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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Lines,  Restaurants&Bar,  Streets&Squares,  Summer,  Venice,  Visual

    Seats

    September 11, 2017 /

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    Small Talk

    February 10, 2014

    Negrita’s Cover Band

    September 19, 2013

    The Silent Dialog

    August 31, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer,  Venice,  Visual

    Natural Silohuette

    September 8, 2017 /

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    God Save the Queen!

    September 6, 2014

    Ghosts

    October 19, 2016

    Kite Surfing, Again

    February 19, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Summer,  Venice

    The Glassmaster

    September 4, 2017 /

    I took this photograph in a small workshop where the air was thick with heat and the faint scent of molten silica. The man at the bench was a veteran glassblower, his movements so fluid they seemed choreographed—every rotation of the blowpipe, every precise turn of the wrist, shaped the glowing mass at its tip into something delicate and exact. In composing the image, I wanted to give space to the environment. This wasn’t simply a portrait; it was a record of a craft. The cluttered benches, the brick furnace, the scattered tools—these were as much a part of the story as the craftsman himself. I framed him slightly off-centre,…

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    Denegata Justitia

    March 2, 2020

    Chasing the Runner

    October 6, 2013

    A Bookstore in the Gallery

    December 22, 2013
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer,  Venice

    Interpreti Veneziani – Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Live@San Vidal

    September 1, 2017 /

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    Forza Italia

    July 12, 2021

    Sleep Wins

    August 30, 2013

    Lost Cellos

    August 30, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Summer,  Tokyo

    Yet Another Tokyo Tower Nightshot

    July 27, 2017 /

    It’s a cliché, and it knows it. Tokyo Tower, photographed countless times from every angle, under every sky, in every season. And yet—here it is again, demanding to be seen. This frame sidesteps the usual postcard treatment. Shot from below, the tower’s latticework bursts upward into the night, slicing through blackness with an almost aggressive geometry. The steel glows in saturated reds and yellows, while electric blue dots climb its spine like frozen sparks. The colour contrast is jarring, theatrical, impossible to ignore. What makes it work is the tilt. The camera’s skewed perspective turns the familiar into something unstable, almost vertiginous. The structure seems to lean, to lurch forward,…

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    Noon on the Beach

    May 1, 2014

    Bus Driver

    September 16, 2016

    Yet Another Dawn

    December 30, 2012
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer,  Tokyo

    The Commuter

    July 24, 2017 /

    He was already asleep when I boarded. Head bowed, earphones in, hands gently clasped over a leather bag as if the weight of his entire week rested beneath his fingers. The sun had just begun to bleed through the train window—flat and indifferent—casting the kind of unflattering, directional light that most photographers instinctively reject. But I didn’t. I raised my phone and shot. This isn’t a grand composition. It’s quiet. Framed tightly, perhaps even uncomfortably so, with the seat backs hemming in the edges and drawing the eye into the compact geometry of his body folded forward. The line of the armrest cleaves the image horizontally, a visual interruption that…

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    Modern Moai?

    October 10, 2023

    The SoundMaster

    July 10, 2013

    Learning to Fly

    August 23, 2018
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Seasons,  Summer,  Tokyo

    Three Legged?

    July 21, 2017 /

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    So Long, Eos-M

    January 17, 2014

    A priest

    October 19, 2019

    The Bored Bassman

    March 16, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer,  Tokyo

    Restaurant or Killing House?

    July 18, 2017 /

    Taken in Tokyo, this photograph shows the façade of Musashi, a ramen restaurant, but the presentation is far from the warm, inviting atmosphere one might expect from an eatery. At night, under the glare of its signage, the scene takes on an ambiguous mood. The bold kanji, stark in black against an overexposed white panel, dominate the frame’s upper third, flanked by circular emblems. Below, the silhouette of a swordsman — rendered in cut-out form with glowing characters down the centre — adds an almost cinematic tension, more reminiscent of a samurai film poster than a dinner venue. From a compositional standpoint, the frame is split into strong horizontal bands:…

