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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Streets&Squares,  Summer

    Trento, After Dark

    June 23, 2013 /

    There’s a plaque on the wall behind them—honouring soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, fallen in a war a hundred years gone. But they’re not looking at that. Instead, three boys sit shoulder to shoulder on a wooden bench, huddled around a glowing Apple logo. A little too bright for the square. The light falls on their faces the way a fire once would have. They’re focused, not speaking much. Two watch the screen; one taps at his phone. Nobody’s in a rush. This is Trento at night: limestone façades, uneven cobbles, Mediterranean shrubs in planters, and now Wi-Fi in the air. The square is mostly empty. Just a few benches,…

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    Out of Focus, again

    October 3, 2013

    Arrested Behind the Door

    March 29, 2015

    Fujifilm XF 100-400: a quick test

    January 12, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Seasons,  Spring

    What lasts of a springtime hailstorm

    June 22, 2013 /

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    Welcome in the Twilight Zone

    January 3, 2014

    Unkempt

    December 4, 2015

    Taking-Off

    April 15, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Shops

    Restaurant or Hellgate?

    June 21, 2013 /

    The only way to tell is to cross the door… good luck!

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    Sunny Afternoon

    January 22, 2013

    The Scooter

    March 1, 2013

    The sentinel…

    March 8, 2013
  • Boulevards,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Streets&Squares,  Urban Landscape

    Nightlife

    June 20, 2013 /

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    When the day is gone

    April 4, 2013

    The Ref

    June 6, 2013

    Get Ready, Set, Go

    February 2, 2022
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome,  Summer

    Alone, Together…

    June 19, 2013 /

    Are they friends, or do they just share the table?

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    So what?

    April 9, 2013

    Arriba El Mexico!

    July 3, 2014

    The Violinist

    July 1, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Social Control

    Hanging News

    June 18, 2013 /

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    Carl Zeiss T* 50 1,5 Sonnar and EOS EF-M 18-55

    August 4, 2013

    Vinyl Never Dies

    September 2, 2013

    Are you Sure?

    July 9, 2015
  • Bottles&Cups,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Garages&Labs,  Projects

    A Moment Of Rest

    June 17, 2013 /

    Every place is the right place, when it comes the moment for a coffee…

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    The Flame is Still Burning…

    June 23, 2018

    On Tips’n Tricks to ‘take you photos to the next level’

    May 29, 2025

    Open Window

    February 4, 2015
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Garages&Labs,  Projects,  Shops

    A Mini At The Garage

    June 16, 2013 /

    In motorsport, the story is often told on the track—in the blur of speed, the roar of engines, the chase of the apex. But there is another narrative, quieter and equally vital, found in the moments before a car is ready to move again. This photograph of an old Mini Cooper captures that in-between state: the stillness of a machine awaiting service. The perspective is deliberate. We see the car from the rear, centred on the whip antenna and the roofline, framed by the muted geometry of the workshop. Reflections curve across the back glass, warping the ceiling lights into soft arcs—a reminder of the interplay between machine and environment.…

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    Against the Tide

    January 30, 2014

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

    August 21, 2013

    Wonder… Wall

    June 8, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Marketing,  Photography

    Who wants to live forever?

    June 15, 2013 /

    I found this sign in a narrow alley in southern Italy, somewhere between a forgotten tabaccheria and a shuttered photo lab. The kind of place where time no longer hurries. “Kodak films in vendita qui” it proclaims—still, stubbornly, as if refusing to accept the world has moved on. The once-bold red letters are now softened by decades of sun, rain, and indifference. The plastic casings holding each letter—cracked, leaning, imperfect—speak more truth than any marketing slogan ever could. It’s a ghost sign, still selling hope in an age when its promise has nearly vanished. This isn’t just a relic of analogue photography—it’s a whisper of what we thought would last…

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    Partner in Glam

    May 3, 2023

    A Seagull in Rome

    June 28, 2013

    Safe Living (?)

    July 28, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Streets&Squares,  Urban Landscape

    Trick or Treat?

    June 14, 2013 /

    Trick or Treat. Smell my feet. Give me something good to eat.

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    Italy, Street-Photography and the Law

    October 29, 2013

    A Special Dress for a Special Party

    July 6, 2016

    A Couch in the Yard

    November 18, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Projects,  Streets&Squares,  Urban Landscape

    The Spinners

    June 13, 2013 /

    I want to ride my bycicle…

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    Hair Cut

    July 19, 2013

    A Skateboarder

    November 23, 2021

    Late Afternoon Shopping

    March 1, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Shops

    The Pizza’s Journey

    June 12, 2013 /

    From the oven to the the bench…

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    The sentinel…

    March 8, 2013

    Heater

    May 23, 2015

    Phone Call – 1

    February 18, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    As Time Goes By

    June 11, 2013 /

    Lost in thought, as time goes by…

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    Pentax – In Praise of Usability of Cameras and Lenses

    March 3, 2024

    Half a Bridge

    October 16, 2016

    Lost In Rembrance

    July 26, 2014
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo

    Rocco Zifarelli, Jeff Berlin, Beth&Danny Gottlieb, Gabriela Sinagra

    June 10, 2013 /

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    Priority Pass Lounge at Fiumicino Airport

    November 30, 2015

    Through the Fog

    January 5, 2014

    Shooting Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA)-like Events

    August 15, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Photography,  Shops,  Thoughts

    Kime in photography

    June 9, 2013 /

    While I was setting the aperture and the focus zone to shoot from the hip the subjects shifted the position of their heads and I missed the shot. Lesson learned: I decided to take this picture too late. I was aware of the composition a good ten seconds before, but I idled in uncertainty. When I finally resolved myself to shoot, I did everything on a hurry a I missed the shot. I definitely need to develop Kime in photography.

