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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Seasons,  Summer

    Smile!

    August 7, 2013 /

    Smile! It’s contagious!

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    Who Said That Music Is Relaxing?

    August 14, 2013

    Billiard On The Field

    November 2, 2014

    London Swash

    September 3, 2014
  • B&W,  Beach&Shores,  Daily photo,  People,  Seasons,  Summer

    Early Morning Shaving on The Beach

    August 6, 2013 /

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    Multiple Meaning

    December 10, 2013

    The Last Journey Of An Hero of Italian Motoring

    March 7, 2021

    二千円

    December 20, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Fashion Shops,  Rome,  Summer

    A Little Of Thailand In Rome

    August 3, 2013 /

    Walking through Rome, it’s always the unexpected juxtapositions that stop me in my tracks. This small corner, framed by a weathered marble wall on one side and the muted sheen of a modern doorway on the other, holds a Thai welcome — a statue draped in marigold garlands, hands pressed together in the wai greeting, a silent gesture of hospitality transplanted far from its native home. From a compositional standpoint, I went for a straightforward, vertical framing to preserve the integrity of the statue’s posture. The side table in the lower right, with its offering of flowers and folded leaf packages, gives a cultural context that anchors the image. The…

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    A Curious Bystander

    December 24, 2013

    Who Needs A Wedding Photographer Anymore?

    May 29, 2014

    Path of Life

    May 17, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Is The Sky Falling On Their Heads?

    August 1, 2013 /

    The photograph wasn’t planned. It was simply observed — a pocket of time, mid-afternoon, Abruzzo heat bearing down, the kind that slows everything to a stubborn crawl. I stood facing this kiosk-bar, the kind you find near campsites and old swimming pools, and pressed the shutter as the two men crossed paths. It wasn’t about them, specifically. It was about the echo — the posture, the bellies, the slightly arched backs, the shared suspicion of something overhead. The title is a nod, of course — Uderzo and Goscinny’s Asterix stories, and that primal fear of the sky falling on our heads. These men could have walked straight off a panel…

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    A Street Dancer In Sakae

    August 9, 2019

    RedLight

    November 6, 2015

    Stantsted Lounge’s Chairs

    December 31, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    While the kids grow-up…

    July 25, 2013 /

    While the kids grow-up, a father waits with patience.

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    Ramping Up

    September 16, 2014

    Fixing the ship

    August 18, 2021

    Leaving

    September 27, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  Landscape,  Summer,  Travels

    EOS-M. An Act of Fairness

    July 24, 2013 /

    I’ve been anything but gentle in my assessment of the Canon EOS-M’s street photography credentials. In the chaos of fast-moving urban life, it has always felt a step behind — hesitant where others are decisive. But fairness demands balance, and in the stillness of landscape work, this little mirrorless manages to surprise. This frame, taken with the humble 18-55mm stabilised kit lens, shows the EOS-M in its element. The river’s current twists and glides across the frame, textures shifting from silky blur to glassy detail, the greens of moss and the reddish undertones of the rocks holding their place against the moving water. The stabilisation works in quiet partnership with…

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    Padua, a photographer’s goldmine

    October 31, 2024

    Lost in Le Puglie

    December 2, 2015

    Accidental Precision

    February 12, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer

    Early Morning’s Cleanup

    July 21, 2013 /

    The time goes by, and the song remains the same. Work until late night, clean up early in the morning. Shot handheld, early light bleeding in from camera right. The street’s been emptied of narrative clutter—no cars, no movement, just the woman mid-bend, transferring waste from broom to bag. It’s not staged. She didn’t know I was there. I waited until her back arched into that angle, arms extended, the brush and dustpan forming a triangle at ground level. The framing is offset deliberately. She occupies the lower right quadrant. The left side is held empty—just shuttered shopfronts and a corridor of fading lines. This void gives her effort weight.…

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    Argument on the Range

    November 7, 2016

    The Sprint Before the Ride

    August 8, 2013

    Another attempt at DLSR film scanning

    January 21, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    The Cameraman

    July 17, 2013 /

    There’s a quiet heroism to the figure of a cameraman mid-shoot. This image captures that intensity — the squint of concentration, the firm but fluid grip on the camera, the slight tilt of his head as if aligning himself with the rhythm of the scene unfolding before him. The bright red of the staircase behind him injects energy into the frame, contrasting sharply with his dark clothing and the muted tones of the camera equipment. The composition works in part because it respects the subject’s craft. The frame is tight enough to convey focus, yet wide enough to hint at context: the scaffolding, the staging, the theatre of production. The…

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    So long and thank you for the fish

    February 6, 2014

    Technological Memento

    June 26, 2021

    The Solitude of Power

    May 6, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Social Control,  Summer

    Crowd Control

    July 16, 2013 /

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    Trick or Treat?