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    Floating

    February 5, 2023

    Even

    July 9, 2016

    Tsutaya Bookstore@Ginza

    December 6, 2020
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer,  Tokyo

    Addicted to (Nintendo) Switch

    July 6, 2017 /

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    Food For Thought

    September 14, 2014

    The Chess Players’ Summer Nest

    July 31, 2014

    Tough Enough

    January 27, 2013
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer,  Tokyo

    Waiting for the Shinkansen – 2

    June 30, 2017 /

    Tokyo Station is a place of constant movement, a rhythm of arrivals and departures so precise it borders on choreography. Yet, in the midst of this perpetual motion, there are moments of stillness — moments like this one. The young woman stands against a marble column, a vivid pink handbag in one hand, a green tea bottle in the other. The shinkansen, sleek and cream-coloured, is a quiet presence in the background, its windows reflecting the muted tones of the platform. Her gaze, directed somewhere past the camera, is calm yet unreadable — a mix of patience and expectation. From a compositional standpoint, the frame benefits from its vertical alignment.…

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    The Hamlet’s Dilemma

    May 20, 2014

    A HDR Experiment

    December 9, 2013

    Arriba El Mexico!

    July 3, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer,  Tokyo

    Every Single Day

    June 28, 2017 /

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    Waiting for the hearing

    February 19, 2013

    A Japanese Luthier and a Fingerstyle Player from My Home Region (and My Past) – A One shot story

    January 22, 2025

    When We Were Kids

    August 18, 2013
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer,  Tokyo

    Waiting for the Shinkansen – 1

    June 25, 2017 /

    There’s a certain theatre in waiting rooms. The cast changes, the script is unwritten, yet the rhythm is always the same—an ebb and flow of arrivals, departures, and the suspended time in between. In Waiting for the Shinkansen, this sense of suspended animation is rendered with quiet precision. Framed through the glass walls of the station lounge, the photograph gives us a compartmentalised view into a small world sealed from the rush outside. The clear vertical lines of the door frames bisect the scene into distinct visual panels, almost like frames in a film strip, each containing a vignette of stillness: a pair of women in mid-conversation, a businessman absorbed…

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    Disagreement

    December 29, 2012

    Avvocati. A New Book

    October 11, 2015

    Having Sax

    February 6, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer,  Tokyo

    All Mobiles But One Book

    June 24, 2017 /

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    Creativity vs Originality

    March 11, 2024

    A sample of the Carl Zeiss Jena 135/F4 Sonnar and a Fuji X-T3

    February 5, 2023

    The Bystander

    February 5, 2018
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Kyoto,  People

    Genta Fukue live@Sakura Terrace – Kyoto

    June 22, 2017 /

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    Interior Design at Aurum

    May 26, 2013

    Milan

    March 19, 2015

    Kite Surfers

    October 16, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Exhibitions,  Milan,  Spring

    Sala degli Onori @ Triennale di Milano

    May 19, 2017 /

    Photographing grand interiors is always a test of discipline — a challenge to convey scale, symmetry, and atmosphere without letting the vastness swallow the human presence within it. In this image of the Sala degli Onori, the composition succeeds in balancing the architecture with the people inhabiting it, rendering a space that is both imposing and accessible. The shot is anchored by a strong central perspective. The converging lines of the marble floor and rows of white chairs pull the viewer’s gaze directly towards the far wall, where the mural forms a natural focal point. The figure walking down the central aisle provides a crucial sense of scale; without her,…

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    5 frames with a Kiev 60, a Volna 80/2,8 and a Ferrania Orto

    June 28, 2024

    A Special Dress for a Special Party

    July 6, 2016

    A Two-Masted Schooner

    October 25, 2014
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Spring

    Intelligence Contest

    April 15, 2017 /

    A pane of glass separates two worlds. On one side, the hyper-stylised gaze of a model — digital, sculpted, aloof. His stare pierces outward from an ad inside a hair salon, promising precision, control, curated masculinity at €21. Behind the glossy veneer, real people go about their routines, dwarfed by the giant printed face that symbolises a synthetic ideal. On the other side, a cluster of balloons—soft, round, unformed—calls out with its own clumsy presence. Unintended perhaps, but visually evocative, the column of latex orbs resembles a puppet or caricature. In their simplicity, they reflect something the model cannot: humanity, imperfection, absurdity. The composition turns into theatre. A confrontation of…

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    Weight Training @ Rome’s Stadio Olimpico

    October 9, 2018

    An unusual flowers’ field

    June 30, 2013

    Coats

    March 19, 2023
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Patisserie,  Spring

    The Quest for Belgian Chocolate…

    April 11, 2017 /

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    Off Duty

    September 4, 2015

    Getting In The Zone Before the Shot

    November 28, 2016

    After the Party

    December 16, 2013
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring,  Streets&Squares

    Outdoor Aperitif

    April 7, 2017 /

    I shot this on a cool evening in Brussels, with the last of the daylight just beginning to retreat behind slate rooftops. The city was shifting gears—post-work fatigue blending with the early stirrings of nocturnal energy. I had the Leica M9 slung across my shoulder, a camera that’s more than a tool—it forces you to see with intent, to commit before pressing the shutter. Paired with the Zeiss Biogon 35mm f/2.8, it draws sharpness out of corners and translates contrast with a crisp, unfussy tone that suited the moment perfectly. The scene was already composed for me: clustered chairs, half-filled glasses, side conversations in mid-stream. No one posed. No one…

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    The sentinel…

    March 8, 2013

    A few test shots with an MC Cosinon T200/4

    January 14, 2024

    Mario Asks for it!

