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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People

    Flashes’ Lost Powersuits

    April 11, 2014 /

    Hey, where did The Flash and Kid Flashleave their powersuits?

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    Hands of a Steward

    November 22, 2019

    Too Young to Spend Time Watching the Ducks in the Pond

    October 22, 2013

    Where do the skilifts are supposed to be?

    January 7, 2017
  • Bookstores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris,  People,  Winter

    Quality Check

    April 10, 2014 /

    Books are maybe the only good you can actually try before you buy. p.s. ETTR is harder than I thought without liveview or an EVF…

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    Footprint

    April 24, 2014

    Nad Sylvan

    July 10, 2017

    Still Standing

    March 15, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Social Control

    Mario Asks for it!

    April 9, 2014 /

    The political campaign for the European election is started. This is one of the posters showing the Democratic Party (PD) strategy: fooling the voters into thinking that PD cares about what its constituencies have to say…

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    Humannequin

    January 10, 2013

    Shoes’ Meeting in Corso Vittorio

    March 12, 2014

    Street Magic@Nagoya Castle

    July 21, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Street Photography

    Street-Photographer’s eye side effect

    April 8, 2014 /

    Seeing the world through the Street-Photographer’s eye makes you more aware of your surroundings both at a conscious and unconscious, Zen-like, level. A side-effect of this state is that you can exploit-it for personal safety when traveling in risky places, like big stations where pickpockets are doing their tricks.

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    Red Cross

    October 26, 2017

    A Ryanair Aircraft

    August 21, 2018

    Partner in Glam

    May 3, 2023
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Streets&Squares

    Traffic Jam in Bruxelles

    April 7, 2014 /

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    Arriba El Mexico!

    July 3, 2014

    Nico Cilli Band Live@Città Sant’Angelo

    October 23, 2013

    Late Night Conversation at Cardinal’s Wharf

    September 29, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris,  People

    Parisian’s Bags

    April 6, 2014 /

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    A Mysterious Bag

    November 2, 2013

    Italy, Street-Photography and the Law

    October 29, 2013

    Inside a Master Luthier’s Workshop

    July 24, 2025
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Perfect Strangers

    April 5, 2014 /

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    Buying Chocolate

    October 31, 2015

    Damned Autofocus

    April 20, 2014

    Priority Pass Lounge at Fiumicino Airport

    November 30, 2015
  • B&W,  Bruxelles,  Daily photo,  Social Control,  Visual,  Winter

    National Security

    April 4, 2014 /

    A danger for the National Security? This picture is nothing special, but for the fact that while I was taking it a security guard at the European Parliament tried to stop me on the “National Security” excuse, by claiming that photos were not allowed. Minding the lesson of “Stand your ground” I countered politely the requests of the guard, by telling him: – First: shooting in public spaces is perfectly legal, – Second: there where no “no-photos allowed” signs, – Third: “I am a lawyer and a journalist. I checked both EU and Belgian Law and find nothing that could prevent me to do what I am doing. Could you…

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    Silent Reader

    July 17, 2016

    Walking at Night, in Milan

    September 30, 2013

    The Lost Church

    July 16, 2014
  • Bridges,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Spring

    A Roller Coaster… A Kind Of

    April 3, 2014 /

    It’s not a ride. But it feels like one. Shot with an ultra-wide lens, this pedestrian bridge bends and twists like it’s unsure whether it’s architecture or attraction. The metal curves upward, forward, out of the frame—pulling your eye (and your balance) with it. Perspective doesn’t just stretch here—it spirals. Geometry gets theatrical. At the top of the climb, a small group walks calmly, as if unaware they’re part of the illusion. No one is rushing. One wears yellow, another carries a bag—ordinary people on a not-so-ordinary structure. The Adriatic glints below, a boat docked quietly at the base. It could be a coastal scene from anywhere in Italy, but…

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    A Sailor

    July 28, 2014

    Business people in Rome

    February 23, 2013

    What Lasts of a Saturday Night Party

    January 24, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Observer Bias,  Spring,  WideAngle

    Lamp

    April 2, 2014 /

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    Hangmen

    May 21, 2013

    Creativity vs Originality

    March 11, 2024

    The Real Street Photographer

    February 25, 2013
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Skating on Avenue Louise

    April 1, 2014 /

    The architecture of Avenue Louise is built to impress — symmetrical, imposing, wrapped in glass and concrete. It speaks the language of power, efficiency, and institutional gravitas. Yet here, cutting across the uniformity of its grid, a lone skateboarder defies gravity and symmetry alike. In mid-air, suspended between takeoff and landing, the young skater rewrites the function of space. This plaza wasn’t designed for movement like his — spontaneous, raw, unruly — yet it hosts it with unexpected grace. The stark concrete façade becomes a backdrop, not a boundary. This is the city as canvas, the act of skating as resistance and reinterpretation. While others walk briskly from meeting to…

