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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Streets&Squares

    The Mailbox

    May 5, 2013 /

    No News, Good News.

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    Heater

    May 23, 2015

    Blackfriars Train Station Banner

    September 22, 2016

    Fast Call

    December 28, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar

    Fantozzi’s chairs

    May 4, 2013 /

    They look innocent enough — two soft, shapeless seats next to a rattan table, tucked under a wall in some coastal bar. But the title gives it away: Fracchia’s Chairs. And if you know the name, you know exactly what kind of scene this is. Giandomenico Fracchia, as played by Paolo Villaggio in the 1970s, was the tragicomic soul of bureaucratic Italy: servile, stammering, utterly at the mercy of authority. There’s a legendary sketch in which he’s being questioned by his boss — unable to sit still on a chair so round and formless it’s practically a trap. And here it is again, reimagined in polyurethane and branded with Nastro Azzurro. The…

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    Americana Skating – Italian National Championship 2019

    February 4, 2019

    RedLight

    November 6, 2015

    Mistress Of Puppets

    April 30, 2017
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Fashionable’s shots

    May 3, 2013 /

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    Davide Grotta – Live

    December 8, 2018

    Garbage Collection

    August 26, 2013

    An attempt at DSLR-made film digitization

    January 14, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gates&Fences

    Iron Gate

    May 2, 2013 /

    When craftmanship meets art.

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    Collision Path

    July 5, 2019

    Fixing the ship

    August 18, 2021

    Dress Different

    March 15, 2015
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Social Control

    Big Brother Enhanced

    May 1, 2013 /

    Shot at Gardaland.

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    On the Edge of the World

    April 22, 2014

    Is This Smoke?

    August 15, 2013

    Thirthy years behind…

    April 6, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Streets&Squares

    A relic from the (recent) past

    April 30, 2013 /

    less than twenty years have gone, and a telephone boot looks like a relic from the Stone Age.

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    5 (improbable) Frames with a roll of Ferrania Orto and a Nikon 35TI

    February 28, 2024

    Cold Freezing Touring Through The Oslo’s Fjord

    October 4, 2014

    A Puff of Smoke

    August 29, 2013
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Rest on the lake

    April 29, 2013 /

    enjoying some fruit.

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    Content Creators

    July 20, 2023

    Pensive

    November 28, 2014

    None of Your Business

    October 2, 2013
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Waiting for the goal

    April 28, 2013 /

    Why can’t I enjoy my soccer team’s match instead of wasting my time here? Because my wife loves music…

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    Zombies

    March 4, 2021

    Parisian’s Bags

    April 6, 2014

    Lightblade

    September 6, 2013
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome

    Segway Chase in Villa Borghese

    April 27, 2013 /

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    Pensive

    February 26, 2021

    Beach Party

    January 22, 2022

    Milan

    March 19, 2015
  • Artists,  B&W,  Daily photo

    Snaps of a Flamenco recital…

    April 26, 2013 /

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    Where Did I Left My Car?

    April 2, 2015

    Hi-Tech Temptation

    June 27, 2015

    Lady Gaga Art Rave

    October 5, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Garbage

    What lasts after a party…

    April 25, 2013 /

    Bacardi, beer, and a strawberry.

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    A (Soon) Lost Banner

    November 1, 2018

    A Sunny day in Rome

    May 10, 2014

    Selling Italian Ice in Boston

    March 11, 2025
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    The Hands of a Drummer (Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez)

    April 24, 2013 /

    You don’t photograph a legend. You try not to get in the way. This frame is all rhythm, no fanfare. No face, no spotlight—just hands, sticks, cymbals, and breath held between beats. It’s Horacio “El Negro” Hernández in concert, but not in the way the audience sees him. This is closer. Quieter. The private side of percussion. Shot just beneath the hi-hat, I framed the photo to let the hand speak: fingers curled not in tension, but in dialogue. The skin slightly worn, the grip half-visible—mid-phrase, mid-flow. The cymbals catch the stage light like the faintest of brushstrokes, shimmering but not stealing the scene. You can feel the groove here.…

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    Red Moon at the end of August

    September 1, 2023

    Just a Bench (or a Sacrificial Altar?)

    January 11, 2017

    Still Standing

    March 15, 2014
  • Artists,  B&W,  Daily photo

    Shade of Berlin

    April 23, 2013 /

    … Jeff, Berlin.

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    Though Choice

    June 23, 2014

    Staring At The Infinite

    August 22, 2013

    An Altar for the Propaganda Machine

    November 17, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gates&Fences,  People

    Knocking on lion’s door

    April 22, 2013 /

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    Mediterranean Games 2009

    June 28, 2015

    Waiting for the match…

    December 28, 2012

    Too Big To Be Dumped

    January 10, 2015
  • Cities,  Daily photo,  Rome

    Meeting on the board

    April 21, 2013 /

    Meeting on the board, waiting for the next passenger to arrive.

