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  • Boston,  Colour,  Court,  Daily photo,  Social Control,  Summer

    Justice measured as the distance between Words and Facts

    July 10, 2023 /

    This photo, in itself, is nothing special. Bur it carries an implicit message about law and rights: the level of democracy in a country is measured by the distance between bold statements and the daily courtroom’s reality.

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    Portrait of a Law Professor (and Free Climber…)

    February 26, 2016

    The Suit

    July 15, 2013

    Pipes in Colour

    May 1, 2015
  • B&W,  Court,  Daily photo

    The Gate to the Appeal

    October 10, 2021 /

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    Frank Gambale All Stars – Live@Teatro Marrucino

    November 22, 2023

    Hanging Towels

    March 29, 2014

    An Old School Workstation

    September 12, 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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    Falling Tree

    May 8, 2014

    A Weird Fujifilm Battery Issue for X-series cameras

    December 2, 2019

    Two Beers, One Cigarette

    April 23, 2014
  • 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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    Hammer and Sickle

    April 27, 2015

    Pentax SMC-A 50/1,7 – Nikkor 50/1,4 – Summicron 50/2

    February 9, 2021

    Vinyl Never Dies

    September 2, 2013
  • B&W,  Court,  Daily photo,  Winter

    Ashtray

    February 12, 2017 /

    The scene was quiet, almost too still for such a monumental location. From the balcony of the Court of Cassation, Rome’s ornate facade stretched before me, its stonework carved with faces that have watched over decades of political and judicial tides. And yet, in the foreground, resting on a cracked, timeworn surface, sat a simple glass ashtray. The juxtaposition was almost absurd—this object of everyday habit placed against the backdrop of one of Italy’s most imposing institutions. Framing the shot, I wanted to preserve that contrast. The ashtray dominates the foreground, crisp in focus, while the grand entrance behind it softens into blur. This use of shallow depth of field…

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    A Sad Harley-Davidson

    August 10, 2013

    Staring At The Infinite

    August 22, 2013

    Silent Reader

    July 17, 2016
  • Colour,  Court,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Winter

    The Relentless Lawyer

    February 6, 2017 /

    Standing in Court, no matter what! Some portraits are taken in the studio, with light sculpted and poses rehearsed. Others, like this one, are captured in the quiet fissures of reality—moments where the weight of a life’s work shows itself unprompted. The old lawyer’s face carries the texture of decades in courtrooms, each wrinkle etched by cross-examinations, verdicts, and long nights parsing the fine print of justice. His robe hangs loosely now, a little heavier than before, as though the fabric has absorbed the gravity of the battles fought. The light, cool and unforgiving, falls across his profile, illuminating both the weariness and the fire that coexist in his expression.…

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    What Lasts of Last Summer

    May 30, 2013

    The Hacker and the Photographer

    August 22, 2016

    Shooting the Shooter…

    February 12, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Court,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Projects,  Spring,  Summer

    Avvocati. A New Book

    October 11, 2015 /

    I’ve just finished the project I’ve been working in the past months. Lawyers’ human and private face.

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    Audience

    February 20, 2014

    Mandatory Photo Position

    August 3, 2019

    Avid Readers

    November 19, 2014
  • Colour,  Court,  Daily photo,  Spring

    Which Part of “No Smoking” Got You Lost?

    June 21, 2015 /

    In the waiting hall of the local court, the walls speak louder than the people. Four separate notices, two of them screaming Vietato Fumare in different typographic voices, one barking about mobile phones, and another swathed in the formal tone of bureaucracy. It’s not so much signage as it is a visual overkill — a redundancy parade that says as much about the environment as it does about the rules themselves. I framed this shot to exaggerate the emptiness around the signs. The expanse of bare white wall creates an almost comical isolation, leaving the text to float in their own authoritative bubbles. The placement isn’t random — I kept…

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    Couples

    May 17, 2013

    Whatever You Stand For, Vote!

    May 24, 2014

    A Sunny day in Rome

    May 10, 2014
  • B&W,  Court,  Daily photo,  Spring

    And Justice For All

    May 15, 2015 /

    This shot came together in complete silence — the kind of silence that only certain institutional buildings can generate. The kind made of marble, fluorescent light, and tension. I didn’t stage a thing; the geometry was already waiting for me. One man in the foreground, half-shielded by a paper, lines converging to a trio sitting far in the distance — it all felt like a scene rehearsed for a stage I just happened to walk onto. Compositionally, this image relies heavily on symmetry and recession. The central aisle, vanishing neatly into the background, draws the eye from the bold human presence up front to the barely-noticed figures in the rear…

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    Sting of the Vespa

    March 7, 2025

    As Seen on Ferrania Film’ Stories section…

    December 4, 2023

    Portrait of an Heavy Metal Singer

    November 21, 2013
  • B&W,  Court,  Daily photo,  Rome

    Trial Docks Waiting for the Justice to Come

    April 21, 2015 /

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    Alone

    December 31, 2017

    Side by Side, Ready to Ride

    July 21, 2015

    Modern Moai?

