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  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  People,  PhotoCritics,  Rome

    Deadly Bored

    January 6, 2020 /

    Once again, the meaning of this picture is counter intuitive and “made up” by the composition. The scene is seen from the perspective of the mannequin: at the end of a hard day spent sitting on the street-front, it (or he?) looks deadly bored and tries to kill the time before the shop closes by casually looking at the next passerby. The directional effect (from the mannequin to the passerby) is achieved by the diagonal connecting the tip of the hat, the feet of the mannequin and the cast of the shadow. Taken as a whole, these elements drive the eye from the mannequin to the persons and not vice-versa.

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    Freeze!

    December 19, 2014

    A Haunted(?) House

    September 19, 2014

    Pino Ammendola – L’ultima notte di Bonfiglio Liborio@Teatro Marrucino

    May 13, 2022
  • Autumn,  Boulevards,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  PhotoCritics,  Rome

    A Virtual Glance Dance

    December 28, 2019 /

    The essence of this photo is all in the glances of the protagonists. The man looks at the woman, the woman looks at the luxury car. The essence of this photo is all in the glances of the protagonists. The man looks at the woman, and the woman looks at the luxury car. It is this subtle game of glances that tells a story and turns the photography from a casual picture into something worth seeing. Once again, it is not relevant whether the people portrayed are actually involved in the “glance dance”, as what matters is the image to convey the meaning created by the overall result. This confirms…

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    Has street-photography a limit?

    December 19, 2012

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

    July 21, 2023

    Under an Old Roof

    May 22, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  PhotoCritics,  Rome,  Winter

    When Tilted Photos Work

    December 18, 2019 /

    Tilted photos are very challenging to take. It is easy to break the composition, lose an essential part of the scene, or take a bad picture. Furthermore, making sense out of a diagonal orientation with a ratio that is not square (Hasselblad people, I can hear you loud and clear!) adds layers of difficulties. As counterintuitive as it might look, this photo taken in a “normal” orientation would have lost all its visual impact.

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    A Standup Paddleboarder

    August 25, 2014

    Inside a Lost Building

    February 16, 2014

    A Panorama

    December 30, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  PhotoCritics,  Rome,  Winter

    Good Plan, Poor Execution

    December 15, 2019 /

    The idea behind the composition is entirely correct. The mannequins and the girl form a triangle, as does the direction of the stares, conveying both a sense of symmetry and counterposing the liveness of a human being to the puppets’ lack of. A poor execution, though, led to the mannequins’ head cut, turning a visually appealing photography into a meaningless shot.

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    The BatFire

    April 29, 2016

    The Last Icecream?

    October 30, 2013

    A Grocery Store

    November 5, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Observer Bias,  PhotoCritics,  Rome,  Winter

    Light as Meaning Shifter

    December 11, 2019 /

    The original idea behind this picture was to match the emptiness of the shop with the facelessness of the mannequin posing as a store clerk, to convey a general feeling of depersonalization. Unfortunately, the big lightblot represented by the poster close to the mannequin catches the observer’s attention and reduce the effectiveness of the composition. Instead of connecting the mannequin with the internal part of the store thus making sense of the whole picture, the eye just “sees” an ad poster.

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    Leica Shop @ Strada Maggiore

    May 11, 2017

    Lost

    July 26, 2014

    A contemporary-art installation

    March 31, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  OutOfFocus,  PhotoCritics,  Rome,  Visual,  Winter

    Photopanning in Rome

    December 3, 2019 /

    Photo panning is an art in itself and – when adequately practised – is able to deliver a stunning visual experience. In this picture (that has not been altered but for contrast and clarity) the overall experience reminds the Impressionism aesthetics.

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    A Fishnet – 1

    October 28, 2014

    Who is the mannequin?

    April 11, 2013

    Somewhere in Japan

    May 19, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Jewelry,  Observer Bias,  PhotoCritics,  Rome,  Winter

    Keep Out!