    April 9, 2014
  • Colour,  Court,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Winter

    The Temple of Justice

    February 25, 2017 /

    From an elevated perspective, the grand staircase of the Italian Court of Cassation descends in perfect symmetry. Framed by neoclassical columns and lit by reverent lamplight, this space does not merely lead—it ascends, conceptually, toward the divine. The title, The Temple of Justice, is not metaphorical hyperbole, but a statement of function and form. This is not a courthouse. It is a sanctuary. Justice, as the image suggests, is not a secular procedure. It is a liturgy. It unfolds with rituals, vestments, invocation of higher powers, and the solemnity of faith. The robes, the benches, the altars of the law—these mimic the language of churches. And the Court of Cassation, the…

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    Just Another Times Square View

    July 9, 2014

    Full Moon

    May 9, 2017

    Uncertainity

    August 11, 2013
  • Colour,  Court,  Daily photo,  Lines,  Rome,  Winter

    Waiting for (Supreme) Justice

    February 14, 2017 /

    I took this while waiting, quietly, in Rome’s Corte di Cassazione—a place where silence isn’t just expected, it’s structural. Every arch, bench, and cornice feels designed to mute the outside world. What struck me wasn’t the grandeur (although the sculptural work is unapologetically ornate), but the emptiness. For all the architectural posturing, justice here is often a matter of waiting. The benches, scuffed and rigid, are the only human-scale elements in the frame. They sit below a frieze of muscular allegories and baroque pomp, a reminder of the institutional weight bearing down on the people beneath. The image is composed to reflect this—foreground arch framing the frieze, a horizontal band…

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    Inside the Nazario Sauro

    August 10, 2014

    Serva padrona @ Teatro Marrucino

    October 1, 2023

    Garbage As Usual – Pantheon’s Nearby

    October 4, 2019
  • Bruxelles,  Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Seasons,  Winter

    Traffic Master

    December 19, 2016 /

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    A Modern Orpheus

    November 24, 2015

    A priest

    October 19, 2019

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

    May 23, 2013
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  London,  Summer

    Up from the Waterline

    December 3, 2016 /

    As a photographer, I have always been drawn to the power of perspective—how the choice of vantage point can turn a simple set of stairs into a visual narrative. Up from the Waterline achieves precisely this, transforming an ordinary urban ascent into a scene layered with mood, tension, and a touch of mystery. Framed from the bottom of the stairwell, the composition draws the eye upward in a natural, almost subconscious motion. The heavy shadows along the concrete walls create a narrowing funnel of light, directing attention to the top landing where a burst of colour—a pot of flowers—awaits. This sudden contrast between the dark, gritty stone and the warm,…

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    Three Tires

    May 18, 2022

    Who Can It Be Now?

    February 18, 2016

    @Rome Maker Faire – 4. The Hands Controller

    October 16, 2014
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  London,  People,  Seasons,  Summer

    Different Financial Transactions

    November 3, 2016 /

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    Inside the Elevator

    May 9, 2014

    The Penguin’s Feeder

    July 25, 2014

    Harley-Davidson

    December 24, 2018
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  London,  People,  Seasons,  Streets&Squares,  Summer,  Urban Landscape

    Very British

    October 29, 2016 /

    Taken in London, this photograph distils a handful of instantly recognisable motifs into a single frame — the black cab, adorned with a Union Jack roof, easing forward past a red telephone box, with “Look Left” painted on the asphalt as a quiet instruction to visitors. The two women waiting at the kerb, one in tights and flats, the other in sandals and jeans, are caught mid-interaction, their body language suggesting either anticipation of crossing or casual conversation. From a compositional standpoint, the cab takes command of the foreground, placed fractionally off-centre to allow the eye to travel backwards along the street. The depth is reinforced by the layering of…

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    People

    December 21, 2012

    Disagreement

    December 29, 2012

    The missing guest

    April 19, 2013
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