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  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    Merleria Livia

    February 14, 2015 /

    Some signs don’t light up the street—they anchor it. This one simply says “MERLERIA LIVIA,” glowing white against the black. Not neon, not flashy. Just enough light to find your way back to something ordinary. Useful. Forgotten. Shot on a rainy night, the kind that turns every surface into a mirror. The pavement reflects the streetlamps like a memory trying to stay present. A man walks slowly, slightly hunched—not from age, maybe just the weather. Hands in pockets, coat zipped. Nothing urgent, nothing staged. The shop is closed. You can feel it. The shutters are down, but the sign is still doing its job. Reminding anyone passing that once, not…

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    February 21, 2024

    PI Room At Palais de la Découverte

    June 7, 2015

    Washed

    November 22, 2015
  • B&W,  Beach&Shores,  Daily photo,  Winter

    Between Sea and Sky

    February 12, 2015 /

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    Smoke is everywhere…

    February 21, 2013

    The Hamlet’s Dilemma

    May 20, 2014

    Technogym Milan@Night

    April 3, 2022
  • Artists,  B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Reportage,  Winter

    John De Leo’s Grande Abarasse Orchestra – Live

    February 10, 2015 /

    This is a reportage I did during a concert of the John De Leo’s Grande Abarasse Orchestra.

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    Weren’t a Smartphone and a Selfie Stick Enough?

    October 6, 2016

    Close Up of an Alfa Romeo 4c

    August 9, 2018

    Forgotten bike

    April 3, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Urban Landscape,  Winter

    Open Window

    February 4, 2015 /

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    Red

    December 17, 2014

    Drying Clothes

    March 9, 2021

    A Japanese Luthier and a Fingerstyle Player from My Home Region (and My Past) – A One shot story

    January 22, 2025
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Bicycle

    February 2, 2015 /

    He wasn’t fast. He wasn’t racing. There was no crowd, no peloton, no finish line. Just a single rider in a red jacket, slowly making his way up the ramp with the morning light at his back. I took the photo because it didn’t feel like sport. It felt like something quieter. The kind of repetition that builds into ritual. The kind of ride that’s not about fitness or medals—but about showing up, again and again, no matter the weather, no matter the hour. There’s a lot said about cycling: the tech, the stats, the watts and splits. But this image reminded me that, at its heart, cycling isn’t a…

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    In a yellowtone…

    September 17, 2013

    A Japanese Luthier and a Fingerstyle Player from My Home Region (and My Past) – A One shot story

    January 22, 2025

    Belgian Ghosts

    May 2, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gates&Fences,  Odds,  Winter

    Wire Stylist

    January 31, 2015 /

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    The Call

    March 4, 2014

    The Three Musketeers

    October 16, 2013

    Good Manners

    September 29, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Winter

    Pillars

    January 29, 2015 /

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    A videographer…

    February 27, 2013

    Ten Years Ago

    December 22, 2022

    The Ubiquitous Mobile

    July 14, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Seasons,  Winter

    Crate

    January 24, 2015 /

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    @Rome Maker Faire – 4. The Hands Controller

    October 16, 2014

    Portrait of a Bailaor

    November 19, 2013

    Seeing What Isn’t There

    October 27, 2015
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Red Dot

    January 21, 2015 /

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    Nico Cilli Band@Chiostro Comunale – Città S.Angelo

    September 9, 2013

    Three Shadows

    November 11, 2016

    The Coffin

    December 12, 2015
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Winter

    Hanging

    January 19, 2015 /

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    When We Thought We Would Have Changed The World

    August 21, 2014

    Portrait of a wrestler

    October 27, 2013

    Do Not Touch

    June 5, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Landscape,  Winter

    An Open Gate

    January 13, 2015 /

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    Red Cross

    October 26, 2017

    Between Sea and Sky

    February 12, 2015

    The Actor’s Nightmare

    August 3, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Parks,  Winter

    Bulbs

    January 12, 2015 /

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    A Lonely Table

    March 8, 2015

    The Score Keeper

    April 24, 2019

    Walking Table in via Cornaggia

    March 22, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Garbage,  Past&Relics,  Spring

