Andrea Monti

Photographer

  • Home
  • Daily photo
  • Colour
  • B&W
  • Landscape
  • Cities
  • People
  • Sport
  • FAQ
  • About
  • Conctact
Menu
  • Home
  • Daily photo
  • Colour
  • B&W
  • Landscape
  • Cities
  • People
  • Sport
  • FAQ
  • About
  • Conctact

No Widgets found in the Sidebar Alt!

  • Barcelona,  Boulevards,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    Las Ramblas’ Lifestyle

    April 18, 2014 /

    Who cares about pickpockets?

    Read More
    Andrea Monti

    You May Also Like

    Crowd Control

    July 16, 2013

    The Wild Bunch

    October 1, 2013

    Call On The Docks

    August 4, 2014
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    Which One?

    April 16, 2014 /

    The Abundance’s Paradox

    Read More
    Andrea Monti

    You May Also Like

    Oops!

    July 4, 2014

    The missing guest

    April 19, 2013

    Interpreti Veneziani – Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Live@San Vidal

    September 1, 2017
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  Spring,  Street Markets

    A Fujifilm X-E1 Annoyance

    April 15, 2014 /

    The X-E1 is a good camera, though has some annoyances that make it less handy for Street Photography. Contrary to Leica, (some) Zeiss or (some) Nikon lenses, zone-focusing is not set on the lens barrel. You must do it either through the viewfinder or the LCD, and this makes problematic the switch from one technique to another. Same is true for aperture settings. Operating the camera one-handed, happened twice to me, led to a change of the image quality settings from RAW to Jpg. Unfortunately I wasn’t aware while shooting and I’ve wasted half a day in Barcelona getting inferior quality pictures.

    Read More
    Andrea Monti

    You May Also Like

    Which One?

    April 16, 2014

    Duel

    November 20, 2014

    5 frames with a Kiev 60, a Volna 80/2,8 and a Ferrania Orto

    June 28, 2024
  • Airport,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    Same Seats, Different Lifes

    April 14, 2014 /

    They’re close, but never been so distant

    Read More
    Andrea Monti

    You May Also Like

    Alien Veins

    December 3, 2014

    Quis custodies

    January 26, 2013

    Fisherman’s Fatigue

    December 19, 2022
  • Bookstores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris,  People,  Winter

    Quality Check

    April 10, 2014 /

    Books are maybe the only good you can actually try before you buy. p.s. ETTR is harder than I thought without liveview or an EVF…

    Read More
    Andrea Monti

    You May Also Like

    The Empty Stage

    November 25, 2013

    Too Busy to Enjoy the Life…

    April 12, 2014

    Square Two

    June 18, 2014
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Perfect Strangers

    April 5, 2014 /

    Read More
    Andrea Monti

    You May Also Like

    Early Leave at Bruxelles-Midi

    March 23, 2014

    Bent

    July 13, 2014

    Behind the Beer

    December 26, 2013
  • B&W,  Bruxelles,  Daily photo,  Social Control,  Visual,  Winter

    National Security

    April 4, 2014 /

    A danger for the National Security? This picture is nothing special, but for the fact that while I was taking it a security guard at the European Parliament tried to stop me on the “National Security” excuse, by claiming that photos were not allowed. Minding the lesson of “Stand your ground” I countered politely the requests of the guard, by telling him: – First: shooting in public spaces is perfectly legal, – Second: there where no “no-photos allowed” signs, – Third: “I am a lawyer and a journalist. I checked both EU and Belgian Law and find nothing that could prevent me to do what I am doing. Could you…

    Read More
    Andrea Monti

    You May Also Like

    Up&Down

    January 20, 2013

    Portrait of a (former) bike champion

    May 3, 2014

    Wasubot. A Stiff Organ Player@Tsukuba

    June 21, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Observer Bias,  Spring,  WideAngle

    Rollercoaster (kind of)

    April 3, 2014 /

    Read More
    Andrea Monti

    You May Also Like

    Nature gets its space back…

    November 7, 2018

    Food For Thought

    September 14, 2014

    Steve Hackett – Live@Teatro d’Annunzio

    July 8, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Observer Bias,  Spring,  WideAngle

