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  • Chairs&Seats,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris,  Restaurants&Bar,  Spring

    Waiting For The Patrons – 2

    June 19, 2015 /

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    Waiting To Board At Santa Margherita Ligure

    August 16, 2014

    The Ghost

    February 15, 2013

    Red Cross

    October 26, 2017
  • Chairs&Seats,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris,  Restaurants&Bar,  Spring

    Waiting For The Patrons – 1

    June 17, 2015 /

    Rows of empty tables fill the frame, each one neatly set with glasses, cutlery, and the small black silhouettes of salt and pepper shakers. The chairs—red and blue—alternate without any strict pattern, giving the scene both order and disorder at once. The repetition draws the eye deep into the image, yet the absence of people leaves it eerily still. In the background, columns rise like structural sentinels, breaking the rhythm of the tables. Behind them, white sheets hang, blocking whatever lies beyond. These barriers, makeshift and plain, add to the sense that this place is on pause—prepared for service, yet suspended in anticipation. The light is soft, diffused, and without…

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    Nightlife

    June 20, 2013

    Garbage As Usual – Pantheon’s Nearby

    October 4, 2019

    A Lonely Table

    March 8, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    At the theater, between two scenes

    June 15, 2015 /

    I took this on instinct. The curtain was down inside, but the real theatre was unfolding on the steps. Not dramatic, not rehearsed — just a handful of people suspended in that odd in-between: not quite arriving, not quite leaving. They scattered themselves across the stairs as if cast by some unseen director. The architecture held them. A brutalist façade, cyan-oxidised and flaking like tired makeup. The symmetry of the stairs did most of the compositional work — I just centred the frame and waited. The banister slices the image vertically, anchoring the eye. One figure leans left, one right, each adjusting the balance. Technically, it’s a colour study wrapped…

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    Just A Phone Call – 1

    February 18, 2015

    The Spectators

    August 19, 2017

    Is The Sky Falling On Their Heads?

    August 1, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Paris,  People,  Spring

    Pensive

    June 13, 2015 /

    This black-and-white image, taken along the riverside steps in Paris, captures the quiet weight of stillness against a backdrop of movement. At the centre of the frame sits a lone figure, their silhouette defined against the lighter tones of the water. They face away from the crowd, turned toward the river’s shifting surface, embodying a pause in a city otherwise in motion. CompositionThe most compelling element of this photograph is its use of leading lines. The sweeping curve of the steps pulls the eye from the lower right of the frame directly toward the seated figure, and then out toward the distant pedestrians. This arc not only structures the scene…

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    Now You See It…Street Juggler at a Red Light in Barcelona

    June 16, 2014

    Portrait of a Professional Pugilist. Davide De Lellis

    March 8, 2019

    The Quest for Belgian Chocolate…

    April 11, 2017
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Paris,  People,  Spring

    Skating at Palais de Tokyo

    June 11, 2015 /

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    二千円

    December 20, 2023

    The Expired Film Series – Episode 3 – Ilford HP5 400 – Dec. 2010 shot in August 2023

    August 30, 2023

    The Businessman…

    February 9, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Paris,  Spring

    Under the Arc of the Seine

    June 9, 2015 /

    Paris has a way of revealing its geometry to those who care to look. This photograph, taken from the cobblestone banks of the Seine, uses the underside of a bridge as a natural proscenium arch. The frame it creates is both literal and compositional, guiding the viewer’s gaze toward the urban stage beyond. The sweep of the bridge’s curve is echoed by the concentric stone steps leading down to the water, while the horizontal layers of the background—trees, buildings, roadway—add a pleasing counterbalance to the strong arc. From a technical perspective, the choice of black and white serves the image well. Stripping away colour emphasises the interplay of lines, curves,…

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    Perfectly Framed

    November 26, 2015

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

    May 29, 2025

    W Verdi

    January 29, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris,  Spring,  WideAngle

    PI Room At Palais de la Découverte

    June 7, 2015 /

    Walking into the Palais de la découverte, I was expecting to find science distilled into exhibits, but not quite in the graphic, almost Pop-art punch delivered by this wall installation. Bold, oversized foam digits leap from a sterile white surface, forming the endlessly irrational sequence of π. The visual rhythm is broken strategically with occasional black numerals, pulling the eye into brief moments of disruption. Below the digits, the names — EUCLIDE, EULER, FERMAT, FOURIER — provide a calm intellectual gravity against the visual chaos above. This shot was as much about the tension between mathematics and design as it was about light and form. I framed it head-on to…

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    The Driver

    August 8, 2015

    Pillars

    January 29, 2015

    The Traffic Controller

    November 20, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Paris,  People,  Social Control,  Spring

    Underground Security RA(T)P

    June 5, 2015 /

    I took this shot as these three officers from the RATP Sûreté unit passed me in a corridor of the Paris Metro. The framing was pure reflex: centre-weighted, low-angle, fast shutter. I didn’t have time to fine-tune the exposure—the lighting was flat and mixed, with harsh fluorescence above and murky shadows dragging behind. But I didn’t correct much in post either. This is a moment that benefits from its rawness. Their backs tell the whole story. The staggered stride, the swing of a baton, the compressed geometry of the underground corridor—they speak of tension, routine, and latent power. It’s not a confrontational image. The officers aren’t responding to a threat.…

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    Floating Flower

    May 19, 2015

    A Couple of Windows

    January 5, 2018

    Is AI-generated art actually killing ‘real’ Art?

