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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Visual

    Lightblade

    September 6, 2013 /

    No, there are no Jedis around…

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    Pensive

    November 28, 2014

    Inside an Old Gym

    February 16, 2015

    Belgian Ghosts

    May 2, 2014
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Streets&Squares,  Summer

    The Casual Observer

    September 5, 2013 /

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    Shooting the Shooter…

    February 12, 2013

    A Zeppelin in The New York Sky

    July 2, 2014

    An Intense Conversation

    October 9, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Social Control,  Summer,  Urban Landscape

    Peeping the Misery

    September 4, 2013 /

    A rough opening in a white wall becomes the frame. The edges are jagged, still bearing the scars of whatever blow created them. Through it, the eye is led into another world—a dusty, abandoned space where sunlight slices across the ground. On the floor lies a tangle of debris: fragments of cloth, splinters, and what seems to be a torn banner, its once-bright colours now dulled. The text on it is broken, unreadable, a language interrupted. In the background, shapes blur into shadow—remnants of furniture, perhaps, or the skeletal remains of another wall. This photograph is about looking in without stepping in. The viewer is held at a distance, forced…

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    Inside the Garrison

    May 14, 2014

    The Watchdogs

    February 9, 2017

    The Spectators

    August 19, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer

    While Waiting for the Food

    September 3, 2013 /

    Somewhere coastal, sometime after sundown. The table is set, the drinks half gone, the plates not yet full. It’s the in-between moment—the pause before the meal arrives, when conversation either deepens or disappears. He’s on his phone, thumb scrolling with purpose, eyes locked to the glow. Around him, the restaurant hums: plastic chairs, thatched roof, barefoot kids running between tables, the usual clatter of dishes and casual voices. A holiday place, probably. Warm air, sea salt, and time meant to be slower. What struck me was not the act—because it’s common—but the woman across from him. Half-hidden, partly blurred, yet watching. Not annoyed, not angry. Just watching. The kind of…

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    Reminiscenses From The Past

    September 7, 2013

    Breakfast at Rue Brisemiche

    March 25, 2014

    Old Rolls, Immortal Style

    August 12, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar

    Vinyl Never Dies

    September 2, 2013 /

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    Kime in photography

    June 9, 2013

    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Italian Beach Volley Team – Marco Caminati (and a primer on sport photography, part 6)

    October 13, 2015

    HeadButt

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

    The Doorman

    September 1, 2013 /

    Another hard night at the door is going to start.

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    Shoes’ Meeting in Corso Vittorio

    March 12, 2014

    Gary O’ Toole

    July 15, 2017

    Merleria Livia

    February 14, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    The Silent Dialog

    August 31, 2013 /

    Sometimes, two subjects share a conversation without exchanging a word. In this case, the dialogue exists between man and stone — between the jogger, resting mid-route, and the towering marble column in front of him. The stillness of the sculpture contrasts with his barely contained energy, as though the pause is only temporary before motion resumes. The composition is anchored by geometry. The bollards form a rhythm across the foreground, pulling the eye toward the seated figure. The column rises almost dead-centre in the frame, lending a sense of vertical authority, while the urban backdrop — palms, apartments, the waiting truck — situates the scene in the ordinary present, far…

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    Three’s Company

    November 14, 2014

    Lost

    July 13, 2015

    Editing a photo taken with a Carl Zeiss Jena 135/4 Sonnar and a Fuji X-T3

    February 8, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Sleep Wins

    August 30, 2013 /

    I found them in that fragile hour when night hasn’t fully given up and the day hasn’t quite claimed the streets. Two bodies slumped against a shuttered shopfront, graffiti curling behind them like a silent narrator. They weren’t staged, of course — this was simply where exhaustion decided to settle. With the Canon EOS-M paired to the EF-M 18–55, I had the flexibility to frame them in a way that gave space for the scene to breathe. The late light worked in my favour, sliding in at an angle that brought warmth to their skin tones while pulling texture from the cold metal behind them. The graffiti, soft enough not…

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    The Ghost

    February 15, 2013

    Collision Path

    July 5, 2019

    A Ryanair Aircraft

    August 21, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar

    A Puff of Smoke

    August 29, 2013 /

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    Money Doesn’t Smell

    April 2, 2015

    Stairway to Hell

    January 9, 2022

    What a odd couple of bipedals…

    February 26, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Bycicle Ride

    August 28, 2013 /

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    Stylemaster

    August 22, 2014

    Selling Italian Ice in Boston

    March 11, 2025

    Bikers

    July 14, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Afternoon’s Mumbling

    August 27, 2013 /

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    Hard Choice In Quai de la Corse

    March 21, 2014

    Mind The Gap!

