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  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Social Control

    Secret Beyond the Door

    October 24, 2013 /

    Who knows what they’re talking about?

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    A Fence

    November 6, 2014

    Portrait of The Alfa Romeo Guru

    September 25, 2014

    One Shot Story: (Un)Available Coin Lockers at Shin Osaka Station

    December 22, 2024
  • Artists,  Daily Video

    Nico Cilli Band Live@Città Sant’Angelo

    October 23, 2013 /

    Another intrusion into the videomakers’ world. Need to keep trying…

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    National Security

    April 4, 2014

    Lost Cigarettes at Piazza Affari

    January 22, 2014

    Chasing the Runner

    October 6, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris,  People

    Too Young to Spend Time Watching the Ducks in the Pond

    October 22, 2013 /

    … wait for the retirement, at least!

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    Red Dot

    January 21, 2015

    The Odd Couple

    January 30, 2013

    Food For Thought

    September 14, 2014
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris,  People

    Tired or Fascinated?

    October 21, 2013 /

    Not so easy to tell… The question writes itself when you look at the scene. In the centre of the frame, a man stands before a long, textured painting. His arms are crossed, his head tilted slightly forward—posture locked in contemplation. The work before him, with its earthy tones and abstracted form, seems to have pulled him entirely into its orbit. He doesn’t glance away. In the foreground, two seated figures tell a different story. On the left, a woman in a red hoodie sits with a jacket draped across her lap, holding a booklet. Her gaze drifts outward, past the viewer, her expression suggesting the mental pause that comes after…

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    Busy (again)

    February 2, 2013

    The Flying Dutchman… a sort of

    March 19, 2017

    Snaps of a Flamenco recital…

    April 26, 2013
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Paris

    The Way Out

    October 20, 2013 /

    Freedom is just over the window

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    Milan

    March 19, 2015

    Marianna D’ama – Live

    December 2, 2018

    The Smoker’s Golden Rule: A Coffee Always Calls a Cigarette

    July 9, 2013
  • Autumn,  Chairs&Seats,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris,  Parks

    Empty Chairs in the Tuileries

    October 19, 2013 /

    Paris in the rain changes its pace. The air thickens, the sounds dampen, and spaces usually alive with chatter take on a hushed, suspended quality. Here, in the Jardin des Tuileries, the iconic green metal chairs gather loosely at the edge of the fountain. They are arranged without intention—angled differently, backs turned, no symmetry to suggest a shared moment. It’s as if the conversation ended abruptly and the participants slipped away, leaving only their seats to remember the posture of their presence. The wet ground darkens the green paint, the armrests glisten with a thin film of water, and the fountain continues its arc in the background, indifferent. The frame…

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    Fixing the ship

    August 18, 2021

    Don’t Forget!

    March 27, 2013

    The Traffic Controller

    November 20, 2013
  • Airport,  Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar

    Same Space, Different Worlds

    October 18, 2013 /

    Lost in their own business.

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    Thirthy years behind…

    April 6, 2013

    Two Beers, One Cigarette

    April 23, 2014

    Forgotten

    October 15, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris

    Much Too Short a Ladder

    October 17, 2013 /

    Next time bring it bigger!

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    Knocking on lion’s door

    April 22, 2013

    Mind The Step

    August 28, 2015

    The Leica M9 CCDgate Outrageous Case

    December 11, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris

    The Three Musketeers

    October 16, 2013 /

    … Hey, where the hell is d’Artagnan?

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    Different Stories

    December 30, 2023

    Light Dance in Hamburg

    April 6, 2018

    Matching Nails

    September 18, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Garbage,  Paris

    Forgotten

    October 15, 2013 /

    If you don’t want to bring fresh flowers, at least remove the old ones…

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    A Dragon Trainer?

    July 8, 2014

    Waiting to Go Home

    December 21, 2013

    One Shot (Plus One) Story – All That Lasts

    April 19, 2025
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris

    Watching the Eiffel Tower

    October 14, 2013 /

    A different way of looking at the Iron Lady

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    An urgent phone call?

    December 15, 2013

    An Altar for the Propaganda Machine

    November 17, 2013

    Antonio Onorato

    August 20, 2016
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Paris,  Past&Relics

    The Double Helix

    October 13, 2013 /

    Well before Watson and Crick ever thought about, a French architect created the shape of Life!

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    Halt!

    December 28, 2017

    Deserved Rest

    March 21, 2021

    Modern Moai?

    October 10, 2023
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris,  People

    Guess Who’s the Human?

