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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome

    Fishermen in Rome, Again

    November 5, 2013 /

    There’s no better way to enjoy a sunny day in Rome.

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    Andrea Monti

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    Alone, Together…

    June 19, 2013

    The Expired Film Series – Episode 2 – Ilford XP2Super 400 – Nov. 2017 shot in May 2023

    July 25, 2023

    A moment of break…

    February 22, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome

    The Ipad Shooter

    November 3, 2013 /

    Who needs a Nikon D4 anymore?

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    Andrea Monti

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    Fisherman’s Fatigue

    December 19, 2022

    A Shooter

    December 8, 2017

    Whithin The Cage

    October 22, 2014
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome

    A Fisherman in Rome

    November 1, 2013 /

    Nobody would imagine that Rome is just a few meters above…

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    People

    December 21, 2012

    Generations – I

    August 6, 2014

    Welcome in the New (?) Year

    January 1, 2014
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Streets&Squares,  Summer

    The Casual Observer

    September 5, 2013 /

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    Andrea Monti

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    Who Needs A Wedding Photographer Anymore?

    May 29, 2014

    Seeing What Isn’t There

    October 27, 2015

    An Old Wi(n)dow

    November 17, 2014
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Rome,  Summer

    A Little Of Thailand In Rome

    August 2, 2013 /

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    Andrea Monti

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    National Road Running Championships 2023 – Portraits

    June 28, 2024

    Who wants to live forever?

    June 15, 2013

    Early Morning’s Cleanup

    July 21, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Summer

    A Seagull in Rome

    June 28, 2013 /

    No, thanks. We need no glass…

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    Andrea Monti

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    Moistmaker@Piazza della Rotonda

    July 12, 2018

    Who Is The Machine?

    August 5, 2019

    The El Prat’s Lounge

    June 5, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Garages&Labs,  Rome,  Shops

    The Restorer’s Nest

    June 27, 2013 /

    Bringing back to life what was nearly lost

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    Under the Heat In Rome…

    June 26, 2018

    Using a 1960 Leica Elmarit 90/2,8 on a Fuji X-T3

    April 5, 2021

    The Eye

    April 25, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome,  Summer

    A Quiet Evening

    June 26, 2013 /

    … in the heart of Rome, an old trattoria let people enjoy a quiet diner.

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    The Power of Music

    March 22, 2013

    Wave Riders

    September 20, 2013

    The Taste Master

    March 2, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Projects,  Rome

    Behind the News

    June 25, 2013 /

    He stands in full sun, blazer buttoned, shirt crisp, mic in hand — delivering his segment with composure. It’s a classic image: the field reporter, live from the square, holding the line between chaos and clarity. But move the lens just a little wider, and the story changes. Because behind the camera, a different truth unfolds. The cameraman, sleeves rolled up, and the tourists slouched in the shade — legs stretched, sandals kicked off, hair tied up in the heat. They’re close enough to hear the words but completely removed from the illusion. And that’s the beauty of it: two realities, divided by a lens, staged in the same space.…

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    Planetarium

    May 30, 2015

    Hangmen

    May 21, 2013

    Damned Autofocus

    April 20, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome,  Summer

    Alone, Together…

    June 19, 2013 /

    Are they friends, or do they just share the table?

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    Romeo’s Hideout

    December 16, 2015

    Hey Mister!

    June 25, 2015

    Italy, Landscape Photography and the Law – Part Two

    February 23, 2014
  • B&W,  Cities,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Projects,  Rome

    Behind The Shaft

    June 1, 2013 /

    Taken from inside one of those old Roman elevators—small, slow, caged in iron. The kind you find tucked into the corner of a 19th-century palazzo, where the wood creaks and everything smells faintly of dust and time. This photo looks outward, through the gate. But in a way, it also looks inward. The gridded metal frame keeps your focus close. The world beyond is blurred just enough to feel distant. Stairs curve down somewhere out of view. The light is natural, soft, diffused. The rest is silence. There’s no action here. No drama. Just the texture of the old ironwork, hand-forged patterns now worn smooth by a hundred years of…

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    A Dislodged Portal

    December 15, 2018

    MMA Fighters

    July 7, 2019

    Is the next Kano Jigoro already on the mat?

    November 7, 2013
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome

    Segway Chase in Villa Borghese

    April 27, 2013 /

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    Stadio Olimpico, seen from Tribuna Monte Mario

    October 1, 2022

    Batklubben

    July 23, 2016

    Alone

    December 31, 2017
  • Cities,  Daily photo,  Rome

    Meeting on the board

    April 21, 2013 /

    Meeting on the board, waiting for the next passenger to arrive.

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    A Lonely Table

    March 8, 2015

    Portrait of a Master luthier

    October 26, 2013

    A manual-focus atteimpt on a moving target

    July 26, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Projects,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome,  Shops

    Late-afternoon’s snack

    April 15, 2013 /

    …who knows what will be served for dinner?

