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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Alone

    December 31, 2017 /

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    The Ghost

    February 15, 2013

    Wave Riders

    September 20, 2013

    As Seen on Ferrania Film’ Stories section…

    December 4, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gates&Fences,  Winter

    Halt!

    December 28, 2017 /

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    Which Part of “No Smoking” Got You Lost?

    June 21, 2015

    Abstract

    May 9, 2023

    How to Shoot Stand-up Paddle Competitions

    April 29, 2024
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Observer Bias,  Odds,  Visual,  Winter

    Not A Rorschach Inkblot

    December 24, 2017 /

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    One Shot Story – Soulless Places

    April 17, 2025

    After the Rain

    April 6, 2026

    Leitz Summicron 50/2 and Nikon Z5 – An empirical field test

    January 3, 2026
  • 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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    A Lighthouse

    October 11, 2023

    The Spectators

    August 19, 2017

    Who is the mannequin?

    April 11, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Seasons,  Shooting,  Winter

    A Shooter

    December 8, 2017 /

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

    July 9, 2013

    Restaurant or Hellgate?

    June 21, 2013

    LP – Live@Anfiteatro La Civitella

    July 22, 2022
  • 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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    Hanging

    January 19, 2015

    Shin Pepper@Harajuku

    June 4, 2018

    Belgian Gloves

    October 15, 2015
  • 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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    An Old-Style ATM

    April 13, 2013

    UnortORTOdox (Ferrania)

    July 22, 2023

    A Weird Fujifilm Battery Issue for X-series cameras

    December 2, 2019
  • 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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    Belgian Ghosts

    May 2, 2014

    Who Is The Machine?

    August 5, 2019

    A Puff of Smoke

    August 29, 2013
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Social Control,  Winter

    The Quiet Riot

    November 19, 2017 /

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    A Comfortable Chair

    November 8, 2013

    The Seagull’s Rest

    December 18, 2013

    Mid-Morning Break at Place Jourdan

    March 24, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  Summer,  Venice

    The Silent Ceremony

    November 2, 2017 /

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    Chitchat under the rain

    March 10, 2013

    Parisian’s Bags

    April 6, 2014

    Ceci N’Est Pas Une Pipe

    September 27, 2014
  • 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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    Portrait of aTocaor

    October 8, 2013

    On Tips’n Tricks to ‘take you photos to the next level’

    May 29, 2025

    Quis Custodiet…

    January 26, 2013
  • 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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    Behind the Beer

    December 26, 2013

    Crowd Control At Dusk

    July 16, 2013

    Early Morning Shaving on The Beach

    August 6, 2013
  • 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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    The Alchoolist’s garbage

    March 5, 2013

    Perfect Strangers

    April 5, 2014

    Antonio Onorato

    August 20, 2016
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Milan

    Late Evening Break In Piazza Dante

    October 21, 2017 /

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    Dress Different

    March 15, 2015

    Shooting Italian 5 birilli

    May 18, 2025

    Yet Another WDISF Post

    May 5, 2024
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Photography,  Rome,  Visual

    An Essay on Light

    October 13, 2017 /

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    Hard work

    February 13, 2013

    @Rome Maker Faire – 2

    October 10, 2014

    Which One?

    April 16, 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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    December 20, 2012

    Fuji X-T2 records audio at 16bit/48Khz

    October 11, 2020

    An Inside Irongate

    February 26, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Portraits,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer,  Venice

    Damned Pidgeons…

    October 8, 2017 /

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    The Leica M9 CCDgate Outrageous Case

    December 11, 2014

    An Asian Lion Guarding an Italian Town – One Shot Story

    August 27, 2025

    The Restorer’s Nest

    June 27, 2013
  • 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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    Forza Italia

    July 12, 2021

    ChitChat in a sunny day

    January 4, 2013

    The Eye

    April 25, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Garages&Labs,  Odds,  Summer

    Claws of Fire

    September 27, 2017 /

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    Pouring Water Since About 300 Years

    December 23, 2014

    Marianna D’ama – Live

    December 2, 2018

    While the kids grow-up…

    July 25, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Matching Nails

    September 18, 2017 /

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    Inside the Elevator

    May 9, 2014

    The Seagull And The Sentinel

    October 27, 2014

    Footprints in the Snow

    December 25, 2012
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer,  Venice

    Conversation

    September 14, 2017 /

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    School of Mathematics@Sapienza University of Rome

    November 10, 2018

    A true friend

    March 29, 2013

    Even

    July 9, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Lines,  Restaurants&Bar,  Streets&Squares,  Summer,  Venice,  Visual

    Seats

    September 11, 2017 /

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    Romeo’s Hideout

    December 16, 2015

    Game Over

    April 15, 2022

    Stop

    December 6, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer,  Venice,  Visual

    Natural Silohuette

    September 8, 2017 /

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    For Sale

    May 5, 2014

    An urgent phone call?

    December 15, 2013

    None of Your Business

    October 2, 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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    December 2, 2017

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    April 30, 2013

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    March 12, 2014
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