    October 12, 2013 /

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    Alone

    January 1, 2013

    A Different Passion…

    June 12, 2016

    Distraction

    February 10, 2016
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris,  People

    George Braque

    October 11, 2013 /

    … not that easy to understand, isnt’it?

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    Waiting for a Future to Tell

    April 18, 2013

    Ten Years Ago

    December 22, 2022

    Pouring Water Since About 300 Years

    December 23, 2014
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar

    The Chess Players

    October 10, 2013 /

    Well, this is not Alechin vs Capablanca but… who cares?

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    A Sailor’s Knot

    November 22, 2013

    Hanging News

    June 18, 2013

    Macarons. Again

    October 23, 2015
  • Bruxelles,  Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar

    An Intense Conversation

    October 9, 2013 /

    Some photographs hold silence. This is one of them. Shot in a small restaurant in Bruxelles — the kind you’d only find by chance, and never the same way twice — this frame preserves what no longer can be: a place, a conversation, a quiet evening at a table now vanished. Two women sit facing one another, generations apart, mirrored by the soft geometry of light and posture. One speaks — or perhaps listens. The other waits — or perhaps remembers. Their hands do most of the talking, resting, folding, rising to punctuate a point. There’s water on the table, a half-empty bottle, a flickering red votive. Nothing staged. Everything…

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    Not AI-made…

    September 17, 2022

    Portraits in Skating

    November 30, 2024

    An Old Lady in Great Shape

    September 23, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits

    Portrait of aTocaor

    October 8, 2013 /

    There is no audience in the frame, no dancer to mark the beat, no palmas to answer the rhythm—just the tocaor, alone with his guitar. The photograph is intimate, stripped of spectacle, and in that simplicity lies its strength. Shot in black and white, the image pares down the moment to texture and expression. The grain and contrast evoke the deep tradition of flamenco portraiture, where the absence of colour invites the viewer to listen with their eyes. The focus is on the face—eyes closed, lips resting in concentration—as the player leans toward the neck of the guitar. This is not a performance for the world but an inward conversation,…

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    Fujifilm XF 100-400: a quick test

    January 12, 2018

    Somewhere in Japan

    May 19, 2014

    YANE – Yet Another Nepal Exhibit

    March 23, 2015
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    A Sad Afternoon

    October 7, 2013 /

    … waiting for someone to call.

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    Parisian’s Bags

    April 6, 2014

    Waiting for the match…

    December 28, 2012

    An Attentive Listener

    July 18, 2014
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo

    Chasing the Runner

    October 6, 2013 /

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    Under an Old Roof

    May 22, 2014

    Pixelmator Pro Debanding and Electronic Shutter

    December 24, 2022

    A few test shots with an MC Cosinon T200/4

    January 14, 2024
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Portrait of a Lawyer

    October 5, 2013 /

    Not every portrait needs a full frame. Sometimes, it’s what’s just out of focus that tells the most. Shot close—uncomfortably close—this image doesn’t try to flatter. It doesn’t seek symmetry or polish. The man’s on the phone, mid-thought, caught between reaction and restraint. His eyes are sharp, but not fixed. His hand rises instinctively to his face, as if shielding or steadying something unspoken. The photograph is grainy, the depth shallow. One lens, one second, one expression pulled between two worlds: the one he’s hearing and the one he’s trying to shape with his response. You don’t hear the voice on the other end, but you can sense it—by the…

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    Floating

    February 5, 2023

    (Not so) Intelligent Design

    October 26, 2018

    Emanuele Cavallucci. The New Italian Pro Boxing Welterweight Champion

    March 9, 2019
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People

    Skating on the streets of Milan

    October 4, 2013 /

    Safer at night, isnt’it?

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    Another experiment, now with a Kodak Portra 400

    May 4, 2023

    Restaurant or Killing House?

    July 18, 2017

    Tiles

    October 31, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  OutOfFocus,  Visual

    Out of Focus, again

    October 3, 2013 /

    Again a non intended, out-of-focus image – missed shot, in other words. Nevertheless I like the “visual” effect.

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    A Moment Of Rest

    June 17, 2013

    High-Tech Elder Care Tool

    April 2, 2013

    Heater

    May 23, 2015
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan

    None of Your Business

    October 2, 2013 /

    If you ain’t no time to go to New York, just spend some time in Milan… the feeling is very similar.

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    The Choir Master

    December 24, 2016

    Gary O’ Toole

    July 15, 2017

    Behind the Glass

    April 4, 2015
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  Streets&Squares

    The Wild Bunch

    October 1, 2013 /

    Our for shopping at the wrong time!

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    The Driver

    August 8, 2015

    Seeing What Isn’t There

    October 27, 2015

    Bent

    July 13, 2014
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