    September 16, 2022
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Paris,  Spring

    Stinky Shoes

    June 3, 2015 /

    I didn’t stage the boots. They were already there — resting, waiting, perhaps forgotten. Red leather, worn smooth at the toes, zipped and upright like sentries. The scene caught my eye not because of the shoes themselves, but because of their place within this cage of repetition: iron grille, mesh netting, and behind it all, the geometry of a city reflected in the glass. The photograph rests on layers. Foreground: a net that seems both to protect and to obscure. Midground: the wrought iron, rusted and ornate, Victorian in its stubborn elegance. Background: the shoes. And beyond them, windows reflecting windows. This multiplicity of frames becomes the structure of the…

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    TicTacToe

    September 1, 2014

    Guess who’s happier?

    May 27, 2013

    A Dragon Trainer?

    July 8, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Paris,  Spring

    Access Denied

    June 1, 2015 /

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    A Lamppost

    November 26, 2014

    The Chess Players’ Summer Nest

    July 31, 2014

    Trust Us, We Care About You

    March 18, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Moon,  Paris,  Spring

    Planetarium

    May 30, 2015 /

    The Zeiss projector at the Palais de la Découverte has an undeniable presence. It is both a piece of scientific equipment and a sculptural object, an embodiment of precision engineering turned into theatre. Under the dome’s dimmed lights, the machine sits like a mechanical deity, ready to conjure the heavens onto the curved canvas above. Photographing it was a matter of honouring its shape without reducing it to a mere technical diagram. I centred the composition to give the machine the stature it deserves, allowing its symmetrical arms and lenses to extend outward in all directions. The warm backdrop of the dome was a natural contrast to the cooler, magenta-tinted…

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    L’estate sta finendo…

    September 13, 2013

    Out Of Focus, Once More

    October 6, 2014

    Urgent Calls Only

    May 15, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Spring,  Visual

    Amex

    May 25, 2015 /

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    Different Stories

    December 30, 2023

    Just a Soccer Field… Part 1

    February 3, 2014

    Lost in mumbling

    September 22, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Spring,  Visual

    Heater

    May 23, 2015 /

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    Rush Hours

    March 10, 2014

    A Lonely Table

    March 8, 2015

    Surreal Judo

    December 11, 2016
  • B&W,  Chairs&Seats,  Daily photo,  Spring,  Visual

    Absence in Three Acts

    May 21, 2015 /

    Empty chairs always speak louder than full ones. These three, bolted to the floor, stare back with a kind of institutional blankness that neither welcomes nor dismisses. They simply are—efficient, expressionless, durable. I wanted to see if the geometry could carry the whole frame, and it does. The repetition, interrupted only by the slight angle of the shot and the unavoidable play of light, creates rhythm without sentiment. Shot in black and white to emphasise the chrome’s edge and the mesh’s subtle gradients, the photograph hinges on texture and symmetry. The lighting is flat, but deliberately so: no shadows, no contrast drama—just presence. These are not chairs meant for rest;…

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    Mir-20 20mm 3.5 on a Pentax K1-II – A Field Test

    January 18, 2025

    Il barbiere di Siviglia – Don Bartolo mad at Rosina

    November 28, 2020

    Shooting a Roller Derby Bout

    November 19, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fountains,  Spring

    Floating Flower

    May 19, 2015 /

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    Stairway to nothing

    September 18, 2013

    Is Batman Coming To Town?

    December 2, 2017

    Alone

    December 31, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Shooting,  Spring

    Home on the Range

    May 17, 2015 /

    There’s a moment—right before the shot breaks—when everything else falls away. This frame captures that exact moment. The quiet before the concussion. The balance between intent and mechanics. Taken in a professional range under full control, it documents not violence, but discipline. Focus. Precision. The brass tells its own story: just-fired casings scattered like punctuation marks on the shooter’s rhythm. The rifle rests steady on a bipod—cold, functional, ready. The shooter’s hand is not tense, but deliberate. His chain bracelet glints faintly in the sterile light, an unexpected human contrast to the black polymer and steel. This isn’t combat. It’s not theatre. It’s a place where performance meets protocol. Where…

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    What Lasts of a Saturday Night Party

