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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Social Control,  Spring

    When We Thought We Would Have Changed The World

    August 21, 2014 /

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    A Great Marketing Stunt

    May 27, 2014

    Burnt

    November 12, 2021

    Shaken

    October 1, 2015
  • Bookstores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  New York,  Spring

    Santino’s Photo& Video at Broadway

    August 7, 2014 /

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    Waiting For The Bus On Las Ramblas

    August 19, 2014

    What Does ‘Professional’ Mean in Photography?

    March 19, 2024

    The Chess Players’ Summer Nest

    July 31, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    An Attentive Listener

    July 18, 2014 /

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    A useless photo

    July 23, 2013

    A Vessel

    December 18, 2015

    Between Two Sets

    May 15, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  New York,  Spring,  Streets&Squares

    Just Another Times Square View

    July 9, 2014 /

    Memories from the past…

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    Lockpicking Tools

    December 11, 2018

    Caged?

    June 6, 2014

    Love is like a flower

    May 18, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  New York,  Restaurants&Bar,  Spring,  Travels

    Mulberry Street, When Benito II Was Still There…

    July 7, 2014 /

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    Caged?

    June 6, 2014

    Impatience

    February 6, 2013

    Phone Call – 2

    February 20, 2015
  • Boulevards,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  New York,  Spring

    Arriba El Mexico!

    July 3, 2014 /

    Proud to be a native American!

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    Switch

    December 18, 2014

    Late Night Arrival at Bertinoro’s Castle

    January 15, 2014

    The Call

    March 4, 2014
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring,  Street Markets

    The Spanish Sense of Flesh – 2

    June 28, 2014 /

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    A Single(‘s) Call

    September 24, 2016

    Fujifilm X-T3 Video Cheat Sheet

    September 5, 2021

    The Bystander

    February 5, 2018
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring,  Street Markets

    The Spanish Sense of Flesh – 1

    June 26, 2014 /

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    Enough…

    March 2, 2013

    Marianna D’ama – Live

    December 2, 2018

    Max Casacci – Live@Circolo Aternino, Pescara

    January 4, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    The Unconvinced Listener

    June 25, 2014 /

    Hey, did you have the party started?

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    Snorkeling

    August 24, 2014

    Waiting to Go Home

    December 21, 2013

    Toxic Waste in Open Air

    August 31, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Social Control,  Spring

    Waiting For The Elections

    June 24, 2014 /

    The last day of an electoral campaign. Politicians can’t do anything but wait: now – for just two days – the power is in the people’s hands.

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    High-Tech Elder Care Tool

    April 2, 2013

    Wonder… Wall

    June 8, 2021

    The Silent Ceremony

    November 2, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Spring,  Street Markets

    Though Choice

    June 23, 2014 /

    It doesn’t take much to make your day happy.

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    A (Tokyo) Taxi Driver

    June 17, 2018

    When Heroes Come to Town

    April 17, 2019

    An Unplausable Perspective

    May 6, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  OutOfFocus,  Paris,  People,  Spring,  Visual

    No, You Don’t Need To Change Your Glasses

    June 14, 2014 /

    This was intentional. No missed autofocus, no technical glitch. I set the lens manually, focused nowhere, and waited for someone to walk into the blur. He did—carrying two bright yellow bags, dressed sharply but casually, perfectly unremarkable in the sharp world we expect from street photography. The concept was simple: remove clarity and see what remains. What I found was structure. Colour. Gait. Gesture. A kind of abstraction that doesn’t erase the human, just detaches it from identification. No face. No detail. But still a presence. Technically, the image defies critique by design. It isn’t sharp—at all. The highlights push into soft bloom, the street dissolves into haze, and the…

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    Shooting a Roller Derby Bout

    November 19, 2024

    The Quiet Riot

    November 19, 2017

    The Waiting

    December 23, 2012
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    Lost In Barcelona’s Beauty

    June 13, 2014 /

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    Different Stories

    December 30, 2023

    Nice Drink

    July 11, 2015

    The Skeptical Listener

    May 26, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Past&Relics,  Spring

    The Lost Lock

    June 12, 2014 /

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    @Rome Maker Faire – 2

    October 10, 2014

    Strolling in Stockholm

    July 4, 2016

    Portrait of a politician – 1

    October 25, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fountains,  People,  Spring

    Thirsty

    June 10, 2014 /

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    Crate

    January 24, 2015

    Up from the Waterline

    December 3, 2016

    The Sailor

    June 24, 2013
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Odds,  Social Control,  Spring

