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  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Winter

    A Lamppost

    November 26, 2014 /

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    Abstract

    May 9, 2023

    Caught In The Act… Almost

    October 4, 2018

    The Watchdogs

    February 9, 2017
  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Winter

    Life Within the Post Office

    November 24, 2014 /

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    The EOS-M just sucks

    July 18, 2013

    José Ignacio Franco – Live@Auditorium Petruzzi

    July 31, 2022

    Lost

    July 13, 2015
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Parks,  Rome

    Not Sure I Would Like The Feel

    November 22, 2014 /

    There’s something both fascinating and faintly unsettling about this photograph. At first glance, it’s a familiar object — a double bass, resting in its case, warm varnished wood catching the light. But then the eye meets the alien appendages: an elaborate framework of carbon-fibre rods, clamps, and actuators, bolted to the instrument’s body. Tradition and craft meet machine logic here, in a way that’s almost confrontational. From a compositional standpoint, the photographer has made a decisive choice to fill the frame with the instrument, anchoring it in the lower half while allowing the vertical lines of the robotic structure to carry the gaze upwards. The background, populated with drums, flight…

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    Fun

    November 12, 2014

    The Watchman (Street-Photography Shortcuts)

    January 21, 2016

    Professional Courtesy

    March 4, 2026
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    A Beverage Dispenser

    November 21, 2014 /

    The scene is dim, almost swallowed by shadow, yet two islands of light remain. At the centre of the frame, a refrigerated Coca-Cola display glows cold blue-white, its bottles and cans lined like soldiers on parade. Beside it, an older vending machine hums softly, its red housing lit from within by a warmer, almost nostalgic orange. Together they form a diptych of light—past and present vending, side by side. This photograph thrives on contrasts: the artificial chill of the drink cooler against the tungsten warmth of the coin-operated relic, the corporate gloss of branded red against the creeping darkness of a closed café. In the far right, upturned chairs signal…

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    When Heroes Come to Town

    April 17, 2019

    7Artisans 35mm 0.95 – Testing this Fujifilm X Mount Lens in a Demanding Environment

    December 22, 2024

    A (Out-of-Focus) Break Between Lunch and Supper

    December 8, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  People,  Winter

    Duel Inside The Cage

    November 20, 2014 /

    I shot this during an amateur MMA bout—tight quarters, fast motion, uneven lighting, and no second takes. What I wanted was proximity: to feel the tension hanging between the two fighters as they size each other up in the few quiet seconds before contact. I framed it just behind one of them, using his shoulder as a natural vignette to guide the viewer’s eye toward the opponent’s face. The focus is deliberately shallow. I could have chased clarity, but that wasn’t the point. The blurred expression of the man in the background says more than a tack-sharp portrait ever could. His intensity survives the softness. What you lose in detail,…

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    Menu Meditation

    February 16, 2018

    Waiting for the Fish

    December 18, 2021

    Lightspeed

    August 6, 2015
  • Autumn,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Parks,  Seasons

    Avid Readers

    November 19, 2014 /

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    A view of the Bologna’s Station

    April 28, 2019

    A Juggler in Bruxelles

    April 28, 2026

    The three musket(b)eer

    May 11, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Odds,  Visual

    Into The Cube

    November 18, 2014 /

    I photographed this concrete corner because of its geometry. The space is small, closed, almost recessive—but the lined patterning on the surfaces gives it a quiet insistence. The vertical grooves on the walls and the rougher texture of the floor create a minimalist composition defined almost entirely by repetition and wear.

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    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Italian Female Rowing Team

    October 7, 2015

    A Banner

    November 29, 2014

    Urban Desolation

    September 18, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Past&Relics,  Winter

    An Old Wi(n)dow

    November 17, 2014 /

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    Fishing Shelter Under The Bridge

    September 4, 2014

    Aren’t Tapas Spanish?