    Lamp

    April 2, 2014 /

    Read More
    Andrea Monti

    You May Also Like

    A Puff of Smoke

    August 29, 2013

    Breakfast at Rue Brisemiche

    March 25, 2014

    Unkempt

    December 4, 2015
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Skating on Avenue Louise

    April 1, 2014 /

    Read More
    Andrea Monti

    You May Also Like

    The Siamese Boats

    June 1, 2014

    Intelligence Contest

    April 15, 2017

    So Long, and Thank You for the Fish

    January 26, 2022
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Milan,  Winter

    Hanging Heart at via Olmetto

    March 31, 2014 /

    Read More
    Andrea Monti

    You May Also Like

    Are you Sure?

    July 9, 2015

    Bikers

    July 14, 2014

    Friends

    August 3, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Milan,  Winter

    A

    March 30, 2014 /

    Read More
    Andrea Monti

    You May Also Like

    When the day is gone

    April 4, 2013

    Secret Beyond the Door

    October 24, 2013

    The Suit

    July 15, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  Spring

    Hanging Towels

    March 29, 2014 /

    This is what happens when coupling a summicron 50 (third gen) with a Fujifilm X-1.

    Read More
    Andrea Monti

    You May Also Like

    Fantozzi’s chairs

    May 4, 2013

    Life Within the Post Office

    November 24, 2014

    A Fence

    November 6, 2014
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Social Control,  Winter

    Off-Duty Eurocrats in Bruxelles

    March 28, 2014 /

    Late afternoon at the European Parliament. The Eurocrats – now off-duty – come back to their human form.

    Read More
    Andrea Monti

    You May Also Like

    Why You Should Only Shoot in Your Backyard (or ‘The Art of Belonging’)

    December 19, 2024

    A Fishnet – 2

    October 29, 2014

    Nightlife in Bruxelles

    June 27, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris,  People,  Winter

    Firefighters at Tour Saint-Jaques

    March 27, 2014 /

    Read More
    Andrea Monti

    You May Also Like

    Steve Hackett – Live@Teatro d’Annunzio

    July 8, 2017

    DSLR-like…?

    March 21, 2025

    Los niños y el tocaor

    October 30, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Street Markets,  Winter

    Late for Lunch

    March 26, 2014 /

    Read More
    Andrea Monti

    You May Also Like

    A Bad Experiment

    August 26, 2016

    Cultural Variety

    September 24, 2022

    Yes, We…Can

    May 16, 2014
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Early Leave at Bruxelles-Midi

    March 23, 2014 /

    Read More
    Andrea Monti

    You May Also Like

    An Off Duty Anchor

    September 21, 2014

    Night Serenade

    September 12, 2013

    DxO Pure Raw empirical test

    November 22, 2022
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    Walking Table in via Cornaggia

    March 22, 2014 /

    Read More
    Andrea Monti

    You May Also Like

    Lost in Puglia

    December 2, 2015

    Snorkeling

    August 24, 2014

    Technogym Milan@Night

    April 3, 2022
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Street Photography,  Winter

    Is This Photo Illegal?

    March 20, 2014 /

    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.  

    Read More
    Andrea Monti

    You May Also Like

    Workbench

    February 22, 2015

    Bus Driver

    September 16, 2016

    Macarons. Again

    October 23, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    Relaxed Call at Boulevard du Palais

    March 19, 2014 /

    Read More
    Andrea Monti

    You May Also Like

    The Temple of Justice

    February 25, 2017

    Good Idea

    January 31, 2014

    Mandatory Photo Position

    August 3, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Paris,  Social Control,  Winter

    Trust Us, We Care About You

    March 18, 2014 /

    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:

    Read More
    Andrea Monti

    You May Also Like

    What Could I Do?

    April 18, 2016

    Nick Beggs

    July 12, 2017

    The Aperitif

    October 5, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Winter

    Still Standing

    March 15, 2014 /

    Read More
    Andrea Monti

    You May Also Like

    Different Financial Transactions

    November 3, 2016

    Belgian Ghosts

    May 2, 2014

    The Call

    March 4, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Winter

    Zebra Crossing

    March 14, 2014 /

    Read More
    Andrea Monti

    You May Also Like

    The Stroller

    July 7, 2015

    The Gas Station Attendant

    November 11, 2013

    Up&Down

    January 20, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Winter

    Street Food in Via Salaria

    March 13, 2014 /

    A Chestnut Maker, making everything ready for another day of hard work.

