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  • 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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    Hanging

    May 29, 2016

    Zombies

    March 4, 2021

    The Brand As a Ruin

    May 25, 2015
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Social Control,  Spring

    Whatever You Stand For, Vote!

    May 24, 2014 /

    A large digital screen mounted on the exterior of a modern building, prominently announces the European Elections scheduled for 22–25 May 2014. The display uses a bright, cool-toned light that contrasts sharply with the dark perforated metal surface behind it, ensuring high visibility even in daylight. The message is framed within clean geometric lines, reinforcing the institutional clarity of the communication.

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    Bad Luck at Heian Jingu Shrine

    December 15, 2025

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

    October 9, 2015

    Real Time Update

    February 20, 2016
  • 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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    On The Rocks

    August 13, 2014

    Thirthy years behind…

    April 6, 2013

    A new camera and the quest for the missed information

    December 18, 2012
  • 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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    Opposites

    February 3, 2013

    Zombies

    March 4, 2021

    Smoke is everywhere…

    February 21, 2013
  • Airport,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring,  Travels

    Guru Meditation

    May 12, 2014 /

    Airports are temples of waiting. They strip away the illusion of control, leaving travellers suspended in time between one place and another. In that in-between, people invent ways to cope. Here, in a lounge of muted reds and glassy daylight, a man folds himself into a private space. One leg drawn up, back curved, cap pulled low, he cradles a tablet as if it were a small book or a talisman. His fingers rest lightly on it, not tapping, not scrolling—just holding. The surrounding noise and movement dissolve in his stillness. This is meditation for the digital age. Not in a forest clearing or a candlelit room, but in an…

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    Masters of Propaganda

    July 18, 2023

    Plenty of Chairs in Via Veneto

    December 2, 2013

    Mirror

    January 17, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome

    A Sunny day in Rome

    May 10, 2014 /

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    Just A Cat

    June 29, 2014

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

    April 4, 2025

    Addicted to (Nintendo) Switch

    July 6, 2017
  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Odds,  Rome,  Spring

    Inside the Elevator

    May 9, 2014 /

    Escher’s Relativity inspired these shots.

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    A (Tokyo) Taxi Driver

    June 17, 2018

    Next Time, Maybe…

    January 12, 2014

    Spectral Lotus

    July 19, 2015
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    WTF Are They Looking At?

    May 7, 2014 /

    Street photography often unfolds in fractions of a second that resist tidy interpretation. This frame emerged from one of those moments — brief, slightly absurd, and quietly revealing. The photograph shows three men crossing the same urban space yet seemingly inhabiting different psychological trajectories. The bald man in the foreground, dressed in a vivid orange jumper that stands out against the subdued tones of the pavement, appears momentarily detached from the flow of movement around him. His posture is firm, almost statuesque, as if he had paused mid-stride to reassess the scene. The shopping bag hanging from his hand becomes less an object of practical use than a compositional counterweight,…

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    Some odd outcomes from a photo recovering attempt using an AI

    July 13, 2025

    Lost

    July 13, 2015

    Play It Again, Sam!

    April 13, 2017
  • B&W,  Bruxelles,  Buildings,  Daily photo,  Spring

    An Unplausable Perspective

    May 6, 2014 /

    There is something odd in this photo, isnt’it?

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    A Young Sailor in Open Sea

    August 11, 2014

    Stinky Shoes

    June 3, 2015

    Ceci N’Est Pas Une Junior (or, Cognitive Dissonance – Part Two)

    December 12, 2025
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Belgian Ghosts

    May 2, 2014 /

    Midnight still has to come. But in Bruxelles even ghosts wake up early… The air was damp, the pavement glistening faintly under the sodium lamps. I wasn’t chasing a scene — only watching light. Then someone walked through the frame, absorbed in their own path, and the moment shaped itself. The passer-by moved too quickly for the shutter speed I’d set. At first, I thought I’d lost the shot. Then, reviewing it, I realised that the blur was the picture — motion distilled into presence. The figure became anonymous, spectral, more gesture than person. It summed up urban life in that hour: everyone moving, no one quite seen.

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    Waiting To Board At Santa Margherita Ligure

    August 16, 2014

    Nagasaki Biker

    February 13, 2024

    Marianna D’ama – Live

    December 2, 2018
  • B&W,  Bruxelles,  Daily photo,  Observer Bias,  Spring,  Visual

    The Eye

    April 25, 2014 /

    Another example of the constant brain’s meaning quest in the things the eye sees. It wasn’t supposed to look back. This is the underside of a building’s curved overhang, a detail most people would never glance up to see. Shot from the ground in perfect alignment, it becomes something else entirely: an iris of steel and shadow, a lens with no glass, watching the world below. I titled it The Eye not just for the shape, but for the feeling. The symmetry is strict—deliberate, almost mechanical—yet the reflection in the polished granite softens it, turning precision into something poetic. A full circle emerges where there’s only a half. What’s solid becomes imagined.…

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    The Sprint Before the Ride

    August 8, 2013

    Histoire d’O

    November 11, 2014

    Becoming a Human Tripod

    January 9, 2017
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Garbage,  Spring

    Two Beers, One Cigarette

    April 23, 2014 /

    Not staged. Swear to God!