    Just In Case

    June 9, 2014 /

    Should you have some doubt, by reading the banner you can’t be mistaken. Clarity can be a virtue, even when it delivers its message with the blunt weight of inevitability. Here, a simple blue sign announces the location of the mortuary—not just once, but three times, in three languages. French, Latin, English. No ambiguity, no chance of misunderstanding. Just in case. The composition frames the sign against the muted greys of the surrounding architecture, a deliberate choice to strip away distractions. The words stand out, rendered in stark, functional typography, their neutrality belying the emotional weight of the place they indicate. Photography thrives on layers of meaning, and here the…

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    A (Out-of-Focus) Break Between Lunch and Supper

    December 8, 2015

    José Ignacio Franco – Live@Auditorium Petruzzi

    July 31, 2022

    As Time Goes By

    June 11, 2013
  • B&W,  Bookstores,  Bruxelles,  Daily photo,  Spring

    Poetry Still Survives

    June 7, 2014 /

    Blessed be the city, where somebody can earn his day, by selling poetry.

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    Partner in Glam

    May 3, 2023

    Hard Stare

    April 26, 2016

    Waiting For The Patrons – 1

    June 17, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Spring

    Much Too Powerful a Knock…

    June 3, 2014 /

    The subject here is as straightforward as it gets: a wall, framed by rusted metal edges, and a hole clean enough to suggest sudden, concentrated force. The image works because it refuses embellishment — no dramatic angles, no post-production theatrics, just a direct record of an event’s aftermath. Compositionally, the vertical framing contains the scene like a display case, while the rust on either side breaks the monotony of the pale plaster. The crack lines radiating from the impact point add an organic texture, guiding the viewer’s eye back to the centre. The absence of any human figure allows the imagination to dwell on cause and consequence. From a technical…

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    Which One?

    April 16, 2014

    The Empty Stage

    November 25, 2013

    Fireworks on Film

    January 19, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Paris,  Spring

    Siamese Boats On the Seine River

    June 1, 2014 /

    Two barges, TEMPO and VESTA, lashed together as if bound by some unspoken pact, making their way up the Seine. Seen from above, their pairing creates a symmetry that is almost architectural. The way their bows slice the water in unison feels more like choreography than navigation. The shot was taken from a bridge, directly aligned with their approach, which allowed me to keep both vessels centred and parallel in the frame. That alignment is crucial — a slight offset would have made the composition feel off-balance. Here, the geometry holds everything together: two hulls, two decks, two names, and a doubling of anchor motifs. The light was soft but…

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    Fixing the ship

    August 18, 2021

    A Ryanair Aircraft

    August 21, 2018

    Shooting the Shooter…

    February 12, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Photography,  Spring

    Who Needs A Wedding Photographer Anymore?

    May 29, 2014 /

    I took this picture at a friend’s wedding. Though there was an “official” photographer, almost all of the attendees did their own “service”. They spent the majority of their time (and of their mobiles’ batteries) by obstructing the professionals on duty to get mostly irrelevant and low quality pictures. This is the main reason I chose not do weddings and – in general – ceremonies.

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    Bless or Curse?

    August 12, 2014

    A comfortable chair

    November 8, 2013

    The Expired Film Series – Episode 3 – Ilford HP5 400 – Dec. 2010 shot in August 2023

    August 30, 2023
  • B&W,  Barcelona,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Spring

    The Teleferic de Montjiuc

    May 28, 2014 /

    Towering the Barcelona’s Marina

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    A Single(‘s) Call

    September 24, 2016

    Gary O’ Toole

    July 15, 2017

    The Icecream is ready to be served

    May 8, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    The Skeptical Listener

    May 26, 2014 /

    While a politician addresses his audience, a skeptical listener think of how many times she’ve been there before…

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    A Taxi Night Fleet At Oslo’s Central Station

    September 26, 2014

    Ninja-Turtles?

    April 30, 2014

    When Heroes Come to Town

    April 17, 2019
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Social Control,  Spring

    Whatever You Stand For, Vote!

    May 24, 2014 /

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    Drying Clothes

    March 9, 2021

    Guest Are Welcome!

    December 1, 2014

    Three Tires

    May 18, 2022
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Spring,  Visual

    Somewhere in Japan

    May 19, 2014 /

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    Los Niños y El Tocaor

    October 30, 2017

    A Boat

    September 26, 2019

    On The Rocks

    August 13, 2014
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