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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Alone

    December 31, 2017 /

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    Life And Work On A Fishing Boat

    January 9, 2014

    A view of the Bologna’s Station

    April 28, 2019

    Impatience

    February 6, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gates&Fences,  Winter

    Halt!

    December 28, 2017 /

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    The Scooter

    March 1, 2013

    Guru Meditation

    May 12, 2014

    The Hacker and the Photographer

    August 22, 2016
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Observer Bias,  Odds,  Visual,  Winter

    Not A Rorschach Inkblot

    December 24, 2017 /

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    An Inside Irongate

    February 26, 2014

    Get Ready, Set, Go

    February 2, 2022

    Fun

    November 12, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Seasons,  Shooting,  Winter

    Servicing a Sig Sauer P226

    December 16, 2017 /

    This frame came together as a study of routine and tactility rather than drama. The hands, well-worn and pragmatic, are in mid-action—focused, unposed, doing what they’ve likely done a hundred times before. It’s not a glamour shot of a weapon. It’s a photograph of labour, care, and the quiet diligence of someone who knows their way around a mechanical system. The Sig Sauer P226, known for its precision and reliability, has always struck me as more tool than totem. That sense informed how I chose to shoot this: close, compressed, honest. I avoided depth-of-field tricks or shallow focus. The visual language here is functional, echoing the subject matter. The background…

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    Ceci N’Est Pas Une Pipe

    September 27, 2014

    In the Rain, A Helping Hand

    July 10, 2019

    Careful With That Bike, Eugene!

    July 29, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Seasons,  Shooting,  Winter

    A Shooter

    December 8, 2017 /

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    Waiting To Board

    February 4, 2013

    Inside the Palaces of Power – Bruxelles

    November 8, 2015

    Yes, We…Can

    May 16, 2014
  • Airport,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Seasons,  Winter

    Missed Airplane

    December 4, 2017 /

    I made this photograph on a foggy morning at the airport, when the air was so thick with mist that the horizon vanished entirely. The two stair trucks stood idle, angled towards each other as if in conversation, yet the absence of the plane they were meant to serve transformed the scene into something more ambiguous. What should have been a moment of transit became one of suspension. The composition leans heavily on geometry. The crosswalk in the foreground pulls the viewer in, its bold stripes leading the eye towards the vehicles in the middle distance. Beyond them, the frame dissolves into white haze, stripping the background of any detail.…

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    The last flower

    May 20, 2013

    Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

    January 14, 2013

    Floating

    February 5, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Seasons,  Winter

    Is Batman Coming To Town?

    December 2, 2017 /

    There are moments in photography when nature conspires to hand you a frame so surreal, you almost question its authenticity. This image is one of those moments — a shaft of blazing light erupting from the horizon, punching through the heavy grey sky like a celestial spotlight. The comic-book reference in the title is apt; it’s as if Gotham’s bat-signal has been reimagined over a Mediterranean fishing port. From a compositional standpoint, the photograph benefits from the strong vertical energy of the light beam, cutting cleanly through the otherwise horizontal layout of boats, masts, and buildings. The balance between the darkened marina in the foreground and the dramatic burst of…

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    Smoke is everywhere…

    February 21, 2013

    The Hacker and the Photographer

    August 22, 2016

    The Worst Moment to Fix a Shoe’s Problem

    April 14, 2013
  • Chairs&Seats,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Winter

    Sega Codemaster

    November 21, 2017 /

    There’s a certain kind of nostalgia that hums in the air around old arcade machines — the whirr of the fans, the dull thump of buttons, the phosphor glow of a screen just a little too close for comfort. This photograph leans into that, not by showing the player, but by staring straight down the throat of the beast itself. The composition is blunt and unapologetic: the steering wheel dead-centre, its SEGA logo and stylised crest almost daring you to sit down and prove yourself. Behind it, the game’s leaderboard spills out in garish blues, whites, and yellows, with Spa Francorchamps’ familiar curves just visible on the left. There’s a…

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    One Coffee

    December 20, 2015

    José Ignacio Franco – Live@Auditorium Petruzzi

    July 31, 2022

    Arriba El Mexico!

    July 3, 2014
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Social Control,  Winter

    The Quiet Riot

    November 19, 2017 /

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    Walking Table in via Cornaggia

    March 22, 2014

    Full Moon

    May 9, 2017

    Kissaten – One Shot Story

    December 5, 2025
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  Summer,  Venice

    The Silent Ceremony

    November 2, 2017 /

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    Portraits From Nagoro, the Scarecrows’ Village

    December 25, 2025

    A Lockheed C-130 Hercules

    January 31, 2021

    The perfect ski outfit

    March 12, 2013
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Los Niños y El Tocaor

    October 30, 2017 /

    The guitarist was Pedro Navarro, and he played with the kind of intimate conviction that can silence a room without demanding it. I took the shot during a flamenco recital in a modest Spanish cultural venue, one of those places where chairs creak and plaster flakes off the walls, but the soul is palpable. What caught me wasn’t just the precision of his fingers on the strings, or the deliberate slowness of the opening compás—it was the quiet appearance of the two boys at the back. Dressed like miniature adults, suspended in a corridor of sound and formality, unsure whether to stay or move on. One places a hand on…

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    A Step Ahead

    October 8, 2022

    Mid-Knee Clinch

    July 7, 2019

    Fishing Shelter Under The Bridge

    September 4, 2014
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Ramón Jarque, tocaor

