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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Sport,  Spring

    Emanuele Cavallucci. The New Italian Pro Boxing Welterweight Champion

    March 9, 2019 /

    Boxing is cruel to photographers. Not because it’s fast — although it is — but because it’s chaotic. In the ring, there’s no neatly choreographed movement, no second takes. You’ve got sweat flying, ropes cutting through your composition, referees wandering into frame, and the perpetual risk of being exactly half a second too late. This shot came together with the Nikon D610 paired to the Nikkor 24–120mm f/4 — a workhorse lens that, while not the fastest in maximum aperture, offers just the right flexibility for ringside work. Here, I caught the moment Cristofori’s jab lands flush on his opponent’s cheek, the head snapping back, muscles taut with the torque…

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    Damned Autofocus

    April 20, 2014

    Weren’t a Smartphone and a Selfie Stick Enough?

    October 6, 2016

    Square One

    June 17, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Portraits,  Sport,  Spring

    Portrait of a Professional Pugilist. Davide De Lellis

    March 8, 2019 /

    He had the kind of face that told its own story long before a shutter ever clicked — a mix of focus, fatigue, and that guarded reserve I’ve often seen in fighters before a bout. Photographing a professional pugilist isn’t about glorifying the violence of the sport, but about catching that fleeting moment where discipline, experience, and vulnerability intersect. I chose a tight composition, keeping the frame uncluttered so the viewer’s attention rested on the expression and posture. Every crease in the skin, every glint of sweat, mattered; these details carried more weight than any background could. Depth of field was shallow enough to isolate him from distraction, but not…

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    Old Rolls, Immortal Style

    August 12, 2019

    Too Busy to Enjoy the Life…

    April 12, 2014

    Cold Freezing Touring Through The Oslo’s Fjord

    October 4, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Skating,  Sport,  Winter

    Italian National Skating Championship 2019

    February 8, 2019 /

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    Portrait of a Cosplayer

    July 3, 2017

    Too Busy to Enjoy the Life…

    April 12, 2014

    The SoundMaster

    July 10, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Skating,  Winter

    Americana Skating – Italian National Championship 2019

    February 4, 2019 /

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    A coffee at Saint Eustachio’s

    February 4, 2016

    Norina shouts at Don Pasquale

    December 12, 2022

    The Spectators

    August 19, 2017
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Lines,  People,  Winter

    The First Picture of the Year

    January 5, 2019 /

    The year opens with a frame caught mid-step — a street scene suspended between the casual and the cinematic. The woman in the leopard-print coat commands the foreground, her figure sharply rendered against the soft haze of the street beyond. Her presence is decisive, yet she faces away, offering no expression, only movement. The background melts into a gentle blur, two figures walking arm in arm becoming silhouettes of intimacy. The shallow depth of field works well here: the compression between crisp foreground and ghosted distance draws the viewer through the frame, making the eye travel naturally from the coat’s texture to the vanishing point of the street. Technically, the…

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    L’estate sta finendo…

    September 13, 2013

    After the Race

    July 27, 2015

    The Power of Underexposing

    December 25, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  Reportage,  Sport,  Winter

    Italian Boxing Amateur Championship 2018. The Reportage

    December 18, 2018 /

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    What a odd couple of bipedals…

    February 26, 2013

    Relaxed Call at Boulevard du Palais

    March 19, 2014

    Footprints

    March 27, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Winter

    The Coach

    December 9, 2018 /

    In the corner of the ring, where no cameras reach and the noise momentarily fades, something deeper than training unfolds. This image doesn’t speak of punches thrown or points scored. It captures that fleeting minute between rounds—the space where a fighter breathes, bleeds, and breaks, while a coach rebuilds with nothing more than words, water, and presence. The boxer’s face tells of the cost: a swollen lip, a grimace barely masking pain, but also something else—determination still flickering beneath the bruises. The coach leans in, not shouting, not berating. This is not strategy; it is communion. The fight, at this point, is as much against doubt as it is against…

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    How Privacy Hysteria Killed Street-Photography

    October 22, 2023

    Last Wing Down

    February 26, 2015

    Lost in iPhone while the wind blows

    January 23, 2013
  • Artists,  B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Seasons,  Winter