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    Nightlife in Bruxelles

    June 27, 2014

    Beach Party

    January 22, 2022

    Relaxed Call at Boulevard du Palais

    March 19, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Milan,  Winter

    Hanging Heart at via Olmetto

    March 31, 2014 /

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    Renovating Milan

    November 18, 2017

    Addicted to (Nintendo) Switch

    July 6, 2017

    Davide Grotta – Live

    December 8, 2018
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Milan,  Winter

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    March 30, 2014 /

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    Waiting for the Justice to Arrive

    March 11, 2013

    Billiard On The Field

    November 2, 2014

    Trespassed

    May 3, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  Spring

    Hanging Towels

    March 29, 2014 /

    This is what happens when coupling a summicron 50 (third gen) with a Fujifilm X-1.

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    Windows XVIII … Century

    February 28, 2014

    A Skater

    February 23, 2021

    Late

    December 31, 2012
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Social Control,  Winter

    Off-Duty Eurocrats in Bruxelles

    March 28, 2014 /

    Late afternoon at the European Parliament. The Eurocrats – now off-duty – come back to their human form.

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    Efesto’s New Production Line

    September 20, 2014

    The Floating Relic

    December 13, 2013

    Uninterested

    March 2, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris,  Spring,  Street Photography

    Tour Saint-Jacques, Standby

    March 27, 2014 /

    Paris, the city of light, reflects off the polished chrome helmets of the sapeurs-pompiers. The firemen stand poised, immobile but ready. Their posture does not betray fatigue, nor doubt—it’s the stance of trained patience, of focused anticipation. This image captures a moment between action and calm. The fire hoses lie coiled with potential energy, valves shut, mechanisms still untouched. Behind them, the urban rhythm carries on: buses glide, pedestrians move, the sirens wait. The presence of the firefighters, framed by the bustle of Haussmannian façades and traffic, signals that something mighthave happened—or almost did. The mirrored helmets become metaphors themselves. They do not just shield: they reflect the world around them. Their function is…

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    Panoramio’s 200th photo

    February 4, 2013

    (Not so) Intelligent Design

    October 26, 2018

    Kite Surfers

    October 16, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Street Markets,  Winter

    Late for Lunch

    March 26, 2014 /

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    Relaxed Call at Boulevard du Palais

    March 19, 2014

    Blow Up

    November 13, 2014

    Early Morning Shaving on The Beach

    August 6, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris,  Patisserie,  People

    Breakfast at Rue Brisemiche

    March 25, 2014 /

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    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Italian Female Rowing Team

    October 7, 2015

    The Eye

    April 25, 2014

    @Rome Maker Faire – 2

    October 10, 2014
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar

    Mid-Morning Break at Place Jourdan

    March 24, 2014 /

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    The Skeptical Listener

    May 26, 2014

    Pure Joy

    May 25, 2014

    60×40 Borderless Printing with a HP Z3200ps 24

    May 11, 2014
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Early Leave at Bruxelles-Midi

    March 23, 2014 /

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    A Lamppost

    November 26, 2014

    Natural Silohuette

    September 8, 2017

    Histoire d’O

    November 11, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    Walking Table in via Cornaggia

    March 22, 2014 /

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    Modern Moai?

    October 10, 2023

    Late Afternoon Workers

    December 23, 2013

    Isolation in public spaces

    November 10, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris,  People,  Street Markets

    Hard Choice In Quai de la Corse

    March 21, 2014 /

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    The Smoke Teacher

    July 1, 2013

    God Save the Queen!

    September 6, 2014

    The Choir Master

    December 24, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography,  Winter

    Is This Photo Illegal?

    March 20, 2014 /

    Yes, if it were taken in Hungary. Against the European Convention of Human Rights, Hungary passed a law that by next March 15 will require any photographer shooting in public space to obtain a signed “model release form”. This provision will be bashed by either the EU Court of Justice or the European Court of Human Rights (for the very same reasons I explained here), but it will take time and – first of all – a photographer that sacrifices himself on the altar of freedom.  

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    A View

    December 8, 2014

    A Mini At The Garage

    June 16, 2013

    HeadButt

    August 5, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    Relaxed Call at Boulevard du Palais

    March 19, 2014 /

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    Phone Call – 1

    February 18, 2015

    Abstract

    May 9, 2023

    Chasing the Runner

    October 6, 2013
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