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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Spring,  Street Markets

    Though Choice

    June 23, 2014 /

    It doesn’t take much to make your day happy.

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    A Fisherman

    August 29, 2014

    The El Prat’s Lounge

    June 5, 2014

    Avid Readers

    November 19, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Winter

    Zebra Crossing, Again…

    June 22, 2014 /

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    Boat Dock Bumpers

    October 26, 2014

    Bronine Volkit Camera Hub. Mixed feelings

    November 30, 2021

    Waiting For A Customer To Come

    July 27, 2014
  • B&W,  Court,  Daily photo,  People

    Out For Justice

    June 21, 2014 /

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    The Suit

    July 15, 2013

    The Calm Newsreader

    July 4, 2013

    Fashionable’s shots

    May 3, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Street Markets

    Square Three

    June 20, 2014 /

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    Waiting for the goal

    April 28, 2013

    A Pensive Nun

    December 14, 2016

    Caged?

    June 6, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome

    What Are You Looking At?

    June 19, 2014 /

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    A Contemporary-Art Installation?

    March 31, 2013

    Three’s Company

    November 14, 2014

    Welcome in the New (?) Year

    January 1, 2014
  • Daily photo,  People,  Rome

    Square Two

    June 18, 2014 /

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    Mooring The Boat

    July 28, 2014

    Guarding Democracy

    June 14, 2023

    Red Moon at the end of August

    September 1, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome

    Square One

    June 17, 2014 /

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    The Suit

    July 15, 2013

    Tiles

    October 31, 2014

    Italy, Street-Photography and the Law

    October 29, 2013
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Streets&Squares

    Now You See It…Street Juggler at a Red Light in Barcelona

    June 16, 2014 /

    Caught this just as the traffic paused. The juggler—or maybe illusionist—stepped onto the zebra crossing like it was a stage, pulling a contact juggling sphere from his pocket with the same ease most reach for a cigarette. No microphone, no music, no hat on the ground. Just confidence, and a tight, silent routine aimed at no one and everyone. I shot from slightly above, which flattened the scene into layers: the motorcyclist on the left, the car breaking the frame in front, and the performer, suspended mid-gesture. The composition benefits from the crosswalk marks, which slice the image horizontally and echo the performer’s stance. It’s geometry meeting theatre. Technically, this…

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    Late Night Arrival at Bertinoro’s Castle

    January 15, 2014

    At the theater, between two scenes

    June 15, 2015

    Nikkor 16mm Fisheye – Three Ways to Make use of Such a Lens

    August 22, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits

    Portrait of a Politician – 2

    June 15, 2014 /

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    Late Night Conversation at Cardinal’s Wharf

    September 29, 2016

    Belgian Chocolate – Neuhaus

    November 16, 2015

    Moon, hand-held

    April 30, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  OutOfFocus,  Paris,  People,  Spring,  Visual

    No, You Don’t Need To Change Your Glasses

    June 14, 2014 /

    This was intentional. No missed autofocus, no technical glitch. I set the lens manually, focused nowhere, and waited for someone to walk into the blur. He did—carrying two bright yellow bags, dressed sharply but casually, perfectly unremarkable in the sharp world we expect from street photography. The concept was simple: remove clarity and see what remains. What I found was structure. Colour. Gait. Gesture. A kind of abstraction that doesn’t erase the human, just detaches it from identification. No face. No detail. But still a presence. Technically, the image defies critique by design. It isn’t sharp—at all. The highlights push into soft bloom, the street dissolves into haze, and the…

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    So long and thank you for the fish

    February 6, 2014

    A Rudder

    February 19, 2021

    Out for a ride…

    January 2, 2013
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    Lost In Barcelona’s Beauty

    June 13, 2014 /

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    PI Room At Palais de la Découverte

    June 7, 2015

    Waiting for the Shinkansen – 2

    June 30, 2017

    A quiet watchdog or long-time friend who enjoys some rest??

    May 23, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris,  People

    Catching the Tube in Paris

    June 11, 2014 /

    Street photography often thrives on the interplay between the static and the fleeting, and this frame from Paris captures that balance with precision. The scene is anchored by the familiar visual cues of the city — the “METRO” sign, the Haussmannian stonework, the ordered chaos of bicycles, cafés, and traffic further down the street. These elements provide a stable architectural stage against which the human drama plays out. The blurred stride of the man crossing the frame injects the shot with movement and urgency, the sort of kinetic energy that turns a documentary image into a narrative one. His presence, slightly soft due to motion blur, contrasts sharply with the…

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    Dress Different

    March 15, 2015

    A Winter Outdoor Chat

    December 17, 2013

    Just a soccer match…

    May 15, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fountains,  People,  Spring

    Thirsty

    June 10, 2014 /

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    Leaving The Actor’s Studio

    January 14, 2014

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

    September 11, 2023

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

    June 6, 2024
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Small Talk in Las Ramblas

    June 4, 2014 /

    I took this photo in Barcelona, where conversation isn’t background noise but part of the architecture. Las Ramblas is never quiet, never empty—always a current of movement, commerce, and human theatre. Yet in this frame, the flow is briefly suspended by a gesture: one man leaning down to greet another, while a third man stands as witness, folded newspaper in hand, arms set in a subtle brace of familiarity. The scene unfolds naturally, without prompting. I wasn’t aiming for perfection but presence—being there, camera in hand, when a moment coalesced. Compositionally, it’s informal yet balanced. The figures form a loose triangle, anchoring the shot while the rest of the world…