    Davide Grotta – Live

    December 8, 2018 /

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    The Expired Film Series – Episode 5 – Kodak Tri X 400 – September 2015 shot in Sept. 2023

    May 8, 2024

    Waiting For The Patrons – 1

    June 17, 2015

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

    February 28, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Seasons,  Sport,  Winter

    Stop

    December 6, 2018 /

    In the squared circle, adrenaline and instinct often outrun reason. A fighter, eyes blazing, may push past his body’s warning signs, driven by pride, by the will to win, or simply by the refusal to yield. It is in these moments that the referee’s role shifts from arbiter of the rules to guardian of life itself. This image captures that exact intersection—one man still in the heat of battle, the other standing between him and the risk of irreversible harm. The referee’s gloved hands rest firmly yet not aggressively, an unspoken command to stop. His gaze is steady, his body language unshaken, projecting both authority and concern. In boxing, bravery…

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    Protezione Civile

    November 12, 2013

    Sky Patrol

    September 12, 2021

    Nice Drink

    July 11, 2015
  • Artists,  B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Winter

    Marianna D’ama – Live

    December 2, 2018 /

    The stage is barely the size of a rug. The audience—two dozen at most—sits within arm’s reach. There is no spotlight to hide behind, no sound engineer to balance the mix, no roaring crowd to dissolve into. Just a voice, an instrument, and the intimacy of shared air. In this photograph, the singer leans into the microphone with the same intensity one might expect in front of thousands. Her eyes are half-closed, her body wrapped around the rhythm, maracas held like extensions of her heartbeat. The grain of the black and white frame amplifies the sense of proximity—every shadow a whisper, every highlight a breath. House concerts are unforgiving in…

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    From Waltham to Boston

    August 4, 2023

    A contemporary-art installation

    March 31, 2013

    Garbage As Usual – Pantheon’s Nearby

    October 4, 2019
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Skating on the Riviera

    November 9, 2018 /

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    Too Big To Be Dumped

    January 10, 2015

    Without Glasses @ via del Corso

    January 25, 2016

    Guess who’s happier?

    May 27, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Street Photography

    Caught In The Act… Almost

    October 4, 2018 /

    One of the unspoken truths of street photography is that the act itself is a balancing game between invisibility and intrusion. You work quietly, melting into the scene, but sometimes the veil slips. This frame captures that instant—when the subject’s eyes meet yours and the candid moment becomes a negotiation. I was mid-frame when the man on the right turned, fixing me with a look that could be read as curiosity or suspicion. The keys in his hand, his stance, and the faint tightening of his jaw all freeze into a moment that could unfold in multiple ways. The man in the background remains unaware, his more relaxed posture offering…

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    Tsutaya Bookstore@Ginza

    December 6, 2020

    Open Interior

    March 14, 2021

    Sunny Afternoon

    January 22, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People

    Posing at Milan’s Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

    October 1, 2018 /

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    Portrait of a Fin Swimmer

    June 5, 2021

    Ghosts

    October 19, 2016

    The Smoker’s Golden Rule: A Coffee Always Calls a Cigarette

    July 9, 2013
  • B&W,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Social Control,  Summer

    Strategy

    September 20, 2018 /

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    Mind The Step

    August 28, 2015

    The three musket(b)eer

    May 11, 2013

    Sunny Afternoon

    January 22, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Nikko,  People,  Spring

    The Bell Ringer of Nikko

    August 6, 2018 /

    I waited some time before releasing the shutter on this one—not for the perfect moment, but for the right weight of silence before the sound. The act of ringing the temple bell isn’t just functional; it’s ritualistic, a gesture loaded with centuries of repetition. The photo had to feel like that: a still image of an act in motion, reverberating beyond its frame. I composed the shot dead centre to honour the symmetry of the structure. Japanese temple architecture lends itself to this kind of alignment—balanced, precise, and timeless. The bell, massive and inert, dominates the top third of the frame, while the man below draws the eye through motion,…

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    December 1, 2014

    Shooting an Outdoor Volleyball Match

    June 19, 2025

    A Seagull

    May 10, 2021
  • B&W,  Cities,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Summer

    Under the Heat In Rome…

    June 26, 2018 /

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    Garbage As Usual – Pantheon’s Nearby

