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  • 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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    Last Puff Before the Ride

    December 26, 2015

    A Mysterious Bag

    November 2, 2013

    Indifference

    July 5, 2015
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Projects,  Summer

    Rockabilly

    September 15, 2013 /

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

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

    February 8, 2023

    Mistress Of Puppets

    April 30, 2017

    Stand-up, Sugar!

    March 8, 2014
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Parachute

    September 14, 2013 /

    Didn’t have a wider lens, so I got the most interesting part of the frame…

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    The Path To Freedom

    September 29, 2014

    Marianna D’ama – Live

    December 2, 2018

    The Gate to the Appeal

    October 10, 2021
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Projects,  Summer

    Night Serenade

    September 12, 2013 /

    Is there anything more romantic?

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    Is Batman Coming To Town?

    December 2, 2017

    Portrait with Skewers

    December 6, 2014

    A Different Passion…

    June 12, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  People,  Summer

    Come on in…

    September 11, 2013 /

    What will you find at the end of the corridor? The frame pulls you inward. The eye enters through the shadowed foreground, past the blurred figure standing half in, half out of the light, and begins its slow walk down the corridor. The walls, cracked and weathered, carry the patina of time. Arched ceilings recede rhythmically, each arch framing the next, each doorway leading you further inside. Along the path, framed photographs lean against the walls, their colours softened by the dim light. They are not hung with formality; they rest casually, like travellers waiting to be claimed. The projector to the right hints at moving images, yet here, everything feels…

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    St. Peter in Background

    December 5, 2013

    Flashes’ Forgotten Powersuits

    April 11, 2014

    Waiting for the hearing

    February 19, 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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    A Banner

    November 29, 2014

    Pixelmator Pro Debanding and Electronic Shutter

    December 24, 2022

    Serva padrona @ Teatro Marrucino

    October 1, 2023
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Suspicious

    September 8, 2013 /

    What’s wrong, dude?

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    What Souvenirs Say About Rome (and Your Attitude Toward Life)

    August 6, 2025

    Red Dot

    January 21, 2015

    Just a soccer field… Part 3

    February 5, 2014
  • Boulevards,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Reminiscenses From The Past

    September 7, 2013 /

    Lost in memories, while the world turns.

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    Gigi Cifarelli Guitar Solo (feat. Michele Di Toro) – Live@Florian Espace Pescara

    March 8, 2016

    Portrait of Keyboard Player

    May 18, 2014

    Fantozzi’s chairs

    May 4, 2013
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Streets&Squares,  Summer

    The Casual Observer

    September 5, 2013 /

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    Portrait of a politician – 1

    October 25, 2013

    Strategy

    September 20, 2018

    On Detachment. Or ‘If You Love Something, Set It Free’ (cit. Sting)

    June 17, 2025
  • 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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    No, You Don’t Need To Change Your Glasses

    June 14, 2014

    South Bank’s Ghosts

    October 19, 2016

    In a yellowtone…

    September 17, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar

    Vinyl Never Dies

    September 2, 2013 /

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    A Zeppelin in The New York Sky

    July 2, 2014

    The Double Helix

    October 13, 2013

    @Rome Maker Faire – 5. Pensive

    October 18, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer

    The Doorman

    September 1, 2013 /

    Night work has its own silence, even when it’s loud. I made this frame just before the crowd arrived — a kind of photographic inhale before the push and pull of a Saturday night began. The doorman stands alone, his posture almost statuesque, braced against the neon wash of the venue’s lighting. The composition leans heavily on verticality. I intentionally let the figure anchor the centre, framed between structural elements and artificial glow. It’s an image of solitude and readiness, not action — and that contrast is what I wanted to preserve. The light is tough: mixed colour temperatures, harsh reflections, and flat backgrounds. But I didn’t correct it. It…

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    Game Over

    April 15, 2022

    A Roller Coaster… A Kind Of

    April 3, 2014

    What an Elegant Chocolatier!