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    Boat Maintenance At Genova’s Porto Antico

    July 30, 2014

    A Master Luthier in his lab…

    May 14, 2013

    Mooring The Boat

    July 28, 2014
  • Artists,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Garbage,  Past&Relics

    Cupido’s Fall

    June 2, 2014 /

    There was a time when Cupido ruled the world. Not the cherubic archer of myth, but the man on the torn poster — a champion accordionist, his name blazing in dotted capitals, promising music and spectacle. Now, the paper curls at the edges, bleached and scarred by weather, the glory half-erased by time and graffiti. The god of love meets the fate of every earthly name: reduced to a fading print on a damp wall, fighting a losing battle against rust, mould, and the next layer of urban scribble. The photograph works because it understands the poetry of decay. The black-and-white treatment is an apt choice — stripping the scene…

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    Rush Hours

    March 10, 2014

    Trespassed

    May 3, 2015

    Mid-Knee Clinch

    July 7, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    The Skeptical Listener

    May 26, 2014 /

    While a politician addresses his audience, a skeptical listener think of how many times she’ve been there before…

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    Norina shouts at Don Pasquale

    December 12, 2022

    What Lasts of A Workbench

    February 22, 2015

    Waiting for the Shinkansen – 2

    June 30, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Pure Joy. An Essay in Street-Photography

    May 25, 2014 /

    The smile of a grandson worths a whole life. When I made “Pure Joy”, I recognised instantly that it was the kind of moment street photographers chase for years — brief, unrehearsed, and unrepeatable. No posing, no staging. Just a collision of light, gesture, and emotion that existed for a fraction of a second before dissolving into the street’s rhythm again.

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    Is AI-generated art actually killing ‘real’ Art?

    September 16, 2022

    An urgent phone call?

    December 15, 2013

    Blowin in the Wind

    February 8, 2014
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    Portrait of Keyboard Player

    May 18, 2014 /

    He had just finished a piece when I took the shot. Head tilted, hand still resting on the keys, that slight smirk not forced but earned. This wasn’t posed—it was a breath between moments, a performer halfway out of character and halfway into self-awareness. The ambient energy of the room still swirled around him—soft voices, chairs moving, blurred motion in the background—but he held still. I composed tight to emphasise the contrast between stillness and motion. The background drags slightly, figures abstracted by a slower shutter speed, but the face and fingers are crisp—anchoring the shot where it needs to be. The lighting was mixed: tungsten overhead, cooler light from…

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    Another Bridge

    September 23, 2019

    Waiting To Board At Santa Margherita Ligure

    August 16, 2014

    Sideways Through the Tunnel

    April 5, 2013
  • Artists,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Spring

    Between Two Sets

    May 15, 2014 /

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    Lost In Rembrance

    July 26, 2014

    Mind Your Way!

    May 28, 2013

    A Composition’s Dilemma in Black and White

    February 18, 2026
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Inside the Garrison

    May 14, 2014 /

    In a usually busy day, the bomberos enjoy a moment of relax.

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    Waiting for a Future to Tell

    April 18, 2013

    Fantozzi’s chairs

    May 4, 2013

    A Dragon Trainer?

    July 8, 2014
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  People,  Spring

    The New Church

    May 13, 2014 /

    In the XXIth Century, a new church grows, to satisfy old needs.

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    An Intense Conversation

    October 9, 2013

    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Wrestling, Italy vs France (And a primer on sport photography – Part 5)

    October 9, 2015

    Yet Another Dawn

    December 30, 2012
  • Airport,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring,  Travels

    Guru Meditation

    May 12, 2014 /

    Airports are temples of waiting. They strip away the illusion of control, leaving travellers suspended in time between one place and another. In that in-between, people invent ways to cope. Here, in a lounge of muted reds and glassy daylight, a man folds himself into a private space. One leg drawn up, back curved, cap pulled low, he cradles a tablet as if it were a small book or a talisman. His fingers rest lightly on it, not tapping, not scrolling—just holding. The surrounding noise and movement dissolve in his stillness. This is meditation for the digital age. Not in a forest clearing or a candlelit room, but in an…

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    Stadio Olimpico, seen from Tribuna Monte Mario

    October 1, 2022

    Through the Fog

    January 5, 2014

    Rest on the lake

    April 29, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome

    A Sunny day in Rome

    May 10, 2014 /

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    Lost Bottles

    January 27, 2014

    Personal Musing On Monochrome Digital Cameras

    September 11, 2025

    Shaken

    October 1, 2015
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    WTF Are They Looking At?

    May 7, 2014 /

    Street photography often unfolds in fractions of a second that resist tidy interpretation. This frame emerged from one of those moments — brief, slightly absurd, and quietly revealing. The photograph shows three men crossing the same urban space yet seemingly inhabiting different psychological trajectories. The bald man in the foreground, dressed in a vivid orange jumper that stands out against the subdued tones of the pavement, appears momentarily detached from the flow of movement around him. His posture is firm, almost statuesque, as if he had paused mid-stride to reassess the scene. The shopping bag hanging from his hand becomes less an object of practical use than a compositional counterweight,…

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    Alone, Together…

    June 19, 2013

    The Sprint Before the Ride

    August 8, 2013

    The Waiting

    December 23, 2012
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