    October 4, 2019

    A (Soon) Lost Banner

    November 1, 2018

    A Lonely Table

    March 8, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Social Control,  Summer

    The Flame is Still Burning…

    June 23, 2018 /

    I framed this image at the Altare della Patria in Rome, positioning myself low enough that the eternal flame rose against the statues behind it. I wanted the flame to feel alive, not simply ornamental, so I allowed it to breathe in the frame — neither perfectly centred nor clipped — letting the movement of the fire contrast with the stony immobility of the figures. Technically, it’s a shot about balance. The ornate bronze of the burner holds deep shadows and highlights, and getting both to read required a careful exposure, leaning slightly toward underexposing to preserve the flame’s detail. The sky was playing along that day, with just enough…

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    A Lost Towel

    July 3, 2013

    On Film Simulation or ‘is fiction more real than reality, and why should we care?’

    July 19, 2025

    Blow Up

    November 13, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer,  Tokyo

    A (Tokyo) Taxi Driver

    June 17, 2018 /

    I caught this frame mid-morning, in Tokyo’s Minato ward, just as the light turned hard and directional. The geometry of the taxi stopped at a crossing gave me a textbook profile—clean lines, bold colour, and a perfectly lit subject behind glass. But it’s the stillness that made me press the shutter. The driver, upright, masked, motionless, waiting. Not just for the green light, but within his own geometry of routine. This is a city known for velocity, and yet here he sits—disciplined, stoic, almost ceremonial in posture. The orange livery and chequered band recall a different decade, and with the crisp white gloves and lace seat covers, the car itself…

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    The Man Behind The Croissant

    December 13, 2014

    A Ryanair Aircraft

    August 21, 2018

    Alfa (1750) … Dog

    July 25, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Exhibitions,  Osaka,  People,  Summer

    Silhouettes@Osaka Castle

    June 12, 2018 /

    I shot this frame just before sunset, outside the grounds of Osaka Castle. I wasn’t chasing history or architecture—just silhouettes. The timing was right: the light low enough to flatten depth, strong enough to cast hard contours. The figures that passed in front of me weren’t posing, just walking—some slow, some hurried, all perfectly unaware of the geometry they were helping to construct. What worked here was the compression of scale. The castle, distant but looming, becomes almost secondary—a backdrop with less narrative weight than the humans slicing across the foreground. Their outlines are clean, their gestures distinct. A child’s exaggerated stride, a backpack slung low, a coat flaring out…

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    Giorgio Pasotti – Racconti disumani@Teatro Marrucino

    February 28, 2022

    Good Manners

    September 29, 2013

    Another Bridge

    September 23, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Parks,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer,  Tokyo

    Pizza Maker@Ueno’s Park

    June 6, 2018 /

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    A Nikon’s Portrait Made With a Fuji

    January 14, 2016

    Nick Beggs

    July 12, 2017

    Last Wing Down

    February 26, 2015
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  People,  Winter

    We Are All Made of Stars

    February 28, 2018 /

    The street is slick with rain, fenced for works in progress, cluttered with signs and barriers. Yet above it all, the stars have returned — bright, geometric, electric — heralding the slow, luminous arrival of Christmas in Brussels. A lone figure walks toward the camera, wrapped in a scarf and his own thoughts. He is grounded, ordinary, human. But above him, a constellation of neon dreams stretches deep into the vanishing point, inviting passersby to look up, to believe, even if just for a moment. This photograph captures the paradox of the urban winter: cold, messy, fractured — and yet luminous with potential. The construction fences are still up, the…

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    Dress Different

    March 15, 2015

    Who Needs A Wedding Photographer Anymore?

    May 29, 2014

    A Couple of Windows

    January 5, 2018
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Caparezza – Live@Palamaggetti Roseto degli Abruzzi

    February 18, 2018 /

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    January 8, 2013

    Batklubben

    July 23, 2016

    When the Tide Recedes

    December 8, 2013
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Caparezza – Live@Palamaggetti Roseto degli Abruzzi

    February 12, 2018 /

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    April 17, 2013

    Footprints in the Snow

    December 25, 2012

    Fishermen in Rome, Again

    November 5, 2013
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    The Bystander

    February 5, 2018 /

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    August 5, 2013

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    July 23, 2015

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    February 6, 2015
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