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  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer,  Tokyo

    Waiting for the Shinkansen – 2

    June 30, 2017 /

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    Macarons. Again

    October 23, 2015

    Where Did I Left My Car?

    April 2, 2015

    Red Cross

    October 26, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer,  Tokyo

    Every Single Day

    June 28, 2017 /

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    Shrinking Knowledge

    July 24, 2018

    The Mailbox

    May 5, 2013

    Yes, We…Can

    May 16, 2014
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer,  Tokyo

    Waiting for the Shinkansen – 1

    June 25, 2017 /

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

    July 25, 2023

    (Not so) Intelligent Design

    October 26, 2018

    Landing

    December 4, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer,  Tokyo

    All Mobiles But One Book

    June 24, 2017 /

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    Hanging Towels

    March 29, 2014

    Where to?

    October 21, 2023

    Sala degli Onori @ Triennale di Milano

    May 19, 2017
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Kyoto,  People

    Genta Fukue live@Sakura Terrace – Kyoto

    June 22, 2017 /

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    Portrait of a wrestler

    October 27, 2013

    Lady Gaga Art Rave

    October 5, 2014

    For Sale

    May 5, 2014
  • Body Builiding,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Sport,  Spring

    Does It Worth It?

    May 22, 2017 /

    In the fluorescent glare of the stage, one man poses, his body chiselled by obsession, sweat, and sacrifice. Another stands in the shadows, hands in pockets, his back turned to us, yet his inner turmoil silently projected into the void between himself and the competitor. This is not just a bodybuilding contest. This is the theatre of doubt. The photo captures the unspeakable moment where fatigue collides with purpose. The observer, branded with the logo of a nutrition sponsor, is no stranger to pain — his posture, physique and stillness tell us he, too, has been through the crucible. But now, watching someone else perform, there’s hesitation. A mental calculation…

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    An Old Boxing Gym

    February 22, 2016

    Good Plan, Poor Execution

    December 15, 2019

    The Sentinel

    August 13, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Exhibitions,  Milan,  Spring

    Sala degli Onori @ Triennale di Milano

    May 19, 2017 /

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    Seine

    June 9, 2015

    Aficionados

    August 5, 2013

    An Essay on Light

    October 13, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    Path of Life

    May 17, 2017 /

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    Trick or Treat?

    June 14, 2013

    Into The Cube

    November 18, 2014

    Suspicious

    September 8, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    Urgent Call

    May 15, 2017 /

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    DSLR film scanning: episode three

    January 24, 2023

    Fancy a Beer?

    November 10, 2015

    A Rusted Window

    September 11, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Garages&Labs,  Photography,  Spring

    Leica Shop @ Strada Maggiore

    May 11, 2017 /

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    Waiting for the Fish

    December 18, 2021

    Guru Meditation

    May 12, 2014

    The Ref

    June 6, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Landscape,  Moon,  Spring

    Full Moon

    May 9, 2017 /

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    Lava Nails

    February 28, 2021

    Kime in photography

    June 9, 2013

    Caparezza – Live@Palamaggetti Roseto degli Abruzzi

    February 12, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  Spring

    Mistress Of Puppets

    April 30, 2017 /

    I titled this one Mistress of Puppets. A nod, of course, to the Metallica anthem where the master pulls the strings, controls the fate of others—merciless, mechanical, in charge. But in this frame, the dynamic is flipped. The puppet isn’t controlled. She’s in control. Shot through a shop window, the mannequin doesn’t stand, she sits—curled into herself in an oddly introspective pose. Not a gesture of command, but of knowing. Dressed in soft florals, faceless but not neutral. The glass between us acts like a screen, a membrane, a boundary between worlds—hers synthetic, silent, and oddly powerful; ours fast, distracted, and easily led. Because really, who’s manipulating whom? She doesn’t speak.…

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    Nittele Tower

    April 25, 2022

    A ‘Trabocco’ on the Adriatic Sea

    April 20, 2021

    Aren’t Tapas Spanish?

    June 29, 2015
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    A Cello Player

    April 24, 2017 /

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    Pillars Of The Beach

    August 25, 2013

    Different Financial Transactions

    November 3, 2016

    5 Frames with a Praktica MTL5B, a Pentacon 50/1,8 and a Roll of Portra 400 (expired in 2011)

    June 20, 2024
  • 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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    Hanging News

    June 18, 2013

    Afternoon’s Mumbling

    August 27, 2013

    Las Ramblas’s Talk

    June 4, 2014
  • Artists,  Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo

    Play It Again, Sam!

    April 13, 2017 /

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    March 30, 2014

    Though Choice

    June 23, 2014

    The Abused Balcony

    February 17, 2014
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Patisserie,  Spring

    The Quest for Belgian Chocolate…

    April 11, 2017 /

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    Kristina Miller live@Teatro Marrucino

    February 21, 2022

    Watch My Back

    January 15, 2013

    Stairway to Hell

    January 9, 2022
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring,  Streets&Squares

    Outdoor Aperitif

    April 7, 2017 /

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    Meeting on the board

    April 21, 2013

    The Expired Film Series – Episode 7 – Kodak Portra 160 – June 2015 shot in Oct. 2023

    January 11, 2024

    Line Of Fire

    July 6, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Winter

    Street Of New York… possibly

    March 21, 2017 /

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    Belgian Gloves

    October 15, 2015

    One Coffee

    December 20, 2015

    We Are All Made of Stars

    February 28, 2018
  • B&W,  Beach&Shores,  Daily photo,  Winter

    The Flying Dutchman… a sort of

    March 19, 2017 /

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    A Fisherman

    December 25, 2014

    Giorgio Pasotti – Racconti disumani@Teatro Marrucino

    February 28, 2022

    Red Tears

    June 7, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Visual,  Winter

    Spectrum

    March 12, 2017 /

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    A Step Ahead

    October 8, 2022

    Planetarium

    May 30, 2015

    Posing at Milan’s Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

    October 1, 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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    Portrait of The Alfa Romeo Guru

    September 25, 2014

    How to (Unconventionally) Shoot Track and Field Competitions

    July 30, 2024

    Behind the News

    June 25, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Kite Surf,  People,  Winter

    Kite Surfing, Again

    February 19, 2017 /

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    A Lost Towel

    July 3, 2013

    The Man Behind The Croissant

    December 13, 2014

    Unattainable 1:1 magnification with the JJC FDA S-1 and Micro Nikkor 60 2,8

    January 29, 2023
  • Colour,  Court,  Daily photo,  Lines,  Rome,  Winter

    Waiting for (Supreme) Justice

    February 14, 2017 /

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    High-Tech Elder Care Tool

    April 2, 2013

    The Actor’s Studio

    January 14, 2014

    RedLight

    November 6, 2015
  • B&W,  Court,  Daily photo,  Winter

    Ashtray

    February 12, 2017 /

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    Romeo’s Hideout

    December 16, 2015

    Spectrum

    March 12, 2017

    Brain vs Camera

    April 19, 2014
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