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  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Spring

    Hard Stare

    April 26, 2016 /

    Bad day, or much too bright the sunlight? 付いてない日 又は あまりにも多くの日光

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    Andrea Monti

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    What Lasts After the Hangover

    April 27, 2015

    Who’s carrying Who?

    February 28, 2013

    Smoke is everywhere…

    February 21, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Spring

    What Could I Do?

    April 18, 2016 /

    Don’t be afraid to do a mistake, but fear its consequences… 失敗を恐れていません でも 結果を恐れて

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    Andrea Monti

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    A Curious Bystander

    December 24, 2013

    Inside The Palace of Power

    September 17, 2015

    A ‘Trabocco’ on the Adriatic Sea

    April 20, 2021
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome

    As Deep As The Ocean

    April 15, 2016 /

    Sometimes the bag of a woman is as deep as the ocean. 時々女性のバッグ 海のように深いです

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    Andrea Monti

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    The Hasselblad Way

    January 2, 2014

    A Sailor

    July 28, 2014

    Stadio Olimpico, seen from Tribuna Monte Mario

    October 1, 2022
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  OutOfFocus,  People,  Rome,  Visual,  Winter

    Distraction

    February 10, 2016 /

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    A moment of break…

    February 22, 2013

    Claws of Fire

    September 27, 2017

    Half a Bridge

    October 16, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Winter

    Carabinieri:To Serve And Protect

    February 8, 2016 /

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    Andrea Monti

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    Posing at Milan’s Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

    October 1, 2018

    Catching the Tube in Paris

    June 11, 2014

    Singers

    February 19, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Winter

    Art Auction at Piazza Navona

    February 6, 2016 /

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    Sun Worshipers

    January 3, 2022

    Portrait of keyboard player

    May 18, 2014

    On Air

    July 22, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome,  Winter

    A coffee at Saint Eustachio’s

    February 4, 2016 /

    This photo is taken with an X-E2 coupled with a Zeiss Planar 50/1,5, manually focused. Although the visible purple shift in the face of the barman is still visible, it doesn’t change the quality of the colours rendition.

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    Andrea Monti

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    One Shot Story – Soulless Places

    April 17, 2025

    Los niños y el tocaor

    October 30, 2017

    Life is a bitch

    May 22, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  People,  Rome,  Winter

    Action! (beware of Fuji X-Pro 2)

    February 2, 2016 /

    I’ve shot this picture with a Fujifilm X-E2 and a Zeiss C Sonnar T* 1,5/50 ZM. The split-image manual focus confirmation worked properly (though with a strong light it’s more difficult to handle it) and the resulting file in term of size and quality is fairly satisfying. Enter the X-Pro2 with a bigger resolution and new RAW format. While a 24 Megapixel APS-C sensor creates file that can be handled by most of the computer currently in place, the new RAW format will require the latest Photoshop CC/Lightroom update. So, if you chose not to enter into the mud of a subscription-based software licensing model, all of a sudden you…

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    Andrea Monti

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    Stand-up, Sugar!

    March 8, 2014

    Stinky Shoes

    June 3, 2015

    So what?

    April 9, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  Rome,  Winter

    Sales Force

    January 28, 2016 /

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    Fishing Under The Bridge

    September 4, 2014

    Couples

    May 17, 2013

    Without Glasses @ via del Corso

    January 25, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  OutOfFocus,  Rome,  Visual

    Without Glasses @ via del Corso

    January 25, 2016 /

    This picture is a mistake. The X100s auto-focus didn’t work properly and I got this result that, nevertheless, I quite like.

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    Andrea Monti

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    Floating Flower

    May 19, 2015

    A Lamp in an Old Teather

    March 8, 2016

    Different Life

    June 24, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  Gear,  People,  Rome,  Winter

    Should I Buy It? (Best Taken With an 85mm)

    January 23, 2016 /

    …but actually with a 23mm (35mm equivalent, cropped.) It’s not just a shopping street. It’s a stage. Look closer: this frame holds a silent performance — a subtle interplay of desire, decision, and doubt. Three women stand just outside the warmth of the boutique, their eyes fixed on mannequins who, ironically, seem far more confident than the living observers. The mannequin inside strikes a bold pose, clad in red and certainty. The women outside? Bundled in coats, their body language somewhere between ambivalence and negotiation. On the far left, another kind of window. A glowing child’s fantasy, plastered with Disney’s “Frozen” — a reminder of simpler times, when wanting something…

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    Andrea Monti

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    An urgent phone call?

    December 15, 2013

    Leica Shop @ Strada Maggiore

    May 11, 2017

    Safe Living (?)