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    Life is a bitch

    May 22, 2013

    A View

    December 8, 2014

    George Braque

    October 11, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar

    Still Together

    April 20, 2013 /

    Still together, like the very first day. I saw them before they saw me — leaning slightly towards each other, their posture neither rigid nor slouched, but comfortably suspended in the shared gravity of the table between them. The wine glasses, half-filled with rosé, spoke of time already spent; the unopened bottle on the side suggested more still to come. From a compositional standpoint, I worked with the geometry of the setting — the square table, the vertical lines of the wall, and the quiet interruption of the stone column — to anchor the frame. The couple sit on opposite sides, yet the line of sight between them is unbroken,…

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    Forza Italia

    July 12, 2021

    The perfect ski outfit

    March 12, 2013

    Hard Spam

    April 1, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar

    The missing guest

    April 19, 2013 /

    Everything is ready to start the party, but a missing place suggest that they still have to wait…

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    Inside the Palaces of Power – Bruxelles

    November 8, 2015

    The Penguin’s Feeder

    July 25, 2014

    Brain vs Camera

    April 19, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Spring,  Tobacconists

    Waiting for a Future to Tell

    April 18, 2013 /

    Behind the slightly dusty glass of an old tobacco shop window, a box of tarot cards stands upright, holding its ground with a quiet dignity. The label reads taotl, the colours still vivid despite the years: red flames, green leaves, a central emblem that seems both protective and dangerous. Beneath, the name Masenghini anchors it in a very specific history of Italian card-making, a craft now mostly relegated to collectors and the nostalgic. Around it, other objects share the same slow fate: a light-blue school exercise book titled Quaderno, some patterned boxes, a rolled cylinder of bright turquoise paper. Everyday relics, all bathed in the soft, uneven light that only old glass and time…

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    Portrait of keyboard player

    May 18, 2014

    Urban Desolation

    September 18, 2014

    Free Shoes

    October 8, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Projects,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome,  Shops

    Late-afternoon’s snack

    April 15, 2013 /

    …who knows what will be served for dinner?

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    Thirthy years behind…

    April 6, 2013

    A Hellish Look

    March 26, 2024

    Portrait of a Professional Pugilist. Davide De Lellis

    March 8, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Spring,  Travels

    The Worst Moment to Fix a Shoe’s Problem

    April 14, 2013 /

    Caught on a descending escalator, mid-bend, mid-thought—this is the photograph of a decision made too late. Everything in this frame leans forward. The vanishing point pulls you down, hard, like gravity with intention. The blur on the metal steps mimics momentum. You can almost feel the hum of machinery and the silent urgency of descent. At the centre of it all: a man hunched over, trying to wrestle control over something small and unruly—perhaps a loose shoelace, perhaps something more symbolic. I didn’t plan this shot. It happened fast. A reflex. Shot handheld, low light, no time to think, just enough to feel. The imperfection—the motion blur, the noise, the…

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    Damned Autofocus

    April 20, 2014

    Cold Stuff

    November 28, 2015

    Windows XVIII … Century

    February 27, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    An Old-Style ATM

    April 13, 2013 /

    This frame came together in the blink of an eye — or perhaps more accurately, in the blur of one. No carefully plotted composition, no tripod, no second chance. Just a brief exchange at a café counter: a plate extended, a hand offering payment, the warmth of human transaction before contactless cards made it all vanish into invisible transfers. The motion blur here is both the flaw and the essence. Technically speaking, the shutter speed was far too slow for handheld shooting in this kind of lighting, resulting in softness across the entire image. If sharpness were the sole measure of photographic merit, this would be an immediate reject. But…

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    Audience

    February 20, 2014

    Lost in Another World

    March 17, 2014

    Reasonable Privacy Expectation

    April 17, 2014
  • Airport,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    No Tablet, No Problem

    April 12, 2013 /

    Airport Gate, Early Evening No screens. No earbuds. No glowing rectangles in sight. Just two people passing time with cards and conversation, waiting for a flight that’s probably delayed. The bench is metallic, cold. The lighting is flat. But between them, something human is happening—casual, quiet, and becoming increasingly rare. I didn’t stage this. I just noticed it. In a terminal where most people were curled into devices, these two were leaning forward, sharing space, actually looking at each other. He speaks, she listens. She gestures, he laughs. Their luggage is there, sure—but this moment isn’t about where they’re going. It’s about the pause before it. The photo isn’t sharp…

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    Free Shoes

    October 8, 2014

    An update on the poor Canon EOS-M autofocus

    March 30, 2013

    Room 17 – VIXI

    March 27, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Who is the mannequin?

    April 11, 2013 /

    … not sure.

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    A Sailors’ Warehouse

    September 9, 2014

    Hidden in Plain Sight. A Japanese Journey

    August 3, 2023

    Empty Chairs in the Tuileries

    October 19, 2013
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo

    The Urban Chase

    April 10, 2013 /

    Not all of the urban chases, involve a couple of Alfa 159 trying to catch an Aston Martin

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    A Few Shots with the 7Artisans 35mm f/0.95 in X-Mount

    October 24, 2024

    Who Is The Machine?

    August 5, 2019

    Claws of Fire

    September 27, 2017
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