    July 5, 2014

    A relic from the (recent) past

    April 30, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Garbage,  Streets&Squares,  Summer

    Garbage Collection

    August 26, 2013 /

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    A Fisherman in Rome

    November 1, 2013

    Shrinking Knowledge

    July 24, 2018

    Killing Time

    October 10, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    Pillars Of The Beach

    August 25, 2013 /

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    Indifference

    July 5, 2015

    Three Sprouts

    May 22, 2022

    Brain vs Camera

    April 19, 2014
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Summer

    Lifeguard

    August 24, 2013 /

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    Ottica Boncompagni

    November 7, 2014

    Square Two

    June 18, 2014

    Yin and Yang

    November 26, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Photography,  Thoughts

    The Nightmare

    August 23, 2013 /

    Last night, at what should have been an intimate tango exhibition, I was reminded how delicate the relationship between photographer, performer, and audience really is. It’s a balance of presence and discretion — a dance of our own, if you will — and when one party missteps, the whole atmosphere can falter. The image I took here is less about the aesthetics of tango than about an interruption to its magic. In the foreground stands a photographer, camera raised, entirely absorbed in his task. The moon glows softly above him, the darkness swallowing most of the scene, but it’s clear enough to see the intent concentration on his face. Off…

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    Lockpicking Tools

    December 11, 2018

    Inked

    February 12, 2016

    When Venus Meets the Moon

    October 2, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Staring At The Infinite

    August 22, 2013 /

    Will this love lasts as much?

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    The EOS-M just sucks

    July 18, 2013

    Is Iron Sky just a sci-fi movie?

    May 5, 2015

    Technological Memento

    June 26, 2021
  • Artists,  Daily photo,  Observer Bias,  Photography,  Thoughts

    When The Passion Is Gone (thank to a sneaky photographer)

    August 21, 2013 /

    The close-up delivers a feeling of hot passion, as often tangueros do. But a wider view, including that sneaky photographer, kills the mood.

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    Busy

    December 24, 2015

    Justice Under Construction

    March 31, 2015

    The AfterTide

    December 12, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    High Heels Ghost

    August 20, 2013 /

    On Saturday night, ghosts too dress themselves up.

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    Cold Freezing Touring Through The Oslo’s Fjord

    October 4, 2014

    The Flame is Still Burning…

    June 23, 2018

    Fantozzi’s chairs

    May 4, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer

    Saturday Night’s Ice Cream

    August 19, 2013 /

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    Workbench

    February 22, 2015

    Giorgio Pasotti – Racconti disumani@Teatro Marrucino

    February 28, 2022

    A Fisherman in Rome

    November 1, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Parks,  People,  Summer

    When We Were Kids

    August 18, 2013 /

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    A Special Dress for a Special Party

    July 6, 2016

    Cornermen

    June 4, 2013

    Pillars Of The Beach

    August 25, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Avid Readers

    August 17, 2013 /

    Anything, Anywhere…

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    The Ghost

    February 15, 2013

    A Zen Garden?

    February 22, 2014

    The Empty Stage

    November 25, 2013
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Gotcha!

    August 16, 2013 /

    It was the contrast that caught my eye. A man stands knee-deep in the Adriatic shallows, focused, precise, moving a small blue net through the water like he’s brushing dust off glass. He’s working under the shadow of a trabocco—a towering wooden fishing machine, all cables and beams, designed to drop massive nets and haul in fish by the hundreds. The kind of structure that speaks of industry, tradition, scale. But here he is. Alone. Shirtless. Waist-deep. Fishing by hand. The second frame pulls back. You see it all—the full span of the trabocco, its arms stretched wide like a maritime cathedral. And at the base, dwarfed by design, the same man…

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    The Street Photographer Rights In Italy. The Leaflet

    July 10, 2014

    Different Loads

    June 23, 2015

    Dai Shodo@Kyoto

    December 2, 2020
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Social Control

    Is This Smoke?

    August 15, 2013 /

    It seems so.

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    Under the Arc of the Seine

    June 9, 2015

    Shooting Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA)-like Events

    August 15, 2024

    Freeze!

    December 19, 2014
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo

    Who Said That Music Is Relaxing?

    August 14, 2013 /

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    Oops!

    July 4, 2014

    TKO

    May 8, 2019

    Waiting For The Bus On Las Ramblas

    August 19, 2014
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