    July 28, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  People,  Photography,  Rome,  Street Photography,  Winter

    The Watchman (Street-Photography Shortcuts)

    January 21, 2016 /

    As every thing under the sun, Street-Photography too has its own shortcuts: freaky street-portraits are one of those. It’s easy to have your pictures noticed when your subject is a 60-years old Brit-Punk, an implausible-color dressed man or whatever alike: these subjects do the work on your behalf and it is very hard to obtain such kind of picture AND conveying actual meaning. Personally I like photos that – alone or made meaningful by a title – can tell a story. This way I can try to (pretend to) make “unique” shots, that stand with dignity in front of the zillions of 500px/Instagram/Flickr’s  great images that are often perfect but…

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    Andrea Monti

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    While the kids grow-up…

    July 25, 2013

    Cornermen

    June 4, 2013

    A few test shots with an MC Cosinon T200/4

    January 14, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  People,  Rome,  Winter

    True Leather (Saved by Photoshop’s Crop)

    January 18, 2016 /

    A 35mm focal length is definitely much too wide for my kind of street-photography, but I must admit that the advantages of using a Fujifilm X100s in terms of efficiency and portability, beat any other issue related to the wideness of the lens. And the X100s’ resolution is good enough to obtain a good composition through Photoshop’s crop feature.

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    Andrea Monti

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    The Rise of the Mutant Spiders?

    November 4, 2013

    Hanging Towels

    March 29, 2014

    Saturday Night’s Ice Cream

    August 19, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  People,  Rome,  Thoughts

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

    January 16, 2016 /

    As a Fujifilm camera early adopter (during time I got the X-pro 1, X100, X100s, X-E1 and X-E2) I was waiting for the X-Pro 2 to come and when that finally happened I didn’t feel so compelled to trash my (now) old cameras to do the switch. Long gone are the days of GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome),  so I shall not buy this new piece of electronics because it doesn’t do anything that I can’t do with my actual set up (in particular, with the X100s and the X-E2.) The only actual point of interest, to me, are the dual-slot card and the weather sealed body: but I never needed…

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    Get Ready, Set, Go

    February 2, 2022

    Full Moon

    September 30, 2018

    Lady Gaga Art Rave

    October 5, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome,  Winter

    A Nikon’s Portrait Made With a Fuji

    January 14, 2016 /

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    Just a soccer field… Part 3

    February 5, 2014

    People

    December 21, 2012

    Caged?

    June 6, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Winter

    Traffic Jam in Rome

    December 14, 2015 /

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    The Doorman

    September 1, 2013

    Relax At The Rapallo’s Marina

    August 2, 2014

    A Grocery Store

    November 5, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Winter

    The Coffin

    December 12, 2015 /

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    What Lasts After the Hangover

    April 27, 2015

    The Google Experiment

    February 1, 2014

    A coffee at Saint Eustachio’s

    February 4, 2016
  • Airport,  Chairs&Seats,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Winter

    Priority Pass Lounge at Fiumicino Airport

    November 30, 2015 /

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    Meeting on the board

    April 21, 2013

    Shade of Berlin

    April 23, 2013

    Shooting Italian 5 birilli

    May 18, 2025
  • B&W,  Boulevards,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Summer

    A Waiter in via Sardegna

    September 26, 2015 /

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    A Special Dress for a Special Party

    July 6, 2016

    To Do or To Own? (or the Photographer’s Dilemma)

    March 2, 2025

    The Path To Freedom

    September 29, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Social Control,  Summer

    Inside The Palace of Power

    September 17, 2015 /

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    The Fighter

    June 2, 2013

    Landed

    December 19, 2013

    Iron Gate

    May 2, 2013
  • B&W,  Court,  Daily photo,  Rome

    Trial Docks Waiting for the Justice to Come

    April 21, 2015 /

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    Reflexes

    December 30, 2015

    Fishermen in Rome, Again

    November 5, 2013

    Ugo Pagliai – Romeo e Giulietta@Teatro Marrucino

    March 29, 2022
  • B&W,  Court,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Spring

    Final Arrangements Before the Hearing

    April 19, 2015 /

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    In-Eye

    February 2, 2014

    Full Moon

    September 30, 2018

    A coffee at Saint Eustachio’s

    February 4, 2016
  • B&W,  Court,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Social Control

    Outside the Courthall

    April 15, 2015 /

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    Inside a Lost Building

    February 16, 2014

    Santino’s Photo& Video at Broadway

    August 7, 2014

    A Blue Vespa

    November 3, 2014
  • B&W,  Court,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Spring

    Behind the Glass

    April 4, 2015 /

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    March 11, 2024

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    September 27, 2018

    The Pulse Of The Town

    October 17, 2014
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