    October 29, 2017 /

    I have always found that photographing musicians is less about the performance and more about the moments in between — the quiet exchanges between player and instrument. In this portrait of Ramón Jarque, I wanted to strip away the spectacle and capture him in a state of private dialogue with his guitar. The composition is simple, almost understated. I framed Ramón in profile, letting the lines of his arm and guitar neck lead the viewer’s eye diagonally across the image. The background, with its blurred wine bottles and textured wall, is just present enough to provide context without intruding on the intimacy of the moment. Depth of field is shallow,…

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    The Waiting

    December 23, 2012

    A Fashion Shop in Milan

    January 21, 2014

    Off Duty

    September 4, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Summer,  Venice,  Visual

    Red Cross

    October 26, 2017 /

    Some photographs are taken instinctively, almost without the usual premeditation that guides my framing. This one emerged from a walk at night, when the glow of an illuminated red circle caught my eye—a signal cutting through the darkness. At its centre, a cross of tiny LEDs blinked rhythmically, part medical icon, part abstract light sculpture. Framing it was straightforward: the dark surroundings worked like a natural vignette, pushing the viewer’s gaze towards the centre. I positioned myself to keep the circle symmetrical within the frame, knowing that the composition’s strength would lie in its stark simplicity. Technically, this was a delicate balance. Shooting at night with such a bright light…

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    And Justice For All

    May 15, 2015

    Processing DSLR-digitized film with and without Pentax K-1 Monochrome Custom Image profile

    April 30, 2023

    Moistmaker@Piazza della Rotonda

    July 12, 2018
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Milan

    Late Evening Break In Piazza Dante

    October 21, 2017 /

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    Sideways Through the Tunnel

    April 5, 2013

    Fast Food Loneliness in Nagoya…

    July 17, 2019

    Negrita’s Cover Band

    September 19, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Photography,  Rome,  Visual

    An Essay on Light

    October 13, 2017 /

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    Empty Spaces

    May 23, 2014

    An Old-Style ATM

    April 13, 2013

    Zebra Crossing in Oslo… With Red Light

    October 12, 2014
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Technique,  Visual

    An Essay in Composition

    October 11, 2017 /

    I made this image out of defiance. The street was a mess of cars, headlights flaring, bodies moving — and instead of chasing sharpness or narrative, I stripped it down to pure visual rhythm. Defocused on purpose. Not by mistake, not due to speed, but as a choice to let form take over function. What remains is balance. The white beam on the right anchors the frame, violent in intensity, flaring just enough to fracture the blacks. On the left, the warmer tones — yellows, reds, soft reflections in polished metal — counterbalance with weight and curve. The centre dissolves into suggestion. Light, motion, nothing literal. The street disappears. Technically,…

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    Too Late

    April 10, 2015

    Guru Meditation

    May 12, 2014

    Oh…MG!

    July 23, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer,  Venice

    Damned Pidgeons…

    October 8, 2017 /

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    A Waiter in via Sardegna

    September 26, 2015

    Uncertainity

    August 11, 2013

    Vive La France, The Oslo’s Way

    October 7, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer,  Venice

    The Aperitif

    October 5, 2017 /

    This image was taken quickly, just as I passed the window. What struck me wasn’t the act of drinking — which is unremarkable in itself — but the multiple surfaces at play. A woman in profile, lifting her glass; a man absorbed in his phone; reflections of pedestrians I didn’t see until after the shutter clicked. And then the writing — bold, cartoonish, childish even — floating across the image like subtitles with no film. I shot through the glass deliberately, without trying to erase myself or the distractions. The transparency becomes part of the narrative. The drawing on the window, playful and crude, contrasts with the subdued tones inside:…

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    Ramón Jarque, tocaor

    October 29, 2017

    Run Like Hell, Pinocchio!

    February 24, 2015

    A Bad Experiment

    August 26, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Garages&Labs,  Odds,  Summer

    Claws of Fire

    September 27, 2017 /

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    Easy Parking

    August 12, 2013

    Strategy

    September 20, 2018

    A Waiter in via Sardegna

    September 26, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Matching Nails

    September 18, 2017 /

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    What an Elegant Chocolatier!

    January 6, 2014

    The Prisoner’s View from the Sospiri’s Bridge

    September 25, 2017

    The Street Photographer Dilemma: Film or Digital

    March 21, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer,  Venice

    Conversation

    September 14, 2017 /

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    Norwegian Suits

    October 15, 2014

    When the parking’s lost

    May 16, 2013

    Bent

    April 21, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Lines,  Restaurants&Bar,  Streets&Squares,  Summer,  Venice,  Visual

    Seats

    September 11, 2017 /

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    The Quest for Belgian Chocolate…

    April 11, 2017

    Who The Hell Killed the Light Off?

    August 2, 2015

    Selling Italian Ice in Boston

    March 11, 2025
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer,  Venice,  Visual

    Natural Silohuette

    September 8, 2017 /

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    Hanging

    May 29, 2016

    Stadio Olimpico, seen from Tribuna Monte Mario

    October 1, 2022

    What lasts of a springtime hailstorm

    June 22, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Summer,  Venice

    The Glassmaster

    September 4, 2017 /

    I took this photograph in a small workshop where the air was thick with heat and the faint scent of molten silica. The man at the bench was a veteran glassblower, his movements so fluid they seemed choreographed—every rotation of the blowpipe, every precise turn of the wrist, shaped the glowing mass at its tip into something delicate and exact. In composing the image, I wanted to give space to the environment. This wasn’t simply a portrait; it was a record of a craft. The cluttered benches, the brick furnace, the scattered tools—these were as much a part of the story as the craftsman himself. I framed him slightly off-centre,…

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    What lasts after a party…

    April 25, 2013

    Feuer

    July 10, 2021

    A Bad Experiment

    August 26, 2016
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