    January 6, 2014
  • 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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    Frank Gambale All Stars – Live@Teatro Marrucino

    November 22, 2023

    Dark Cloud Over San Pietro

    August 27, 2021

    Who Is The Machine?

    August 5, 2019
  • 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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    Windows XVIII … Century

    February 27, 2014

    A Vessel

    December 18, 2015

    Hard Stare

    April 26, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar

    A Puff of Smoke

    August 29, 2013 /

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    Abruzzo’s made Coke??

    March 26, 2013

    Generations

    February 5, 2013

    Between Two Sets

    May 15, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Bycicle Ride

    August 28, 2013 /

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    Three Sprouts

    May 22, 2022

    Stylemaster

    August 22, 2014

    Italian Boxing Amateur Championship 2018. The Reportage

    December 18, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Afternoon’s Mumbling

    August 27, 2013 /

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    The Call

    March 4, 2014

    Early Morning’s Cleanup

    July 21, 2013

    Snorkeling

    August 24, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    Pillars Of The Beach

    August 25, 2013 /

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    Different Financial Transactions

    November 3, 2016

    Pizza Maker@Ueno’s Park

    June 6, 2018

    Portrait of a Professional Pugilist. Davide De Lellis

    March 8, 2019
  • 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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    The Mailbox

    May 5, 2013

    Lost Bottles

    January 27, 2014

    Washed

    November 22, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Staring At The Infinite

    August 22, 2013 /

    Shot on a quiet coastline, this image started as a spontaneous exercise in balance and distance—two figures set against the immeasurable vastness of the sea. The horizon offered a natural axis, both dividing and uniting the sky and the water, while the couple, placed slightly off-centre, became the emotional anchor. I chose a moderate focal length to avoid exaggerating depth or flattening perspective. The intent was to render the vastness not as spectacle, but as presence—imposing yet still intimate. The sea is not in fury, nor calm; it simply is, stretching without end behind them. That’s the metaphor I was after. Compositionally, I leaned on symmetry without being rigid. The…

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    We Are All Made of Stars

    February 28, 2018

    Waiting For The Patrons – 1

    June 17, 2015

    Kite Surfers

    October 16, 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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    Rush Hours

    March 10, 2014

    Lost in iPhone while the wind blows

    January 23, 2013

    Evolution in Red

    November 20, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    High Heels Ghost

    August 20, 2013 /

    I took this on a Saturday night, tripod low, exposure long. The street was busy but silent—one of those moments when you hear the city breathe between footsteps and engines. She passed quickly, dressed for somewhere else, but the shutter stayed open just long enough to erase her features and leave only motion. She became a spectre. Legs firm, heels sharp, but the torso blurred into translucence. It wasn’t planned. I wanted to catch life, but what emerged was absence—graceful, flickering, unresolved. That duality between presence and erasure fascinated me. Compositionally, it’s a static stage: parked cars, rough bark, municipal geometry. The frame’s symmetry anchors the chaos of the motion…

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    Empty Spaces

    May 23, 2014

    Big Brother Enhanced

    May 1, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer

    Saturday Night’s Ice Cream

    August 19, 2013 /

    This image was taken late one summer evening, in that quiet stretch after dinner but before the streets empty out. The man in the frame is devouring his ice cream like it’s the first proper moment he’s had to himself all day—elbows on knees, back curved forward, eyes fixed on the cone like it holds more than just pistachio and stracciatella. Technically speaking, the photograph is far from pristine. Handheld in low light with a slow shutter and high ISO, the noise creeps in and sharpness suffers. But I don’t mind that. Precision wasn’t the priority here. What I wanted was to capture a trace of stillness in motion, a…

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    Earbuds

    December 22, 2015

    Protected: Prova Aurum

    April 25, 2014

    Waiting for The Flight

    July 14, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Parks,  People,  Summer

    When We Were Kids

    August 18, 2013 /

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    October 11, 2018

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    April 2, 2013

    Luggages

    April 20, 2019
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