    June 29, 2015

    Chasing Rainbows on the Open Road

    October 13, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Landscape,  Winter

    Pavement

    November 16, 2014 /

    Look down. That’s where the history usually hides. This photo was taken not for what it shows, but for what it holds: time, pressure, order, and the slow, quiet work of weather. Pebbles set into concrete. Bricks pressed into place. Moss finding the lines and growing into them without permission. There’s nothing dramatic here—no subject in the conventional sense. Just texture and pattern and subtle, lived-in contrast. Whites, greens, browns, a bit of erosion, and a soft blue cast that comes from early evening or maybe reflected sky. A patch of street that thousands have stepped over without ever seeing. Sometimes photography is about finding the unnoticed—framing a space so…

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    A Fishnet – 2

    October 29, 2014

    How Privacy Hysteria Killed Street-Photography

    October 22, 2023

    Toxic Waste in Open Air

    August 31, 2021
  • B&W,  Buildings,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Winter

    Faces in the Façade: A Ghostly Smile in Stone

    November 15, 2014 /

    The camera tilts upward, catching the weathered skin of a building where plaster peels like old parchment. Two circles and an arch, carved decades ago, sit quietly above the passageway. Yet in this photograph, the mind cannot help but play: the decoration forms a round-eyed, wide-mouthed face, its features soft and slightly comic. The resemblance is uncanny—here is the echo of the Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters, peering down with an oblivious grin. The cracked and flaking surface becomes its aging skin, the faded stucco a reminder that even ghosts of pop culture can find new haunts in architecture. Light and shadow turn structural detail into character. The deep arch below reads…

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    Perfectly Framed

    November 26, 2015

    Siamese Boats On the Seine River

    June 1, 2014

    Professional Courtesy

    March 4, 2026
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Three’s Company

    November 14, 2014 /

    Public benches are theatres of the unscripted. I caught this trio suspended in a casual triangle—neither fully connected nor entirely apart. The geometry between them is tense, not hostile, but uncertain. They don’t pose; they orbit each other, and the moment belongs to that hesitation. The photo hinges on spatial rhythm. The wide format stretches the composition just enough to isolate each figure, but the concrete shadows and the circular bench lock them into an unspoken narrative. The light slices the scene diagonally, a crisp late afternoon beam that exaggerates contrast and textures—the pavement, the blue pillar, even the worn telephone on the left. That phone, by the way, plays…

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    Italian National Skating Championship 2019

    February 8, 2019

    Out-of-Focus

    September 24, 2013

    Who Is The Machine?

    August 5, 2019
  • Autumn,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Parks,  People

    Blow Up

    November 13, 2014 /

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    @ Mediterrean Beach Games 2015 – Italian Beach Soccer Team (and a primer on sport-photography, part 4)

    October 3, 2015

    Mid-Knee Clinch

    July 7, 2019

    Lost in iPhone while the wind blows

    January 23, 2013
  • Autumn,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Parks,  People

    Fun

    November 12, 2014 /

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    Boat Maintenance At Genova’s Porto Antico

    July 30, 2014

    The Double Helix

    October 13, 2013

    Bicycle

    February 2, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Winter

    Reluctant

    November 11, 2014 /

    It is a simple gesture, easily missed. But in that tension between movement and resistance lies a deeper reading of emotion and instinct. The dog, powerful and proud, lowers its head and anchors its weight as if reluctant to proceed—not from fear, but perhaps from nostalgia, uncertainty, or simply the inertia of old age. There is a moment of friction in this otherwise ordinary urban vignette: the human strides forward, while the dog—the loyal shadow, the constant companion—glances back, hesitates, drags its paws against the direction of motion. The leash, loosely held, is not a tool of command but a symbolic tether. It binds not through force, but through trust.…

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    Who Is The Machine?

    August 5, 2019

    Behind the Quirinale: Order After Dark

    January 23, 2026

    When We Thought We Would Have Changed The World

    August 21, 2014
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Bruxelles,  Daily photo,  Visual

    Histoire d’O

    November 11, 2014 /

    Photography has a curious relationship with meaning. Sometimes it offers us a direct line to an obvious narrative; other times, it teases us with ambiguity, compelling the mind to reach for significance where perhaps none exists. This image—an aged, weathered architectural oval, framed in peeling plaster—belongs firmly in the latter category. Its title, Histoire d’O, borrows knowingly from the controversial novel of the same name, inviting the viewer to read into its form, its texture, and its emptiness. Technically, the photograph demonstrates a strong command of tonal control. The black-and-white treatment emphasises the interplay between texture and shadow, revealing the rough grain of the plaster, the fine cracks tracing across…

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    The Mailbox

    May 5, 2013

    Luggages

    April 20, 2019

    Interior Design at Aurum

    May 26, 2013
  • Autumn,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Parks

