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  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Oslo

    Lady Gaga Art Rave

    October 5, 2014 /

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    Dark Omen

    December 31, 2021

    Abruzzo’s made Coke??

    March 26, 2013

    Creativity vs Originality

    March 11, 2024
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Oslo,  People

    Cold Freezing Tour Through Oslo’s Fjord

    October 4, 2014 /

    I took this photograph aboard a ferry cutting through the Oslo fjord in winter. The cold was penetrating, the kind that seeps into bones despite layers of clothing. The passengers’ body language tells the story more effectively than words: one figure wrapped in a blanket, hands folded in stillness; the other with a camera resting idly on his lap, shoulders hunched, jeans stiffened by the chill. Compositionally, I aimed for a low angle, using the perspective of the floor and the rug leading diagonally into the frame. This draws the eye directly toward the two figures without needing to show their full faces. The benches on either side narrow the…

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    Nature gets its space back…

    November 7, 2018

    Absence in Three Acts

    May 21, 2015

    EOS-M. An Act of Fairness

    July 24, 2013
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  Oslo,  People

    Behind a Shop Window in Oslo

    October 1, 2014 /

    This was one of those scenes that unfolded on its own terms. No decisive moment, no split-second drama—just a man behind glass, cleaning or adjusting or both, surrounded by faceless mannequins and the awkward geometry of retail preparation. I raised the Nikon 35 TI and pressed the shutter before overthinking it. Shot through the shop window, the glass worked both against me and with me. It introduced layers—literal and symbolic. Reflections were minimal but present, just enough to remind us we’re on the outside looking in. The man is inside a constructed world, arranging it, tidying its surfaces for consumption. The mannequins—blank-eyed children—stand frozen, already staged, while he works between…

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    Technogym Milan@Night

    April 3, 2022

    Avid Readers

    August 17, 2013

    The Icecream is ready to be served

    May 8, 2013
  • Autumn,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Gates&Fences

    The Path To Freedom

    September 29, 2014 /

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    Silent Reader

    July 17, 2016

    Fast Drivers in Via del Tritone

    October 31, 2019

    A Relaxed Call

    February 12, 2014
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Oslo,  People

    Running On The (Oslo’s) Docks

    September 28, 2014 /

    The moment lasted a fraction of a second. I was walking along the Oslo harbour, camera hanging loosely, eyes half on the ships and half on the geometry of the paving stones when he entered the frame — the runner. Perfect posture, right leg extended mid-stride, left arm balancing out the rhythm, and most crucially, isolated against the background clutter of docked ships and cranes. This image isn’t about the athleticism. It’s about pace, solitude, and counterpoint. The city rests behind him, still and orderly, while he pushes forward, cutting through the quiet with motion and intention. He’s small against the marine industrial backdrop, but all attention lands on him.…

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    Ray-Ban in Milan

    October 5, 2015

    Stylish

    March 16, 2014

    The Sharp Shooter

    March 10, 2015
  • Autumn,  Cars&Bikes,  Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Oslo

    A Taxi Night Fleet At Oslo’s Central Station

    September 26, 2014 /

    I took this frame at a moment of pure symmetry and friction. The way taxi lines form outside Oslo Central Station at night—almost militaristic in their discipline, yet each vehicle pulsing with its own colour rhythm—felt like an urban ballet set to the low hum of idling engines and the soft scuff of rubber on wet cobblestones. Technically, night shots like this are unforgiving. The cold light from the LEDs clashes sharply with the warmth of the taillights and the overhead sodium vapour glow, which is why I resisted neutralising the colour balance too much. The visual tension between the icy blue reflected on the left and the bleeding red…

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    Pixelmator Pro Debanding and Electronic Shutter

    December 24, 2022

    Vasa’s Ghost

    July 11, 2016

    Singers

    February 19, 2014
  • Autumn,  Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo

    An Old Lady in Great Shape

    September 23, 2014 /

    There’s something about old cars that asks you to listen before you look. You don’t photograph them—you make their acquaintance. This shot was taken inside an Alfa Romeo Giulia. She’s a machine from another time, but she doesn’t wear her age like a burden. The patina on the steering wheel, the soft wear on the dashboard controls, the dusty glow on the gauges—they don’t speak of decay, but of use. Of stories lived in full throttle and long idles. I didn’t stage this frame. I simply opened the door and saw her waiting there in quiet elegance. The light slipped through the glass just enough to kiss the rim of…

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

    October 3, 2015

    Different Loads

    June 23, 2015

    Italy, Street-Photography and the Law

    October 29, 2013
  • Autumn,  Bottles&Cups,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Visual