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    Avvocati. A New Book

    October 11, 2015

    Hi-Tech Temptation

    June 27, 2015

    @Rome Maker Faire – 4. The Hands Controller

    October 16, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  Milan,  People

    Damned Autofocus

    April 20, 2014 /

    I like this photo very much. The two travelers, mutually unbeknownst, stroke a pose like if they were on duty fashion models. Unfortunately, the Fujifulm X-E1 autofocus didn’t work fast enough and, as I’ve already told, zone-focusing is a pain in the neck without a properly marked focus-ring. Long live to Hasselblad, Zeiss, Leica and Nikon…

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    Open Interior

    March 14, 2021

    Happy New Year

    January 1, 2017

    The TelcoMan

    January 26, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  Observer Bias,  People,  Photography,  Spring

    Brain vs Camera

    April 19, 2014 /

    The picture on the left is what the camera saw. The picture on the right is what I had in mind while shooting. Thanks to Photoshop I’ve been able to bend the “objectivity” of the camera along the line of my creativity.

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    Inside The Palace of Power

    September 17, 2015

    Peeping the Misery

    September 4, 2013

    Moistmaker@Piazza della Rotonda

    July 12, 2018
  • Barcelona,  Boulevards,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    Las Ramblas’ Lifestyle

    April 18, 2014 /

    Who cares about pickpockets?

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    Unattainable 1:1 magnification with the JJC FDA S-1 and Micro Nikkor 60 2,8

    January 29, 2023

    Fishermen in Rome, Again

    November 5, 2013

    Asimo’s Ancestor@Tsukuba World1985 Expo

    June 30, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People

    Reasonable Privacy Expectation

    April 17, 2014 /

    There is something almost cinematic about this frame. The architecture dominates: a vast façade of marble and glass, its verticality emphasised by the tall, narrow windows, the symmetry broken only by the two small human figures at the bottom. They are dwarfed by the structure, physically and visually, and yet they animate the space just enough to draw our eye away from the grand design and towards the everyday. Compositionally, the image is measured and deliberate. The camera is held level, avoiding converging verticals, which is crucial in architectural photography. The placement of the figures — one ascending the stairs, the other absorbed in a phone — adds a natural,…

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    Floating

    February 5, 2023

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    May 14, 2014

    Portrait of a Perinatal Cardiologist

    July 11, 2014
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    Which One?

    April 16, 2014 /

    The Abundance’s Paradox

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    The Lost Hotel

    September 5, 2014

    Foto-Grafo admitted to the Persol Reflex Edition contest

    April 16, 2013

    Rest on the lake

    April 29, 2013
  • 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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    A Couch in the Yard

    November 18, 2013

    Last Check Before The Show

    July 21, 2014

    A Curious Bystander

    December 24, 2013
  • Airport,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    Same Seats, Different Lifes

    April 14, 2014 /

    They’re close, but never been so distant

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    Labcoats In A Moment Of Rest

    December 28, 2015

    Another attempt at DLSR film scanning

    January 21, 2023

    Selling Italian Ice in Boston

    March 11, 2025
  • 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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    Who Dares Wins

    February 7, 2013

    Piero Mazzocchetti – L’ultima notte di Bonfiglio Liborio

    May 12, 2022

    Night Shift At The Gas Station

    November 11, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People

    Too Busy to Enjoy the Life…

    April 12, 2014 /

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    January 11, 2024

    The Spectators

    August 19, 2017

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

    October 9, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People

    Flashes’ Forgotten Powersuits

    April 11, 2014 /

    When I pressed the shutter, I wasn’t chasing irony. It emerged later, in the edit, when I realised this looked less like a street photo and more like a comic panel stripped of its ink—The Flash and Kid Flash mid-sprint, anonymous in civvies, caught in a blur between timelines, rushing to fix a multiverse misstep but forgetting the suits that gave them identity. The angle was deliberate. I tilted the frame to exaggerate imbalance, to underline the diagonal force of movement surging left to right. The grand stairway of Milano Centrale—the actual location—becomes a stage. Lines, shadows, steps: they all stretch and funnel speed. The architecture is static but theatrically…

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    December 10, 2023

    Kissaten – One Shot Story

    December 5, 2025

    Mind The Gap!

    July 5, 2014
  • Bookstores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris,  People,  Winter

    Quality Check. Try Before You Buy

    April 10, 2014 /

    This image was taken outside a Parisian bookstore, a moment as classic as it is current: a man stands in the entrance, thumbing through a photobook, absorbed but casual. It’s not staged—he didn’t even glance at the camera. He was too focused, as anyone who’s spent hours weighing the purchase of one more photography book will understand. His expression wasn’t about doubt; it was about judgment—quality check, plain and simple. The composition offered itself. Framed by the bookstore’s open door, the man becomes the central figure in a visual funnel, surrounded by vertical stacks of books, postcards, and prints. The image flattens space into layered density—foreground filled with titles, background…

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    October 6, 2016

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    June 21, 2018

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    December 16, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Social Control

    Mario Asks for it!

    April 9, 2014 /

    The political campaign for the European election is started. This is one of the posters showing the Democratic Party (PD) strategy: fooling the voters into thinking that PD cares about what its constituencies have to say…

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    May 1, 2014

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    April 27, 2013

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    November 7, 2013
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