almost in the middle of the stream. The porter is pushing against the tide, a functional counterpoint to the leisure of the surrounding crowd. His trolley, loaded with a fortress of luggage, dominates the frame, almost spilling out toward the viewer. The sign with his name and “authorized” status lends a touch of officialdom to what is otherwise a raw, physical job. I positioned myself low and close, so the…

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    The Taste Master

    March 2, 2014

    As Deep As The Ocean

    April 15, 2016

    Lotus Tweak

    July 31, 2015
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring,  Venice

    The Violinist

    July 1, 2015 /

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    VueScan and the missed Bits-per-pixel

    December 1, 2013

    A Ryanair Aircraft

    August 21, 2018

    The Sprint Before the Ride

    August 8, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Spring,  Venice

    Aren’t Tapas Spanish?

    June 29, 2015 /

    Wandering through Venice, I came across this signboard outside a small eatery, its hand-painted letters enthusiastically proclaiming Cicchetti – Typical Venetian Food – Tapas. The first two lines make perfect sense: cicchetti are indeed a hallmark of Venetian gastronomy, those small, flavourful bites served in bàcari across the city. But then comes the curious third line: Tapas. A word so rooted in Spanish culinary identity that seeing it coupled with “typical Venetian” is enough to raise an eyebrow — and perhaps a smile. From a photographic perspective, the image is a straightforward yet effective piece of documentary work. The sign is centred and fills the frame, allowing the viewer to…

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    The Expired Film Series – Episode 1 – Kodak BW400CN – Dec. 2014 shot in June 2023

    July 21, 2023

    Floating

    October 7, 2023

    The Rise of the Mutant Spiders?

    November 4, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring,  Venice

    Hi-Tech Temptation

    June 27, 2015 /

    The contrast was immediate and irresistible — two Buddhist monks, their robes a saturated blaze of orange, standing in front of a shop window brimming with the shiny clutter of modern consumerism. The scene unfolded in Venice, a city that thrives on paradoxes, and the colour clash alone could have carried the frame. But the real intrigue came from the posture of the two figures: one more open, almost leaning toward the display, the other turned slightly away, as if holding a polite distance from the pull of it all. Technically, the shot benefits from the light that bounces generously along Venetian streets. It’s a soft daylight, diffused just enough…

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    Never Trust the Autofocus (not only) in Street-Photography

    July 20, 2013

    Just A Phone Call – 1

    February 18, 2015

    Under The Rocks

    August 14, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring,  Venice

    Hey Mister!

    June 25, 2015 /

    Shot mid-morning in hard light, narrow Venetian alley, high pedestrian flow. The frame snapped into place by instinct—the older tourist in the foreground, the younger porter directly behind, moving toward the same vanishing point. No interaction between them, yet the composition forces a silent narrative: one leading, the other following, as if engaged in negotiation. They weren’t. Framing was tight but deliberate. I stepped back half a metre to let the porter’s hand, cart, and stance fall into line with the man’s shoulder. Their postures echo: left arm bent, forward step, gaze off-frame. Depth compresses them, flattening the spatial truth into a compositional fiction. The scene holds three depths: chalkboard…

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    Careful With That Bike, Eugene!

    July 29, 2013

    Smoke is everywhere…

    February 21, 2013

    The BatFire

    April 29, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Venice

    Different Loads

    June 23, 2015 /

    I’ve always been fascinated by how the street can arrange itself into small, unplanned narratives. Here, the frame catches two distinct burdens: a man in the foreground carrying a large, wrapped package clasped tightly in his arms, and another, further back, wheeling a suitcase with the ease of modern travel. Between them, a handful of passers-by slip through the scene, each in their own rhythm. The composition benefits from a strong foreground element — the man’s folded hands over the package create both texture and a sense of intimacy. They also form a visual block that forces the eye to travel diagonally into the depth of the frame. The background…

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    WTF Are They Looking At?

    May 7, 2014

    Alive Or Not?

    February 16, 2013

    Indifference

    July 5, 2015
  • Chairs&Seats,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris,  Restaurants&Bar,  Spring

    Waiting For The Patrons – 2

    June 19, 2015 /

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    A Taxi Night Fleet At Oslo’s Central Station

    September 26, 2014

    Blob

    January 4, 2014

    Ninja-Turtles?

    April 30, 2014
  • Chairs&Seats,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris,  Restaurants&Bar,  Spring

    Waiting For The Patrons – 1

    June 17, 2015 /

    Rows of empty tables fill the frame, each one neatly set with glasses, cutlery, and the small black silhouettes of salt and pepper shakers. The chairs—red and blue—alternate without any strict pattern, giving the scene both order and disorder at once. The repetition draws the eye deep into the image, yet the absence of people leaves it eerily still. In the background, columns rise like structural sentinels, breaking the rhythm of the tables. Behind them, white sheets hang, blocking whatever lies beyond. These barriers, makeshift and plain, add to the sense that this place is on pause—prepared for service, yet suspended in anticipation. The light is soft, diffused, and without…

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    Waiting for the hearing

    February 19, 2013

    Windows XVIII … Century

    February 27, 2014

    Pentax SMC-A 50/1,7 – Nikkor 50/1,4 – Summicron 50/2

    February 9, 2021
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Paris,  People,  Spring

    Pensive

    June 13, 2015 /

    This black-and-white image, taken along the riverside steps in Paris, captures the quiet weight of stillness against a backdrop of movement. At the centre of the frame sits a lone figure, their silhouette defined against the lighter tones of the water. They face away from the crowd, turned toward the river’s shifting surface, embodying a pause in a city otherwise in motion. CompositionThe most compelling element of this photograph is its use of leading lines. The sweeping curve of the steps pulls the eye from the lower right of the frame directly toward the seated figure, and then out toward the distant pedestrians. This arc not only structures the scene…

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    An outdoor theatre?