    Columns

    November 10, 2014 /

    In Brussels, this curved colonnade sits like an architectural punctuation mark in the middle of a park — a statement without a sentence. I positioned the frame to face it directly, giving symmetry the upper hand. The central alignment was intentional: it allows the gentle arc of the structure to pull the eye from one end to the other without distraction. The light was flat, filtered by a heavy overcast, which meant no harsh contrasts or deep shadows. This helped preserve the fine details in the stone — the weathering, the subtle variations in tone — while keeping the surrounding foliage rich but not overpowering. The grey of the columns…

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    May 11, 2014

    Are you Sure?

    July 9, 2015

    Davide Grotta – Live

    December 8, 2018
  • Autumn,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Parks,  People

    Orange Scarf

    November 9, 2014 /

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    Behind a Shop Window in Oslo

    October 1, 2014

    Seeing What Isn’t There

    October 27, 2015

    One Shot (Plus One) Story – All That Lasts

    April 19, 2025
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Sport

    Uchi-Mata

    November 8, 2014 /

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    Off Duty

    September 4, 2015

    The call that never quite ends

    March 4, 2014

    A Dislodged Portal

    December 15, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Winter

    Ottica Boncompagni

    November 7, 2014 /

    Walking through the streets of Rome with a camera in hand, I often find that shopfronts—particularly those that stubbornly resist the homogenisation of modern branding—tell more about a city’s cultural fabric than any monument. Ottica Boncompagni, captured here in this image, is a perfect example. The sign is visually loud, unapologetically retro, and absolutely Roman. The heavy, rounded typography in ochre and crimson recalls a distinctly 1970s aesthetic—an era of optimism and visual experimentation that still clings to the façades of certain Roman quartieri. And yet, this is not kitsch. It’s lived-in design, aged not by affectation but by time and endurance. From a technical perspective, the composition sits squarely…

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    Just Another Piccadilly Circus’ View

    September 20, 2016

    A Mesh

    February 16, 2021

    Footprints

    May 19, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Gates&Fences,  Lines,  Winter

    A Fence

    November 6, 2014 /

    What drew me to make this photograph was not the fence itself, but the way it interacted with the geometry behind it. The wire grid overlays the diagonal of the concrete stair and handrail, creating a tension between rigid containment and directional movement. The eye wants to follow the slope upward, yet is repeatedly interrupted by the vertical and horizontal bars in the foreground. In terms of composition, the alignment was deliberate. I positioned the frame so that the grid sat almost perfectly square, avoiding converging lines that would soften its structural authority. The diagonal cuts through the otherwise orthogonal arrangement, introducing a dynamic that stops the image from becoming…

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    Kime in Photography

    June 9, 2013

    Humannequin

    January 10, 2013

    Barbarians at the Gates

    September 21, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Groceries,  Rome,  Winter

    A Grocery Store in Rome

    November 5, 2014 /

    Some photographs emerge not from the pursuit of the exceptional, but from the quiet insistence of the everyday. This frame, captured in Rome, is one of them. I didn’t wait for decisive moments or orchestrate elements. I simply stood in front of this unassuming mini market, with its fluorescent signage blinking “COLD DRINKS” and “APERTO,” and let the banality speak. The storefront is wedged into a stone facade, a brutal contrast softened by the cluttered joy of cheap pleasures: laminated posters of ice creams, fizzy drinks stacked like bricks, and a faded theatre poster wedged between glossy wrappers. You can almost smell the dusty coolness inside — a refuge from…

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    July 12, 2017

    5 Frames with various cameras – Ferrari On The Road(s)

    February 22, 2025

    Out for a While

    September 26, 2013
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Winter

    A Blue Vespa

    November 3, 2014 /

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    Into The Cube

    November 18, 2014

    The Sorcerer

    March 15, 2026

    The Casual Observer

    September 5, 2013
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Summer

    Billiard On The Field

    November 2, 2014 /

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    As Deep As The Ocean

    April 15, 2016

    The Angel Maker

    February 25, 2014

    Steve Hackett – Live@Teatro d’Annunzio

    July 8, 2017
  • Autumn,  Chairs&Seats,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar

    Ready For Lunch

    November 1, 2014 /

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    July 3, 2013

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    December 24, 2015
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