    Read More
    Andrea Monti

    You May Also Like

    @Rome Maker Faire – 1

    October 9, 2014

    Should I Buy It? (Best Taken With an 85mm)

    January 23, 2016

    Blow Up

    November 13, 2014
3031323334

Projects

  • Daily photo (1,387)
    • B&W (269)
    • Colour (1,099)
  • Daily Video (15)
  • Portfolio (2)
  • Projects (1,297)
    • Airport (14)
    • Bottles&Cups (12)
    • Cars&Bikes (41)
    • Chairs&Seats (19)
    • Cities (451)
      • Barcelona (16)
      • Boston (11)
      • Bruxelles (65)
      • Hamburg (3)
      • Helsinki (2)
      • Kyoto (2)
      • London (27)
      • Milan (49)
      • Nagasaki (2)
      • Nagoya (8)
      • New York (9)
      • Nikko (1)
      • Osaka (3)
      • Oslo (17)
      • Padua (1)
      • Paris (31)
      • Rome (145)
      • Stockholm (11)
      • Tokyo (28)
      • Tsukuba (2)
      • Venice (22)
      • Yokohama (1)
    • Court (22)
    • Landscape (97)
      • Beach&Shores (77)
    • Lines (20)
    • Marketing (3)
    • Moon (7)
    • Observer Bias (15)
    • Odds (21)
    • OutOfFocus (13)
    • Parks (6)
    • Past&Relics (55)
    • People (623)
      • Actors (14)
      • Artists (84)
      • Fighters (29)
      • Portraits (41)
    • Seasons (905)
      • Autumn (143)
      • Spring (175)
      • Summer (254)
      • Winter (347)
    • Shops (164)
      • Barber&HairStylist (2)
      • Bookstores (10)
      • Brand Stores (1)
      • Fashion Shops (15)
      • Garages&Labs (11)
      • Groceries (3)
      • Jewelry (3)
      • Patisserie (11)
      • Restaurants&Bar (92)
      • Street Markets (14)
      • Tobacconists (2)
    • Social Control (52)
    • Travels (17)
    • Urban Landscape (291)
      • Boulevards (12)
      • Bridges (6)
      • Buildings (24)
      • Docks (75)
      • Doors&Windows (26)
      • Downtown (29)
      • Exhibitions (10)
      • Fountains (6)
      • Garbage (18)
      • Gates&Fences (12)
      • Parks (20)
      • Streets&Squares (64)
      • Works (2)
    • Visual (69)
    • WideAngle (14)
  • Reportage (16)
  • Sport (71)
    • Beach Handball (1)
    • Beach Volley (5)
    • Billiard (1)
    • Body Builiding (1)
    • Cycling (1)
    • Fighting Disciplines (24)
    • Handball (2)
    • Kite Surf (4)
    • Road Running (1)
    • Roller Derby (1)
    • Rowing (2)
    • Shooting (11)
    • Skating (4)
    • Soccer (6)
    • Swimming (Fin) (1)
    • Track&Field (5)
  • Thoughts (223)
    • Gear (67)
    • Photo Journalism (6)
    • PhotoCritics (18)
    • Photography (59)
    • Street Photography (84)
    • Technique (29)
Dear anonymous visitor, you may enjoy this web site’s contents with all the ease of not being tracked.

I do not know your identity and will do nothing to figure out who you are.

This explains why I do not ask for your consent: it is not possible to abide by the law if one’s counterpart is unknown.

I do not have social network’s ‘share buttons’, comments are disabled, as are user registration features.

I only use those cookies and pieces of code that make Google Analytics work and that will eventually be dismissed as soon as I am sure that Matomo (also installed) works as advertised.

If you check this website with some online tool you may find two cookies ‘_utmz’ and ‘_utma’. The former tracks your sessions, the latter your location. You may find more information in the Legalia and Cookie Policy page

Compulsory Information

  • Legalia
© 2025 Andrea Monti - all rights reserved