    June 14, 2013

    Art Auction at Piazza Navona

    February 6, 2016

    A Bitter Sweet

    March 23, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Projects,  Winter

    The Suit

    July 15, 2013 /

    How would it feel like, when everybody around goes to the beach, wearing a suit and going to the office?

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    Rush Hours

    March 10, 2014

    As much as you’re far from home…

    April 5, 2013

    Sega Codemaster

    November 21, 2017
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Lorenzo negli stadi

    July 11, 2013 /

    Rockol.it – a music-oriented online magazine I work with – published the reportage I did at the Jovanotti’s “Lorenzo negli stadi tour 2013” in Pescara (IT). Here are the other pictures.

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    Nick Beggs

    July 12, 2017

    Billiard On The Field

    November 2, 2014

    On the Range

    December 6, 2015
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Projects,  Winter

    The SoundMaster

    July 10, 2013 /

    You don’t usually see them—not really. They’re always there, but never in the spotlight. Still, without them, there wouldn’t be a show. I was at a concert recently, camera in hand, doing what I normally do—trying to catch something a little off-stage, something that tells the rest of the story. That’s when I spotted him: back to the crowd, eyes on the board, headphones hanging loose around his neck. Focused, steady. Doing the kind of work that only gets noticed when something goes wrong. I framed the shot from behind. The lights of the soundboard, all blinking and glowing, lit up the edges of his shirt—a simple icon of a…

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    Winter Leaves

    December 9, 2014

    The Fisherman’s Knots

    February 11, 2014

    The Commuter

    July 24, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    Three of a Kind

    July 6, 2013 /

    Shot from street level, this image captures an everyday theatre performed quietly on a terrace. Three people — two women and one man — are held together by proximity but separated by gesture, expression, and posture. It’s a fleeting constellation of personalities, caught just before it disperses. I was struck by the triangular tension: the woman on the left, sporting a bicycle helmet and pursed lips, locked in on the man’s casual delivery. He stands as the pivot, mid-sentence, while the third figure leans away, hand on neck, visibly disengaged. The emotional distance between them expands far beyond the physical. Technically, the image relies on a crisp focus and compressed…

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    Don’t They Drink Tea, Instead?

    December 27, 2016

    Ramping Up

    September 16, 2014

    The perfect ski outfit

    March 12, 2013
  • Artists,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Evolution of a Guitar Player

    July 5, 2013 /

    It’s strange how a decade can pass in the blink of an eye — and yet carry with it the weight of evolution. The last time I met Roberto Di Virgilio, he had a Steinberger in his hands: all sharp edges, carbon fibre, and the aura of the 1980s futurism that guitarists either loved or dismissed outright. Seeing him now, a Les Paul slung across his shoulder, feels almost like a chapter shift in a novel I didn’t realise I was still reading. The photograph was taken in the kind of setting that usually conspires against the photographer: a stage during setup, flat midday light filtered through the structure above,…

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    A Couple of Windows

    January 5, 2018

    Zebra Crossing in Oslo… With Red Light

    October 12, 2014

    A (Tokyo) Taxi Driver

    June 17, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Summer

    The Calm Newsreader

    July 4, 2013 /

    Piazza del Duomo is never truly still. The stone expanse acts as both stage and thoroughfare, where the pace of life is measured in contrasts. In this pair of images, that tension is laid bare: a young woman, mid-stride, the blur of her step almost audible, shares the same visual field as a man in a red shirt who sits in unhurried contemplation, newspaper in hand. The composition in the first frame benefits from the deliberate use of foreground and background separation. The woman is caught in that decisive moment—foot lifted, eyes focused ahead—while the man remains anchored in his position, reading. The interplay between their postures tells a story…

