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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    The perfect ski outfit

    March 12, 2013 /

    … which one is best?

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    September 2, 2013

    How Privacy Hysteria Killed Street-Photography

    October 22, 2023

    Frank Gambale All Stars – Live@Teatro Marrucino

    November 22, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Spring

    Under the Yellow Umbrella

    March 9, 2013 /

    It had just stopped raining—just enough to make the pavement shine, but not enough to fold away the umbrellas. I took this photo in passing. No setup, no waiting. Just a quiet moment shared by two people walking slowly, pushing a shopping trolley and carrying a red bag, both tucked under a loud yellow Bardahl-branded umbrella. The kind of umbrella you don’t buy, but are given somewhere and end up using forever. There’s nothing dramatic here. No grand gesture. Just two people—maybe a couple, maybe not—navigating a wet day together. The colours caught me: the dull browns, the muted jackets, that flash of red, and of course the umbrella. It…

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    The Actor’s Nightmare

    August 3, 2013

    Out Of Focus, Once More

    October 6, 2014

    Norwegian Suits

    October 15, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    The sentinel…

    March 8, 2013 /

    … hawkeye!

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    Stripes

    March 2, 2015

    @Rome Maker Faire – 4. The Hands Controller

    October 16, 2014

    Shrinking Knowledge

    July 24, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    Bored

    March 7, 2013 /

    … why go to dinner together, just to enjoy a boring night?

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    Comarketing

    October 10, 2019

    ChitChat in a sunny day

    January 4, 2013

    Close up of a chessboard

    September 1, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    None of my business…

    March 3, 2013 /

    Two local police agents try to block an African guy because of the CD he was supposedly selling. But this is none of our business…

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    Art Auction at Piazza Navona

    February 6, 2016

    Histoire d’O

    November 11, 2014

    Piero Mazzocchetti – L’ultima notte di Bonfiglio Liborio@Teatro Marrucino

    May 12, 2022
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    Enough…

    March 2, 2013 /

    When we were young, nothing could have stopped us. When we were young…

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    Meaningless

    November 9, 2013

    Silhouettes@Osaka Castle

    June 12, 2018

    PI Room At Palais de la Découverte

    June 7, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    The Scooter

    March 1, 2013 /

    Trying to run faster than its shadow.

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    Hi-Tech Temptation

    June 27, 2015

    Shade of Berlin

    April 23, 2013

    Waiting for The Flight

    July 14, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    Who’s carrying Who?

    February 28, 2013 /

    …

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    March 24, 2014

    Belgian Chocolate – Neuhaus

    November 16, 2015

    Different Paths

    December 26, 2012
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    A videographer…

    February 27, 2013 /

    … or a human sundial?

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    An outdoor theatre?

    January 31, 2013

    Reluctant

    November 25, 2014

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    February 1, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    What a odd couple of bipedals…

    February 26, 2013 /

    told himself the seagull.

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    March 9, 2022
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    The Real Street Photographer

    February 25, 2013 /

    Bold and without fear…

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    The Suit

    July 15, 2013

    An unusual flowers’ field

    June 30, 2013

    The Last Barrell

    December 10, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    A promenade

    February 24, 2013 /

    … in a forbidden place.

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    @ Rome’s Maker Faire – 6. Lost In Texting

    November 23, 2014

    The Rise of the Mutant Spiders?

    November 4, 2013

    Evolution of a Guitar Player

    July 5, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    A moment of break…

    February 22, 2013 /

    … before a hard working day starts.

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    @ Mediterrean Beach Games 2015 – Italian Beach Soccer Team (and a primer on sport-photography, part 4)

    October 3, 2015

    Sweet Dilemma

    November 4, 2015

    A Standup Paddleboarder

    August 25, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    No time for lunch at Piazza Fiume …

    February 20, 2013 /

    in a busy day

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    June 7, 2015

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    February 14, 2015

    When We Thought We Would Have Changed The World

    August 21, 2014
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Projects,  Rome

    Alive or not?

    February 16, 2013 /

    … only the cigarette can tell.

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    Rockabilly

    September 15, 2013

    What’s the Time?

    October 8, 2019

    Pensive

    November 28, 2014
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Street Photography

    The Ghost

    February 15, 2013 /

    at noon…

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    Leo Gullotta – Bartleby lo scrivano@Teatro Marrucino

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    Cold Freezing Touring Through The Oslo’s Fjord

    October 4, 2014

    Killing Santa

    January 25, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    Hard work

    February 13, 2013 /

    … while the others have fun.

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    October 22, 2024

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    May 8, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Projects,  Restaurants&Bar,  Street Photography

    Multitasking

    February 10, 2013 /

    guess who is the most involved? … the chair, of course!

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    November 17, 2016

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    January 14, 2024
  • Airport,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Projects,  Street Photography

    The Businessman…

    February 9, 2013 /

    Restless, waiting for the last flight to come back home.

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    August 14, 2013

    Caparezza – Live@Palamaggetti Roseto degli Abruzzi

    February 18, 2018

    Rest in peace

    March 13, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    Impatience

    February 6, 2013 /

    In a hurry, while somebody else is late…

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    December 18, 2015

    Secret Beyond the Door

    October 24, 2013

    Abstract

    May 9, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography

    Generations

    February 5, 2013 /

    Generation after generation, the passion for the photography always lasts.

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    December 2, 2015

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    April 22, 2013

    The Silent Dialog

    August 31, 2013
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Landscape,  People

    Lost in iPhone while the wind blows

    January 23, 2013 /

    A man walks along the seafront, head bowed, gaze fixed on the tiny black rectangle in his hand. His grip is firm, the frown on his forehead faint but telling. Behind him, palm trees bend slightly under the steady breath of a marine wind, and the horizon dissolves into a washed-out Mediterranean haze. It could be spring, or autumn—hard to say. The light is neutral, as if suspended. This is the image of the now: digitally connected, sensorially detached. The tide rolls, the wind whispers, figures drift in the background—and he is elsewhere. Not here, not in the place his body inhabits. Not with the sea, not with the moment.…

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    April 1, 2014

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    March 3, 2013

    Helping the Elders

    July 10, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Projects

    People

    December 21, 2012 /

    People.    So you wanna be a street-photographer, kid?

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