    Too Big To Be Dumped

    January 10, 2015 /

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    December 15, 2021

    Three Sprouts

    May 22, 2022

    A Rusted Window

    September 11, 2014
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Landscape,  Winter

    A Panorama

    December 30, 2014 /

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    A Lonely Table

    March 8, 2015

    Ghosts

    October 19, 2016

    Bicycle

    February 2, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  People,  Winter

    A Fisherman

    December 25, 2014 /

    In a quiet marina, under the forgiving light of the late afternoon, a fisherman tends to his nets. There are no waves crashing, no shouting, no sails unfurling—just the steady, patient work of untangling, mending, preparing. This is not a romanticised image of the sea. There is no dramatic storm, no heroic pose. Just hands worn by salt, wind, and time, labouring over nylon threads that, like veins, carry sustenance from ocean to table. These nets are not merely tools—they are lifelines, a continuation of tradition, a quiet resistance to obsolescence. The photograph captures a kind of devotion: to craft, to survival, to family. Each knot tells of a past…

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    January 9, 2017

    Protected: Prova Aurum

    April 25, 2014

    Shooting Sanda (Chinese Kickboxing) Bouts

    June 26, 2025
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Landscape,  Winter

    Pouring Water Since About 300 Years

    December 23, 2014 /

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    July 27, 2013

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    February 2, 2013

    None of my business…

    March 3, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Switch

    December 18, 2014 /

    Today is this photo blog’s second birthday.

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    A few test shots with an MC Cosinon T200/4

    January 14, 2024

    Deserved Rest

    March 21, 2021

    Aren’t Tapas Spanish?

    June 29, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    Red

    December 17, 2014 /

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    Servicing a Sig Sauer P226

    December 16, 2017

    5 (random) frames of Bruxelles with a MIR-1B, a Pentax ME Super and a Kodak TMax400

    March 19, 2025

    Hanging News

    June 18, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    A Call

    December 16, 2014 /

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

    January 18, 2025

    Portrait of The Alfa Romeo Guru

    September 25, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Visual,  Winter

    Yellow

    December 15, 2014 /

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    October 28, 2014

    Guru Meditation

    May 12, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Odds,  Winter

    Is This My Breakfast? (Kirobo, the new Pinocchio)

    December 14, 2014 /

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    March 5, 2013

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    December 10, 2023

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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Patisserie,  People,  Portraits,  Winter

    The Man Behind The Croissant

    December 13, 2014 /

    It’s not just a title. It’s a layered truth. He’s literally behind the croissants — arms folded, resting gently on the chilled glass counter, smiling with the quiet confidence of someone who knows exactly what he’s made. But he’s also the one behind them in the deeper sense: the early riser, the flour-dusted craftsman, the keeper of recipes that live more in muscle memory than in ink. The Man Behind the Croissant is a portrait of work and warmth. Of a man whose day starts long before anyone steps into the shop. Who rolls, folds, rests, fills, bakes — not as performance, but as rhythm. There’s no spectacle here. Just trays of pastry…

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    December 31, 2013

    Ashtray

    February 12, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    Message Check Before Breakfast

    December 12, 2014 /

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    January 17, 2013
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  People,  Summer

    The Leica M9 CCDgate Outrageous Case

    December 11, 2014 /

    This is not “new” news, but is getting momentum: Leica M9′ sensors (including those fitted into the more than expensive “special” models) are plagued. The repair cost is 1.800,00 Euros plus VAT and shipping, not to mention the time needed to get the camera back (weeks? months?) Leica claims to offer paid support to the older, out-of-warranty customers but just doing a few math shows that it doesn’t worth it: if you own a between-three-and-five-years old M9 you’re supposed to pay 600,00 Euros (plus VAT etc.) while more-than-five-years old M9 owner will pay 1.200 Euros (plus VAT etc.) to get an old and outdated camera new sensor, affected by the…

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    April 7, 2014

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    July 24, 2013

    Portrait of a politician – 1

    October 25, 2013
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