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    Street Compass Rose

    September 25, 2013

    London in Motion: A Night Ride in a Single Frame

    October 26, 2016

    Outside the Nobel Museum

    June 30, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Visual

    Red Tears

    June 7, 2013 /

    I’ve always been drawn to the small, almost accidental pieces of abstraction that appear in everyday life. This photograph began as nothing more than a patch of painted wall, but the way the red pigment bled into the pale blue beneath was too evocative to ignore. The streaks felt like gravity-made brushstrokes, each drip tracing its own irregular path — a literal record of time and viscosity — and yet, when taken in as a whole, they resembled something far more visceral. Hence the title. Compositionally, I chose a tight, horizontal crop to emphasise the division of the frame into two bold blocks of colour. The hard upper edge of…

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    Taking-Off

    April 15, 2021

    Whatever You Stand For, Vote!

    May 24, 2014

    Meaningless

    November 9, 2013
  • B&W,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Projects,  Sport

    The Ref

    June 6, 2013 /

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    A Missed Pricetag?

    January 29, 2013

    What Lasts of a Saturday Night Party

    January 24, 2014

    Inside a Master Luthier’s Workshop

    July 24, 2025
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Projects,  Restaurants&Bar,  Shops

    Do Not Touch

    June 5, 2013 /

    An effective anti-theft device?

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    On Air

    July 22, 2014

    Trick or Treat?

    June 14, 2013

    Portrait of a Law Professor (and Free Climber…)

    February 26, 2016
  • B&W,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Projects,  Sport

    Cornermen

    June 4, 2013 /

    There’s a rhythm to these images — a quiet, almost ritualistic interlude in a sport otherwise defined by its violence. The corners of a boxing ring are not just places of rest; they are theatres of strategy, whispered advice, and sometimes silent reproach. In each frame, the fighter is turned inward — literally and figuratively — toward those who bear no gloves but shoulder equal weight in the outcome. From a photographic standpoint, these are intimate studies taken from the same vantage point, the ropes acting as both boundary and compositional anchor. The repetition of the ring’s geometry — horizontal ropes, vertical corner post — frames each scene with a…

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    Alone, Together…

    June 19, 2013

    Trust Us, We Care About You

    March 18, 2014

    Pixelmator Pro Debanding and Electronic Shutter

    December 24, 2022
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Shops

    Upcoming Call

    June 3, 2013 /

    A call is coming. Maybe…

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    A Boat Under The Bridge

    September 18, 2016

    On Composition. Or: the eye sees what the mind is prepared to comprehend

    September 11, 2023

    Stripes

    March 2, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Sport

    The Fighter

    June 2, 2013 /

    A tribute to a brave man. Between rounds, the noise shifts. The roar of the crowd blurs into a muffled hum, replaced by the clipped, urgent tones of a voice you trust more than your own instincts—the cornerman. This photograph holds that moment still. The fighter, bare-chested, gloves resting on the ropes, his breathing heavy but measured, absorbs each word. His eyes, narrowed and locked, aren’t simply looking; they are processing, dissecting, committing to memory. Every bead of sweat on his skin is a testament to the round just fought, every vein and muscle carrying the weight of the one to come. The cornerman leans in, body language sharp with…

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    Access Denied

    June 1, 2015

    Tour Saint-Jacques, Standby

    March 27, 2014

    Horizon Bending, Again

    April 28, 2014
  • B&W,  Cities,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Projects,  Rome

    Behind The Shaft

    June 1, 2013 /

    Taken from inside one of those old Roman elevators—small, slow, caged in iron. The kind you find tucked into the corner of a 19th-century palazzo, where the wood creaks and everything smells faintly of dust and time. This photo looks outward, through the gate. But in a way, it also looks inward. The gridded metal frame keeps your focus close. The world beyond is blurred just enough to feel distant. Stairs curve down somewhere out of view. The light is natural, soft, diffused. The rest is silence. There’s no action here. No drama. Just the texture of the old ironwork, hand-forged patterns now worn smooth by a hundred years of…

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    The Pizza’s Journey

    June 12, 2013

    Path of Life

    May 17, 2017

    The Power of Music

    March 22, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Parks,  Seasons,  Spring

    Rest under a tree

    May 31, 2013 /

    Resting under a tree, on a sunny afternoon, in springtime.

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    Remainders in Prati

    December 4, 2013

    Waiting For The Patrons – 2

    June 19, 2015

    The dilemma

    January 11, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Projects

    What Lasts of Last Summer

    May 30, 2013 /

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    Sharp Shooter

    March 10, 2015

    Belgian Gloves

    October 15, 2015

    Which Part of “No Smoking” Got You Lost?

    June 21, 2015
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