    October 10, 2023
  • B&W,  Court,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Spring

    Final Arrangements Before the Hearing

    April 19, 2015 /

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    Light as Meaning Shifter

    December 11, 2019

    A Fashion Shop in Milan

    January 21, 2014

    Silhouettes@Osaka Castle

    June 12, 2018
  • B&W,  Court,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Social Control

    Outside the Courthall

    April 15, 2015 /

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    Conversation

    September 14, 2017

    The Spinners

    June 13, 2013

    Ultras

    July 20, 2016
  • B&W,  Court,  Daily photo,  Spring

    Too Late

    April 10, 2015 /

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    Photography and the Importance of a Proper Training

    April 23, 2024

    Art Auction at Piazza Navona

    February 6, 2016

    The Actor’s Nightmare

    August 3, 2013
  • B&W,  Court,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Spring

    Behind the Glass

    April 4, 2015 /

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    Free Ride

    October 2, 2014

    Windows XVIII … Century

    February 27, 2014

    TKO

    May 8, 2019
  • B&W,  Buildings,  Court,  Daily photo,  Social Control,  Urban Landscape,  Winter

    Justice Under Construction

    March 31, 2015 /

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    Waiting for the Fish

    December 18, 2021

    The Hamlet’s Dilemma

    May 20, 2014

    Skating at Palais de Tokyo

    June 11, 2015
  • B&W,  Court,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Winter

    Arrested Behind the Door

    March 29, 2015 /

    Photographing in the criminal court of Rome is a peculiar experience — the air is thick with bureaucracy and human tension, yet most of it plays out behind closed doors. In this frame, the door is both a literal and symbolic barrier: clean, almost featureless, save for the taped sheet of paper outlining the rules of entry. It is stark in its message: access to the waiting room for the arrested is only permitted to lawyers, and only upon proof of formal appointment. Everything else — the people, their stories, their anxiety — remains hidden. From a compositional standpoint, I kept the framing tight and frontal. The geometry of the…

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    Histoire d’O

    November 11, 2014

    Pouring Water Since About 300 Years

    December 23, 2014

    Traffic Master

    December 19, 2016
  • B&W,  Court,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Spring

    Room 17 – VIXI

    March 27, 2015 /

    The steel doors of Aula 17 stand closed, expressionless. Matte black, scratched, impassive. Above them, a bureaucratic sign: 7ᵃ Sezione, Edificio B. On the right, a board once meant to list names and hearings is now empty—washed clean by time or intention. Seventeen is an unlucky number in Italy. Rearranged, the Roman numerals XVII form VIXI—”I have lived”, an epitaph. And so, Room 17 becomes more than a courtroom. It becomes a threshold. A place where the living confront endings. The end of freedom. The end of illusions. Sometimes, the end of justice itself. The symmetry of the composition tightens the tension. Every element is locked in place. Nothing moves, and nothing is random.…

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    October 24, 2024

    Portrait of a Lawyer

    October 5, 2013

    Portfolio

    February 24, 2014
  • B&W,  Court,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Spring

    Legal Apartheid

    March 25, 2015 /

    Two elevators, side by side, divided not by function but by status. On the left, a small sign reads Pubblico. On the right, Avvocati. Between them, a strip of blank wall holds the call buttons and a standard notice: Non usare in caso di incendio. The symmetry is perfect, the contrast sharper for it. In the Court of Rome, this arrangement makes practical sense. Lawyers must move quickly between hearings; delays can derail the fragile timetable of justice. Efficiency demands a separate lift. And yet, looking at it here—reduced to a flat, black-and-white composition—the logic fades, and something else emerges. The brushed steel doors are marked with smudges and fingerprints, traces of the…

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    Thirthy years behind…

    April 6, 2013

    Branches On The Wall

    December 10, 2014

    What (or Who) Are These Hangs For?

    May 21, 2013
  • Colour,  Court,  Daily photo,  Photo Journalism,  Photography,  Rome,  Street Photography,  Thoughts

    The Street Photographer Rights In Italy. The Leaflet

    July 10, 2014 /

    Here is an easy-to-carry A4 leaflet to be used in case you are confronted by a law enforcement agent of officer that question your Street Photography activity. Legal issues apart, please remember to always be polite and to help the officer not to look goofy or ignorant (as he actually would) in front of the public. Q. Does taking people’s photography in public spaces infringes sec. 615 bis of the criminal code? A. NO. Under the Corte di cassazione ruling n. 47165/2010 outdoor there is no reasonable privacy expectation, as there is no reasonable privacy expectation in case of tacit – while non equivocal – withdrawal of this right, as…

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    Hanging News

    June 18, 2013

    Table Dressing

    July 15, 2015

    Inside the Elevator

    May 9, 2014
  • B&W,  Court,  Daily photo,  People

    Out For Justice

    June 21, 2014 /

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    Belgian Chocolate – Neuhaus

    November 16, 2015

    Waiting for The Flight

    July 14, 2013

    Floating

    February 5, 2023
  • Colour,  Court,  Daily photo,  Reportage,  Rome,  Winter

    A Toilet of the Court of Rome

    March 11, 2014 /

    This image wasn’t taken to shock, or to moralise. It was taken to document—to observe the banal degradation of a public space that ought to represent dignity, order, and functionality. The Court of Rome is not some anonymous bureaucratic annex. It’s an institution, a symbol of authority. And this—this corner of neglect, dirt, and rust—is part of its daily mise en scène. The frame is unadorned. The composition is split by a hard vertical: clean white tiles with a wall-mounted sink on the right, and a long, filth-streaked heating unit under sealed windows on the left. It’s the juxtaposition that struck me—two realities in the same room. One part designed…

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    Paths of Life

    January 20, 2013

    Side by Side, Ready to Ride

    July 21, 2015

    Different Life

    June 24, 2016
  • Colour,  Court,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Streets&Squares

    St. Peter in Background

    December 5, 2013 /

    St. Peter and Castel S. Angelo as seen from the fourth floor of the Corte di cassazione (Italian Supreme Court.)

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    Beer or Spritz?

    November 1, 2019

    The Lost Battle

    January 11, 2014

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    August 21, 2014
  • 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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    July 14, 2016

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    June 4, 2014

    Nice Drink

    July 11, 2015

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