    January 24, 2014

    Outside the Nobel Museum

    June 30, 2016

    The El Prat’s Lounge

    June 5, 2014
  • B&W,  Court,  Daily photo,  Spring

    And Justice For All

    May 15, 2015 /

    This shot came together in complete silence — the kind of silence that only certain institutional buildings can generate. The kind made of marble, fluorescent light, and tension. I didn’t stage a thing; the geometry was already waiting for me. One man in the foreground, half-shielded by a paper, lines converging to a trio sitting far in the distance — it all felt like a scene rehearsed for a stage I just happened to walk onto. Compositionally, this image relies heavily on symmetry and recession. The central aisle, vanishing neatly into the background, draws the eye from the bold human presence up front to the barely-noticed figures in the rear…

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    A Beverage Dispenser

    November 21, 2014

    Blowin in the Wind

    February 8, 2014

    Suspicious

    September 8, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Gates&Fences,  Spring

    Desolation

    May 13, 2015 /

    I remember standing at the entrance of this narrow underpass, camera in hand, struck by the oppressive stillness. The word “desolation” seemed to settle in my mind even before I pressed the shutter. There was no movement, no sign of life, only the faint echo of my own footsteps on the tiles. The composition is built on geometry and confinement. The corridor acts like a visual funnel, guiding the eye towards the back courtyard and the blank, closed garage doors. The graffiti scrawled on both walls interrupts the symmetry just enough to add texture and a hint of human presence — though not the kind that enlivens a space. The…

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

    July 9, 2013

    The Calm Newsreader

    July 4, 2013

    True Leather (Saved by Photoshop’s Crop)

    January 18, 2016
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Landscape,  Moon,  Spring,  Visual

    Lunar Network Or Snowy Mountain?

    May 5, 2015 /

    This image was made at high altitude, but it could have been taken on the Moon. That’s what initially drew my eye: the surreal minimalism of these snow-covered slopes interrupted by a line of utility poles, stretched tight against the vast emptiness. The illusion of a lunar landscape is heightened by the total absence of sky detail—pure black, a void—and the almost abstract texture of the snow, exaggerated by strong directional sunlight. The decision to shoot in black and white came naturally. Colour would have been a distraction from the harsh geometry, from the juxtaposition of natural emptiness and imposed structure. Each pole, evenly spaced, is both part of a…

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    Segway Chase in Villa Borghese

    April 27, 2013

    Hard Choice In Quai de la Corse

    March 21, 2014

    A few test shots with an MC Cosinon T200/4

    January 14, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Lines,  Spring

    Trespassed

    May 3, 2015 /

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    Late Evening Break In Piazza Dante

    October 21, 2017

    Sky Patrol

    September 12, 2021

    The Ubiquitous Mobile

    July 14, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Spring,  Visual

    Pipes in Colour

    May 1, 2015 /

    I photographed this section of wall for its unexpected interplay between infrastructure and colour. The rusted pipe, running vertically through the frame, is not remarkable in itself, yet in combination with the graffiti and stains, it becomes part of an improvised composition. The red spray paint, the rough blue marks, and the muted grey stone surface transform a functional corner of the street into an abstract tableau. The framing was deliberate: I aligned the pipe with the vertical axis to divide the picture almost in two, while allowing the barred window to creep in at the bottom left. That small intrusion anchors the image, reminding the viewer that this is…

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    The sentinel…

    March 8, 2013

    Zebra Crossing, Again…

    June 22, 2014

    The Coffin

    December 12, 2015
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Lines,  Spring,  Visual

    Stripes in B&W

    April 29, 2015 /

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    The Eye

    April 25, 2014

    A Sailor’s Knot

    November 22, 2013

    Careful With That Bike, Eugene!

    July 29, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Social Control,  Spring

    Hammer and Sickle

    April 27, 2015 /

    The image presents a straightforward urban fragment: an electrical cabinet bearing two layers of graffiti, one in red, one in blue. The red, unmistakably, forms the hammer and sickle symbol — sprayed quickly, with visible vertical striations from the cabinet’s ridged surface disrupting its edges. The blue tag below is broader, more gestural, perhaps made with a thicker nozzle and without concern for the political overtones of what sits above it. Compositionally, the vertical framing suits the subject, containing the entire cabinet and the immediate environment. The flanking pipes and textured wall create a symmetrical boundary, keeping the viewer’s focus on the graffiti itself. The alignment is square and deliberate,…

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    December 14, 2016

    Restaurant or Killing House?

    July 18, 2017

    Nikkor 16mm Fisheye – Three Ways to Make use of Such a Lens

    August 22, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gates&Fences,  Spring

    Springtime

    April 23, 2015 /

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    October 3, 2016

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    September 22, 2022

    @Rome Maker Faire – 6. A Statue(?)

    October 21, 2014
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