Seasons
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Walking Table in via Cornaggia
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Is This Photo Illegal?
Yes, if it were taken in Hungary. Against the European Convention of Human Rights, Hungary passed a law that by next March 15 will require any photographer shooting in public space to obtain a signed “model release form”. This provision will be bashed by either the EU Court of Justice or the European Court of Human Rights (for the very same reasons I explained here), but it will take time and – first of all – a photographer that sacrifices himself on the altar of freedom.
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Relaxed Call at Boulevard du Palais
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Trust Us, We Care About You
This is a close-up of a banner hanging from the Prefecture de police, Paris, Rue de la citè. I don’t know why, but every time I hear a public power saying that he cares about me I feel a bit worried… — This is the Google Map link, currently displaying the complete image, and here is a screen capture, just in case:
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Still Standing
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Zebra Crossing
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Street Food in Via Salaria
A Chestnut Maker, making everything ready for another day of hard work.
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A Toilet of the Court of Rome
This is what you get when you need a toilet in the most important Italian Hall of Justice.
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Stairway to Nothing
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Stand-up, Sugar!
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Shadows&Lights
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Scarf’s Meeting
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Windows XVIII … Century
Old windows inside a building at Via del Governo Vecchio, Rome. No, Microsoft wasn’t around just yet…
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An Inside Irongate
Inside and old building, in the heart of Rome.
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The Angel Maker
A Master Restorer studio in Vicolo Sforza Cesarini. Is there any place better than Rome for this?
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Italy, Landscape Photography and the Law – Part Two
In a previous post I addressed some of the legal issues involved in Landscape Photography where copyright was willfully not mentioned: since copyright is an outcome of human creativity who might ever think of imposing it over a landscape? Well, as much as it sounds crazy, somebody did it: on 2o11 the Town of San Quirico d’Orcia, in Tuscany, passed a local regulation that copyrights landscape images and artistic, cultural, environmental and architectural “stuff”, making mandatory pro shooter to ask for an authorization before starting their sessions. This local regulation is simply illegal, because “copyright” implies an act of creativity, while the landscape in itself doesn’t (unless you believe in…
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A Zen Garden?
Not very, actually…
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The Arson
Nobody seems to care…
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Hanging Clothes
Waiting to dry…
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A Floating Crate
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Wrecked Hull
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A Relaxed Call
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The Fisherman’s Knots
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Blowin in the Wind
Hopefully, he shouldn’t fall on the ground…