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    Diner After the Show

    July 7, 2013

    Ghosts of Ginza

    November 14, 2023

    Pre Colombian Artwork

    September 27, 2013
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Landscape,  Summer

    A Lost Towel

    July 3, 2013 /

    No one around. Just sun, sand, and something left behind. The beach was empty when I passed through—early or late, hard to say—but this towel was there, alone, crumpled and vivid. Its colours refused to blend in: yellows, reds, a printed image of something once meaningful, now half-folded by the wind. It didn’t look forgotten. It looked abandoned. What caught my eye more than the towel was what surrounded it: tyre marks, footprints, all criss-crossing paths layered into the sand. As if everyone passed by but no one stopped. It felt recent, but not urgent—like whoever left it didn’t mean to come back. The shot came together quickly. Low angle…

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    The Hamlet’s Dilemma

    May 20, 2014

    A Single(‘s) Call

    September 24, 2016

    Uncertainity

    August 11, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Seasons,  Shops,  Summer

    The Smoke Teacher

    July 1, 2013 /

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    A Roller Coaster… A Kind Of

    April 3, 2014

    Daniele Silvestri – Teatri 2022 – Live@Teatro Massimo, Pescara

    December 16, 2022

    The Silent Dialog

    August 31, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Seasons,  Summer

    The Elders’ Council

    June 29, 2013 /

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    A Fisherman

    August 29, 2014

    Late

    December 31, 2012

    Watching the Eiffel Tower

    October 14, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Summer

    Urban Scavenger

    June 28, 2013 /

    I photographed this scene late at night, drawn by the way a single pool of light exposed the fragments of urban life that usually go unnoticed. The gull was feeding on scraps by the kerb, a plastic cup discarded nearby, while traffic and people passed outside the frame. What emerged was a study of survival in the margins of the city, where wildlife and waste collide under sodium lamps. Compositionally, the image hinges on that triangle of illumination falling across the pavement. The lit area acts almost like a stage, isolating the bird against the darker periphery. I placed the gull slightly off-centre, letting the curved kerb and the lines…

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    Portrait of a Wrestler

    October 27, 2013

    A Toilet of the Court of Rome

    March 11, 2014

    Friends

    August 3, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome,  Summer

    A Quiet Evening

    June 26, 2013 /

    … in the heart of Rome, an old trattoria let people enjoy a quiet diner.

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    Life And Work On A Fishing Boat

    January 9, 2014

    Hell Behind — Tiny Holes Reveal the Flames

    March 19, 2013

    Nikkor 16mm Fisheye – Three Ways to Make use of Such a Lens

    August 22, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Seasons,  Summer

    The Sailor

    June 24, 2013 /

    Hey, there’s no water straight there!

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

    June 17, 2025

    Watch My Back

    January 15, 2013

    Square Three

    June 20, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Streets&Squares,  Summer

    Trento, After Dark

    June 23, 2013 /

    There’s a plaque on the wall behind them—honouring soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, fallen in a war a hundred years gone. But they’re not looking at that. Instead, three boys sit shoulder to shoulder on a wooden bench, huddled around a glowing Apple logo. A little too bright for the square. The light falls on their faces the way a fire once would have. They’re focused, not speaking much. Two watch the screen; one taps at his phone. Nobody’s in a rush. This is Trento at night: limestone façades, uneven cobbles, Mediterranean shrubs in planters, and now Wi-Fi in the air. The square is mostly empty. Just a few benches,…

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    Friendship is Forever

    March 6, 2014

    Late Afternoon Workers

    December 23, 2013

    Mind Your Way!

    May 28, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Seasons,  Spring

    What lasts of a springtime hailstorm

    June 22, 2013 /

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    A Mysterious Bag

    November 2, 2013

    Who Needs A Wedding Photographer Anymore?

    May 29, 2014

    An Altar for the Propaganda Machine

    November 17, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome,  Summer

    Alone, Together…

    June 19, 2013 /

    Are they friends, or do they just share the table?

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    Gioacchino Rossini – La Cenerentola@Teatro Marrucino

    December 13, 2024

    Behind the Beer

    December 26, 2013

    Boat Maintenance At Genova’s Porto Antico

    July 30, 2014
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