    Not A Photography Anymore

    September 22, 2014 /

    I approached this shot with the intention of exploring the point at which photography begins to lose its documentary role and drifts into the territory of constructed image-making. The Leica M9, with its CCD sensor, is unforgiving in its rendering of highlights, and here I chose to exploit that to push the tones far beyond their natural state. The result is an image that wears its artificiality openly. The composition is rigidly symmetrical: three vases, evenly spaced, under a line of metallic coffee pots and creamers. The symmetry is disrupted only by the interplay of colours — magenta, amber, and white — and the bold shadows they cast. These shadows…

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    Parallels & Diagonals

    December 21, 2012

    The EOS-M just sucks

    July 18, 2013

    A London’s Skyline

    September 13, 2016
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo

    An Off Duty Anchor

    September 21, 2014 /

    I photographed this anchor in bright sunlight, a massive piece of ironwork chained and set as a monument. What caught my attention, however, was not just the object itself but the casual intrusion of a beer bottle resting at its base. The contrast between permanence and ephemerality, between weight and disposability, was too striking to ignore. Compositionally, the frame is cropped tightly to remove distractions and place the focus squarely on the anchor’s texture and the bottle’s fragility. The dark chain arcs across the image, cutting a diagonal line that divides the weighty form. Against it, the amber glass sits small and almost ridiculous, yet it steals attention precisely because…

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    Singers

    February 19, 2014

    On Detachment. Or ‘If You Love Something, Set It Free’ (cit. Sting)

    June 17, 2025

    Shopping in Bruxelles

    December 20, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar

    Efesto’s New Production Line

    September 20, 2014 /

    Just behind the barbecue master, the heat rose sharply and the smoke thickened into a shifting wall. The man stood at the centre of it, absorbed in the intensity of roasting slices of lambs, his back straight, shoulders tight, arms moving with controlled force. There was no theatrical pose—only concentration. From this angle, the scene feels more like a workshop than a stage.

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    Hard Spam

    April 1, 2013

    Oops!

    July 4, 2014

    Zebra Crossing

    March 14, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Past&Relics,  Spring

    A Haunted(?) House

    September 19, 2014 /

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    A quiet watchdog or long-time friend who enjoys some rest??

    May 23, 2013

    Three Legged?

    July 21, 2017

    Footprints

    March 27, 2021
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Spring,  Streets&Squares,  Urban Landscape

    Urban Desolation

    September 18, 2014 /

    This photograph is part of a study I’ve been developing on marginal architecture—spaces neglected by urban development yet still clinging to presence. The building isn’t ruined in a picturesque way. It’s just exhausted. Scarred concrete, flaking plaster, and rusted grates stand as accidental testimonies of permanence beyond usefulness. I composed the frame to draw the viewer’s eye along the length of the structure, ending with the blurred outlines of new buildings in the background. The juxtaposition isn’t subtle—it wasn’t meant to be. These walls hold layers of past usage, from the makeshift repairs to the graffiti tags now fading like old memories. Technically, the photo rides a fine line between…

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    An outdoor theatre?

    January 31, 2013

    A HDR Experiment

    December 9, 2013

    Inside the Elevator

    May 9, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Visual,  Winter

    Ramping Up

    September 16, 2014 /

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    Still Together

    April 20, 2013

    ChitChat in a sunny day

    January 4, 2013

    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Italian Beach Handball Female Team (and a primer on sport photography, part 3)

    September 30, 2015
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Winter

    Food For Thought

    September 14, 2014 /

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    Hanging News

    June 18, 2013

    Poetry Still Survives

    June 7, 2014

    The Lifeguard’s Tools

    August 24, 2013
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Streets&Squares

    Via Collina, Empty, From Above

    September 13, 2014 /

    The perspective is vertical, as if leaning out and looking straight down. Cars line both sides of the narrow street, parked in strict succession, their roofs forming a patchwork of tones. The pavement and façades edge the scene, flattening into geometry under the camera’s angle. At the centre, however, the street itself is bare—an unexpected strip of emptiness in a crowded frame. Composition relies on symmetry and repetition. The rhythm of vehicles, rectangles of windows, and parallel lines of pavement create a structured grid. The lamppost, suspended on its wire, interrupts this order with a curve, offering a counterpoint to the rectilinear logic. Two pedestrians near the corner introduce scale,…

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    The Answer is On the Wall

    August 28, 2020

    WTF Are They Looking At?