    November 30, 2019 /

    This photo conveys a message of “rejection”: first, a security guard who blocks access to the jewellery and then a signal of a prohibition of access reinforces the concept, thanks to a composition that guides the eye to a diagonal that goes from the bottom to the top, from left to right. Obviously, there is nothing “true” about all this because the overall result is the result of the organization of the spaces and the management of the perspective that allow connecting semantically elements that, in reality, have no relationship between them. It would have been enough to shoot from a different angle – or not juxtapose the security guard…

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    Get Ready for The Duty

    July 13, 2013

    Three’s Company

    November 14, 2014

    The Power of Music

    March 22, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome

    Beer or Spritz?

    November 1, 2019 /

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    A perfect match

    February 1, 2013

    Italy, Street-Photography and The Law – A Real Case

    October 3, 2014

    The New Church

    May 13, 2014
  • Autumn,  Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome

    Fast drivers in Via del Tritone

    October 31, 2019 /

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    The Flame is Still Burning…

    June 23, 2018

    Lost Cellos

    August 30, 2014

    Traffic Master

    December 19, 2016
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome

    A priest

    October 19, 2019 /

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    An illuminated escape path will help you to reach the exits …

    November 10, 2013

    The Pulse Of The Town

    October 17, 2014

    Shopping in Bruxelles

    December 20, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Rome

    Comarketing

    October 10, 2019 /

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    Interior Design at Aurum

    May 26, 2013

    The Silent Ceremony

    November 2, 2017

    What Lasts After the Hangover

    April 27, 2015
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Rome

    What’s the Time?

    October 8, 2019 /

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    January 30, 2014

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    November 23, 2021

    A Vessel Moored on the Pier

    September 27, 2022
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Rome,  Streets&Squares

    Garbage as usual@Pantheon’s nearby

    October 4, 2019 /

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    The Aperitif

    October 5, 2017

    Rest on the Docks

    January 30, 2014

    The last waltz

    January 24, 2013
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Lines,  Rome

    School of Mathematics@Sapienza University of Rome

    November 10, 2018 /

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    Belgian Macarons

    November 2, 2015

    The Lost Battle

    January 11, 2014

    Safe Living (?)

    July 28, 2016
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Rome

    An Athlete@Stadio Marmi, Rome

    October 11, 2018 /

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    May 1, 2015

    Light as Meaning Shifter

    December 11, 2019

    Outside the Nobel Museum

    June 30, 2016
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Sport,  Streets&Squares

    Weight Training @ Rome’s Stadio Olimpico

    October 9, 2018 /

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    October 29, 2020

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

    June 17, 2025

    Before The Match

    October 20, 2014
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Streets&Squares

    Moistmaker@Piazza della Rotonda

    July 12, 2018 /

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    May 23, 2013

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    June 3, 2013

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    July 12, 2014
  • B&W,  Cities,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Summer

    Under the Heat In Rome…

    June 26, 2018 /

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    January 27, 2013

    Street Of New York… possibly

    March 21, 2017

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    July 25, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Social Control,  Summer

    The Flame is Still Burning…

    June 23, 2018 /

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    November 1, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Photography,  Rome,  Visual

    An Essay on Light

    October 13, 2017 /

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    March 14, 2021

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    August 27, 2014
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Technique,  Visual

    An Essay in Composition

    October 11, 2017 /

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    May 30, 2015

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    May 22, 2022

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    December 10, 2018
  • 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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    While Waiting for the Food

    September 3, 2013

    Urban Desolation

    September 18, 2014

    Last Check Before The Show

    July 21, 2014
  • Colour,  Court,  Daily photo,  Lines,  Rome,  Winter

    Waiting for (Supreme) Justice

    February 14, 2017 /

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    March 14, 2013

    Cold Freezing Touring Through The Oslo’s Fjord

    October 4, 2014

    A Different Passion…

    June 12, 2016
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Downtown,  Garages&Labs,  Lines,  Rome,  Spring

    Frames for Sale at Via Margutta

    May 2, 2016 /

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    November 30, 2021

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    July 24, 2025

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    May 6, 2018
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