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    A useless photo

    July 23, 2013

    Waiting for the Shinkansen – 2

    June 30, 2017

    The Ghost

    February 15, 2013
  • Cities,  Daily photo,  Rome

    A stupid quarrell

    April 7, 2013 /

    This photo raised strong criticism in the mainstream media. A soldier deployed in an operational theater (war, in other words) wears a balaclava with the image of his all-day companion: the death. Apart the fact that the image is a skull and not the Death (whose iconography is fairly more articulated and complex) the question is: why should this photo matters? All the combatants, of all times, of all places in the world know best the value of inducing fear into the enemies’ minds by way of “icons” (armors, masks) and sounds (shouts, drums.) And, in parallel, every soldier must find his own way to handle the unbearable fear of…

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    A Taxi Night Fleet At Oslo’s Central Station

    September 26, 2014

    Leo Gullotta – Bartleby lo scrivano@Teatro Marrucino

    March 15, 2022

    Falling Tree

    May 8, 2014
  • Cities,  Daily photo,  Rome

    An update on the poor Canon EOS-M autofocus

    March 30, 2013 /

    It seems that by setting the autofocus mode on FlexiZoneAF centered the performance of the camera improves slightly. Still far from being usable for street-photography, though.

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    Andrea Monti

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    Weight Training @ Rome’s Stadio Olimpico

    October 9, 2018

    The Unconvinced Listener

    June 25, 2014

    Gary O’ Toole

    July 15, 2017
  • Cities,  Daily photo,  Rome

    Canon EOS-M. Useless for Street-Photography

    March 28, 2013 /

    A friend of mine handed over a Canon EOS M with the 22 (35mm equiv.) lens so I thought to give it a try during a street-photography session in Rome. To put it short, the EOS M is a useless camera. I don’t enter into a tech-talk since there are already many on the internet, just focusing on the practical side. Though, for general purposes, the EOS M isn’t worse than other competitors, the autofocus – as clearly stated by many reviewer – is deadly slow, making impossible to shoot from the hip and the touch screen often messes up the settings while “palming” the camera. Furthermore, there is no…

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    Modern Moai?

    October 10, 2023

    5 Frames with various cameras – Ferrari On The Road(s)

    February 22, 2025

    Evolution of a Guitar Player

    July 5, 2013
  • Colour,  Court,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Spring

    Waiting for the Justice to Arrive

    March 11, 2013 /

    In this hallway of the Tribunale Penale di Roma, time seems suspended. Lawyers sit or stand, briefcases at their feet, bundles of files in hand. Some engage in hushed conversation, others review notes with ritualistic precision. A woman in red draws the eye—a rare burst of colour in an otherwise subdued palette of solemnity. The title, Waiting for the Justice to Arrive, operates on two planes. On the surface, it is procedural. The court has not yet opened its doors; the judge is late, the hearing is postponed. These legal professionals must simply wait—idle, static, alert. Justice, here, is both person and principle: the judge must enter the courtroom for proceedings…

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    Back Home

    December 5, 2014

    Seeing What Isn’t There

    October 27, 2015

    Balilla

    July 17, 2015
  • Cities,  Daily photo,  Rome

    Chitchat under the rain

    March 10, 2013 /

    every moment is the right one, to enjoy a friendly conversation.

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    The Ubiquitous Mobile

    July 14, 2016

    Rush Hours

    March 10, 2014

    Stantsted Lounge’s Chairs

    December 31, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Spring

    Under the Yellow Umbrella

    March 9, 2013 /

    It had just stopped raining—just enough to make the pavement shine, but not enough to fold away the umbrellas. I took this photo in passing. No setup, no waiting. Just a quiet moment shared by two people walking slowly, pushing a shopping trolley and carrying a red bag, both tucked under a loud yellow Bardahl-branded umbrella. The kind of umbrella you don’t buy, but are given somewhere and end up using forever. There’s nothing dramatic here. No grand gesture. Just two people—maybe a couple, maybe not—navigating a wet day together. The colours caught me: the dull browns, the muted jackets, that flash of red, and of course the umbrella. It…

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    Time Runs Fast

    May 21, 2014

    Parachute

    September 14, 2013

    Skull of Glass at the London Science Museum

    September 26, 2016
  • Cities,  Daily photo,  Rome

    Business people in Rome

    February 23, 2013 /

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    The Restorer’s Nest

    June 27, 2013

    Street Of New York… possibly

    March 21, 2017

    Menu Meditation

    February 16, 2018
  • Cities,  Daily photo,  Rome

    Waiting for the hearing

    February 19, 2013 /

    Long gone are the times when the robe told the difference between a lawyer and his client. (BTW, none of them are defendant…)

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    Last Wing Down

    February 26, 2015

    Posing at Milan’s Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

    October 1, 2018

    Saving the Boat

    December 11, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome,  Shops

    Lunchtime

    February 18, 2013 /

    It’s cold. But for a while, better stay outside.

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    Hanging Heart at via Olmetto

    March 31, 2014

    Two Beers, One Cigarette

    April 23, 2014

    A Lighthouse

    October 11, 2023
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome

    It’s always the right time

    February 17, 2013 /

    … to light a cigar.

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    A Fisherman in Rome

    November 1, 2013

    FUJIFILM X-T5 RAF have problems with Affinity Photo 2.1

    June 11, 2023

    A Cello Player

    April 24, 2017
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