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  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Winter

    A Lamppost

    November 26, 2014 /

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    The Alchoolist’s garbage

    March 5, 2013

    A Comfortable Chair

    November 8, 2013

    A Cello Player

    April 24, 2017
  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Winter

    Life Within the Post Office

    November 24, 2014 /

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    Italy, Landscape Photography and the Law – Part Two

    February 23, 2014

    Lost in mumbling

    September 22, 2013

    Davide Grotta – Live

    December 8, 2018
  • 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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    A chat on a lake shore

    May 6, 2013

    One Shot Story – Soulless Places

    April 17, 2025

    A videographer…

    February 27, 2013
  • 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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    The Actor’s Nightmare

    August 3, 2013

    A Puff of Smoke

    August 29, 2013

    The Man Behind The Croissant

    December 13, 2014
  • 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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    A new camera and the quest for the missed information

    December 18, 2012

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

    January 3, 2026

    A Cornhole Board – Independence Day Edition

    July 8, 2023
  • Autumn,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Parks,  Seasons

    Avid Readers

    November 19, 2014 /

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    The Traffic Controller

    November 20, 2013

    A Grocery Store in Rome

    November 5, 2014

    Daniele Silvestri – Live@Cinema teatro Massimo – Pescara

    March 21, 2016
  • 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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    Thirthy years behind…

    April 6, 2013

    The Godfather

    July 23, 2014

    Feuer

    July 10, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Past&Relics,  Winter

    An Old Wi(n)dow

    November 17, 2014 /

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    Shooting the Shooter…

    February 12, 2013

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

    January 18, 2025

    Through the Fog

    January 5, 2014
  • 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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    Bless or Curse?

    August 12, 2014

    Ceci N’Est Pas Une Pipe

    September 27, 2014

    Luggages

    April 20, 2019
  • 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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    Nature gets its space back…

    November 7, 2018

    Square One

    June 17, 2014

    Do Not Touch

    June 5, 2013
  • 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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    An Old Motorcade At Night

    August 10, 2015

    The Relentless Lawyer

    February 6, 2017

    The Suit

    July 15, 2013
  • Autumn,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Parks,  People

    Blow Up

    November 13, 2014 /

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    A Sad Harley-Davidson

    August 10, 2013

    One Coffee

    December 20, 2015

    The Commuter

    July 24, 2017
  • Autumn,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Parks,  People

    Fun

    November 12, 2014 /

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    Scarf’s Meeting

    March 5, 2014

    Via Collina, Empty, From Above

    September 13, 2014

    Belgian Chocolate – Neuhaus

    November 16, 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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    A creative approach to zone focusing with superfast manual lenses and mirrorless cameras in street photography

    September 28, 2024

    Quis Custodiet…

    January 26, 2013

    The Day of the Zombies

    October 23, 2016
  • 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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    Easy Parking

    August 12, 2013

    Carabinieri in Milan

    January 28, 2014

    Three Tires

    May 18, 2022
  • 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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    Pavement

    November 16, 2014

    Garbage Collection

    August 26, 2013

    The Solitude of Power

    May 6, 2018
  • Autumn,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Parks,  People

    Orange Scarf

    November 9, 2014 /

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    Beach Party

    January 22, 2022

    Lava Nails

    February 28, 2021

    Is the next Kano Jigoro already on the mat?

    November 7, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fighters,  Fighting Disciplines,  People,  Sport

    Uchi-Mata

    November 8, 2014 /

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    A Fix for the Wikipedia Photos’ Copyright Scams?

    December 19, 2020

    Generations

    February 5, 2013

    Bycicle Ride

    August 28, 2013
  • 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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    Mind The Step

    August 28, 2015

    It’s always the right time

    February 17, 2013

    A Focused (or Sad) Violinist

    December 17, 2016
  • 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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    Tiles

    October 31, 2014

    Pre Colombian Artwork

    September 27, 2013

    Viltrox AF85/1,8 II XF. Reflexless?

    April 2, 2021
  • 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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    Art Auction at Piazza Navona

    February 6, 2016

    Posing at Milan’s Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

    October 1, 2018

    Three of a Kind

    July 6, 2013
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Winter

    A Blue Vespa

    November 3, 2014 /

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    A Quiet Evening

    June 26, 2013

    Multiple Peripheral Visions

    February 10, 2016

    Sun Worshipers

    January 3, 2022
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Summer

    Billiard On The Field

    November 2, 2014 /

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    Street Compass Rose

    September 25, 2013

    The Casual Observer

    September 5, 2013

    LP – Live@Anfiteatro La Civitella

    July 22, 2022
  • Autumn,  Chairs&Seats,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar

    Ready For Lunch

    November 1, 2014 /

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    June 12, 2013

    Thirsty

    June 10, 2014

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    November 30, 2021
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