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  • 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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    Landing

    December 4, 2021

    Lunar Network Or Snowy Mountain?

    May 5, 2015

    The Pulse of Passion: A Story Told in Red

    August 9, 2018
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo

    Negrita’s Cover Band

    September 19, 2013 /

    They still need to walk a long, long way before getting in sight of the original Negrita. Nevertheless they have a lot of fun…

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    Who The Hell Killed the Light Off?

    August 2, 2015

    Tables and Chairs, at Night

    May 7, 2013

    Photography and the Importance of a Proper Training

    April 23, 2024
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Projects,  Summer

    Rockabilly

    September 15, 2013 /

    Not stylish, not “clean”, not “intellectual”… but damn fun!!

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    Same Space, Different Worlds

    October 18, 2013

    ChitChat in a sunny day

    January 4, 2013

    An Old School Workstation

    September 12, 2014
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Projects,  Summer

    Night Serenade

    September 12, 2013 /

    Is there anything more romantic?

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    Silent Among Many Voices

    January 1, 2013

    Stand-up, Sugar!

    March 8, 2014

    Crowd Control At Dusk

    July 16, 2013
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Reportage,  Summer

    Nico Cilli Band@Chiostro Comunale – Città S.Angelo

    September 9, 2013 /

    A few shots from a reportage I did during a jazz gig.

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    Outside the Courthall

    April 15, 2015

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

    February 8, 2023

    Kissaten – One Shot Story

    December 5, 2025
  • 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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    Waiting To Board At Santa Margherita Ligure

    August 16, 2014

    Iron Gate

    May 2, 2013

    Fisherman’s Fatigues

    December 19, 2022
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo

    Who Said That Music Is Relaxing?

    August 14, 2013 /

    Performance photography often leans on grand gestures—flying hair, dramatic spotlight, or an ecstatic soloist. I went in the opposite direction here, waiting for a moment of exhaustion rather than exaltation. The guitarist’s slumped posture, arm draped over his face, dissolves the illusion of effortless expression. It’s not stage fright or defeat—just the inescapable weight of presence. Shot from the stalls with a moderate telephoto, I aimed to compress the performer and his instrument, emphasising their closeness. The guitar, held tightly even in rest, becomes an extension of the body rather than a separate tool. The body language is loud, even if the room was likely hushed. I chose not to…

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    Out Of Focus, Once More

    October 6, 2014

    Matching Nails

    September 18, 2017

    The Long Way Up

    March 25, 2013
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo

    A few shots from a Paco de Lucia live performance

    July 31, 2013 /

    A few shots from a Live Report I did for Rockol.it, an online music magazine

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    It’s always the right time

    February 17, 2013

    The 365th Shot: Between Sacred and Profane

    December 14, 2013

    Who Needs A Wedding Photographer Anymore?

    May 29, 2014
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Lorenzo negli stadi

    July 11, 2013 /

    Rockol.it – a music-oriented online magazine I work with – published the reportage I did at the Jovanotti’s “Lorenzo negli stadi tour 2013” in Pescara (IT). Here are the other pictures.

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    Trespassed

    May 3, 2015

    Viltrox AF85/1,8 II XF. Reflexless?

    April 2, 2021

    Mind The Gap!

    July 5, 2014
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Projects,  Winter

    The SoundMaster

    July 10, 2013 /

    You don’t usually see them—not really. They’re always there, but never in the spotlight. Still, without them, there wouldn’t be a show. I was at a concert recently, camera in hand, doing what I normally do—trying to catch something a little off-stage, something that tells the rest of the story. That’s when I spotted him: back to the crowd, eyes on the board, headphones hanging loose around his neck. Focused, steady. Doing the kind of work that only gets noticed when something goes wrong. I framed the shot from behind. The lights of the soundboard, all blinking and glowing, lit up the edges of his shirt—a simple icon of a…

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    An interesting reading

    May 13, 2013

    The Taste Master

    March 2, 2014

    After the Party

    December 16, 2013
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Evolution of a Guitar Player

    July 5, 2013 /

    It’s strange how a decade can pass in the blink of an eye — and yet carry with it the weight of evolution. The last time I met Roberto Di Virgilio, he had a Steinberger in his hands: all sharp edges, carbon fibre, and the aura of the 1980s futurism that guitarists either loved or dismissed outright. Seeing him now, a Les Paul slung across his shoulder, feels almost like a chapter shift in a novel I didn’t realise I was still reading. The photograph was taken in the kind of setting that usually conspires against the photographer: a stage during setup, flat midday light filtered through the structure above,…

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    Fancy a beer?

    November 3, 2021

    Landed

    December 19, 2013

    From Waltham to Boston

    August 4, 2023
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo

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

    June 10, 2013 /

    These frames—made on a Leica M9 with an Elmarit 90/2.8—form a compact essay in concert reportage the labour of musicianship. The 90mm perspective is decisive here. It compresses the space, trims away the audience and the room, and turns performance into a sequence of concentrated gestures: hands, shoulders, the angle of a head, the moment a player listens as much as they play.

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    A Mesh

    February 16, 2021

    On Prizes and Awards (a Long and Tiring Musing)

    October 31, 2025

    Fast Drivers in Via del Tritone

    October 31, 2019
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo

    A Master Luthier in his lab…

    May 14, 2013 /

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    My Photos, My Work

    July 7, 2026

    Professional Courtesy

    March 4, 2026

    A Green Patch

    August 26, 2014
  • Artists,  B&W,  Daily photo

    In the backstage

    May 10, 2013 /

    There’s a kind of quiet tension in the way they lean against the wall. No people in sight. No instruments visible. Just the outlines of music, sleeping inside their forms. As a photographer, that’s the kind of silence you try to listen to. The room was dark, lit only from one side. The light caught the curve of one case and slipped off the edge of the other. Texture came forward. Shape. Memory. You could almost hear the faint creak of clasps, the echo of strings long since gone quiet. Sometimes the most expressive shots come when nothing is happening. No performance, no sound—just the pause in between. These cases…

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    March 30, 2014

    Turiddu repeals Santuzza

    November 19, 2022

    Life Within the Post Office

    November 24, 2014
  • 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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    A Banner

    November 29, 2014

    Inside a Lost Building

    February 16, 2014

    Professional Courtesy

    March 4, 2026
  • Artists,  B&W,  Daily photo

    Snaps of a Flamenco recital…

    April 26, 2013 /

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    Breaking the Fourth Wall

    February 17, 2020

    An Attentive Listener

    July 18, 2014

    The Real-Life Lens Test Series – Episode 1: Viltrox XF 56/1,4 AF

    June 6, 2024
  • 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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    Who Said That Music Is Relaxing?

    August 14, 2013

    Red Wine Makes Good Blood…

    April 27, 2014

    Beach Party

    January 22, 2022
  • Artists,  B&W,  Daily photo

    Shade of Berlin

    April 23, 2013 /

    … Jeff, Berlin.

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    Bulbs

    January 12, 2015

    An Old School Workstation

    September 12, 2014

    Padua, a photographer’s goldmine

    October 31, 2024
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