    January 31, 2013

    Walking Table in via Cornaggia

    March 22, 2014

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

    September 22, 2015
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Paris,  People,  Spring

    Skating at Palais de Tokyo

    June 11, 2015 /

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    George Braque

    October 11, 2013

    Vive La France, The Oslo’s Way

    October 7, 2014

    Deserved Rest

    March 21, 2021
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Paris,  Spring

    Under the Arc of the Seine

    June 9, 2015 /

    Paris has a way of revealing its geometry to those who care to look. This photograph, taken from the cobblestone banks of the Seine, uses the underside of a bridge as a natural proscenium arch. The frame it creates is both literal and compositional, guiding the viewer’s gaze toward the urban stage beyond. The sweep of the bridge’s curve is echoed by the concentric stone steps leading down to the water, while the horizontal layers of the background—trees, buildings, roadway—add a pleasing counterbalance to the strong arc. From a technical perspective, the choice of black and white serves the image well. Stripping away colour emphasises the interplay of lines, curves,…

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    The Expired Film Series – Episode 1 – Kodak BW400CN – Dec. 2014 shot in June 2023

    July 21, 2023

    A Vessel Moored on the Pier

    September 27, 2022

    Breakfast at Rue Brisemiche

    March 25, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris,  Spring,  WideAngle

    PI Room At Palais de la Découverte

    June 7, 2015 /

    Walking into the Palais de la découverte, I was expecting to find science distilled into exhibits, but not quite in the graphic, almost Pop-art punch delivered by this wall installation. Bold, oversized foam digits leap from a sterile white surface, forming the endlessly irrational sequence of π. The visual rhythm is broken strategically with occasional black numerals, pulling the eye into brief moments of disruption. Below the digits, the names — EUCLIDE, EULER, FERMAT, FOURIER — provide a calm intellectual gravity against the visual chaos above. This shot was as much about the tension between mathematics and design as it was about light and form. I framed it head-on to…

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    A Panorama

    December 30, 2014

    Shadow On The Wall

    August 30, 2015

    DxO Pure Raw empirical test

    November 22, 2022
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Paris,  People,  Social Control,  Spring

    Underground Security RA(T)P

    June 5, 2015 /

    I took this shot as these three officers from the RATP Sûreté unit passed me in a corridor of the Paris Metro. The framing was pure reflex: centre-weighted, low-angle, fast shutter. I didn’t have time to fine-tune the exposure—the lighting was flat and mixed, with harsh fluorescence above and murky shadows dragging behind. But I didn’t correct much in post either. This is a moment that benefits from its rawness. Their backs tell the whole story. The staggered stride, the swing of a baton, the compressed geometry of the underground corridor—they speak of tension, routine, and latent power. It’s not a confrontational image. The officers aren’t responding to a threat.…

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    The Fighter

    June 2, 2013

    Las Ramblas’ Lifestyle

    April 18, 2014

    Half a Bridge

    October 16, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Paris,  Spring

    Stinky Shoes

    June 3, 2015 /

    I didn’t stage the boots. They were already there — resting, waiting, perhaps forgotten. Red leather, worn smooth at the toes, zipped and upright like sentries. The scene caught my eye not because of the shoes themselves, but because of their place within this cage of repetition: iron grille, mesh netting, and behind it all, the geometry of a city reflected in the glass. The photograph rests on layers. Foreground: a net that seems both to protect and to obscure. Midground: the wrought iron, rusted and ornate, Victorian in its stubborn elegance. Background: the shoes. And beyond them, windows reflecting windows. This multiplicity of frames becomes the structure of the…

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    Interplay

    December 22, 2016

    Red Bag, Black Shoes

    November 27, 2014

    As much as you’re far from home…

    April 5, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Paris,  Spring

    Access Denied

    June 1, 2015 /

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    The Spanish Sense of Flesh – 1

    June 26, 2014

    Conversation

    November 27, 2013

    Late Night Arrival at Bertinoro’s Castle

    January 15, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Moon,  Paris,  Spring

    Planetarium

    May 30, 2015 /

    The Zeiss projector at the Palais de la Découverte has an undeniable presence. It is both a piece of scientific equipment and a sculptural object, an embodiment of precision engineering turned into theatre. Under the dome’s dimmed lights, the machine sits like a mechanical deity, ready to conjure the heavens onto the curved canvas above. Photographing it was a matter of honouring its shape without reducing it to a mere technical diagram. I centred the composition to give the machine the stature it deserves, allowing its symmetrical arms and lenses to extend outward in all directions. The warm backdrop of the dome was a natural contrast to the cooler, magenta-tinted…

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    April 23, 2024

    Rocco Zifarelli, Jeff Berlin, Beth&Danny Gottlieb, Gabriela Sinagra

    June 10, 2013

    The Hands of a Drummer (Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez)

    April 24, 2013
  • B&W,  Court,  Daily photo,  Rome

    Trial Docks Waiting for the Justice to Come

    April 21, 2015 /

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    March 21, 2025

    Nico Cilli Band Live@Città Sant’Angelo

    October 23, 2013

    An Intense Conversation

    October 9, 2013
  • B&W,  Court,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Spring

    Final Arrangements Before the Hearing

    April 19, 2015 /

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    October 29, 2015

    Weight Training @ Rome’s Stadio Olimpico

    October 9, 2018

    Seeking Directions – Where Do I Go From Here?

    September 10, 2013
  • B&W,  Court,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Social Control

    Outside the Courthall

    April 15, 2015 /

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    September 26, 2013

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    April 20, 2019

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