    May 7, 2014

    None of my business…

    March 3, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Winter

    A Rusted Window

    September 11, 2014 /

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    Pipes in Colour

    May 1, 2015

    Pop Art Meets Industrial Hamburg

    April 24, 2018

    Lava Nails

    February 28, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Landscape,  Winter

    The Chicken

    September 10, 2014 /

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    Belgian Gloves

    October 15, 2015

    Don Giovanni@Teatro Marrucino

    November 22, 2025

    Portrait of a Fin Swimmer

    June 5, 2021
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks

    A Sailors’ Warehouse

    September 9, 2014 /

    I took this photograph inside a boathouse, looking down into a storage system built from large industrial pipes. What struck me immediately was the rhythm of repetition: the orange-red circles forming a grid, each cradling a piece of fabric, rope, or gear. Practicality drove the design, yet visually it became something else—an ordered chaos, a taxonomy of a sailor’s life. The top-down perspective was deliberate. Shooting directly overhead flattened the objects into patterns, stripping away depth in favour of geometry. It is a photograph about compartments and how objects settle into them. The symmetry of the circles is slightly broken by the irregular bulk of the bags and fabrics, which…

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    Priority Pass Lounge at Fiumicino Airport

    November 30, 2015

    A Mini At The Garage

    June 16, 2013

    An experiment with Dall-E, ChatGPT and a Nissan S8

    November 4, 2023
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo

    Autumn Leaves

    September 8, 2014 /

    There’s nothing particularly striking about this photo at first glance. Just a flower box tucked against a weathered wall. A few green leaves still stubbornly clinging on, others browned and curled, caught mid-fall. It’s the kind of street element you pass without noticing, or maybe glimpse and forget. And yet, it’s a portrait — not of a person, but of a moment in life. That in-between moment.When you’re no longer young, but not yet old.Not blooming, not dying. Just… suspended. There’s resilience in the remaining green, still pushing out colour despite the changing cycle. But there’s no hiding the signs of decline. Age creeps in at the edges first —…

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    Money Doesn’t Smell

    April 2, 2015

    Three Tires

    May 18, 2022

    Pino Ammendola – L’ultima notte di Bonfiglio Liborio@Teatro Marrucino

    May 13, 2022
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    The Shoesfixer

    September 7, 2014 /

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    A Sailor’s Knot

    November 22, 2013

    An Old Boxing Gym

    February 22, 2016

    The Changer — Glass Walls, Paper Smiles, and Currency Drained

    October 12, 2013
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Spring

    God Save the Queen!

    September 6, 2014 /

    The Union Jack, proudly emblazoned—not on a mast or parade, but wrapped around the rear-view mirror of a Mini Cooper. Once a symbol of British ingenuity and resilience, the Mini now serves as a rolling contradiction: a British icon, manufactured under the ownership of German automaker BMW. This photograph, titled with deliberate irony, compresses decades of cultural transformation into a single detail. “God Save the Queen” here becomes less anthem than marketing slogan. The monarch’s presence lingers not in statecraft or ceremony, but as a lacquered pattern on consumer machinery. The mirror itself is a fitting metaphor. It reflects, but only partially. What was once national pride has become exportable…

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    The Waiting

    December 23, 2012

    A few test shots with an MC Cosinon T200/4

    January 14, 2024

    5 frames with the (much awaited) Ferrania P33, a Nikon F3 and a Nikkor 50 F2

    April 30, 2024
  • Autumn,  Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo

    The Lost Hotel

    September 5, 2014 /

    I photographed this derelict façade in an Italian town on a walk that started with no intention and ended with this frame. “Albergo Aterno,” barely legible beneath a coat of turquoise decay, is what’s left of a forgotten hotel. I didn’t need to know its history to feel the abandonment radiating from every peeled layer of plaster. The frame is pulled tight—the architecture becomes a subject in itself, the wires and conduit lines accidentally composing a crude symmetry that holds the chaos together. This isn’t a pretty picture, and that’s the point. The scene punishes clean aesthetics. Harsh light from the afternoon sun exacerbates the texture—flaking walls, rusted metal, and…

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    Venditti&DeGregori – Live@Anfiteatro La Civitella

    August 11, 2022

    Portrait of a Law Professor (and Free Climber…)

    February 26, 2016

    A Haunted(?) House

    September 19, 2014
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks

    Fishing Shelter Under The Bridge

    September 4, 2014 /

    Photographs like this one always pull me in—not for their glamour, but for their quiet, unvarnished truth. This image, titled Fishing Shelter Under a Bridge, captures a space that seems to exist on the fringes: part makeshift workspace, part refuge, part survival mechanism. The fishing net suspended in the frame is not the tool of a hobbyist, but a means to secure food, a reminder of the precariousness of life for some. From a compositional perspective, the photograph is anchored by a strong sense of depth. The viewer’s eye is naturally drawn from the shaded, cluttered foreground toward the brighter, open water and the moored boats in the distance. The…

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    Where Do I Go From Here?

    October 13, 2016

    Urban Totem

    April 29, 2014

    A London’s Skyline

    September 13, 2016
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  London,  OutOfFocus

    London Swash

    September 3, 2014 /

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    June 6, 2013

    Processing DSLR-digitized film with and without Pentax K-1 Monochrome Custom Image profile

    April 30, 2023
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    A stupid quarrell

    April 7, 2013
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