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

    When We Thought We Would Have Changed The World

    August 21, 2014 /

    I took this photograph at a street market, where these shirts hung in plain view, each one shouting a message of defiance. Slogans, graphics, and colours combined into a tapestry of protest, reminders of a time when politics and identity were worn quite literally on the chest. The immediacy of the words—ribelli sempre, non mi avrete mai come volete voi—speaks of resistance, of collective identity built in opposition to authority. I framed the image tightly to remove context and distractions. The viewer is left with nothing but the shirts, their messages, and the pins holding them up. This close composition turns an everyday street scene into a typographic study. The…

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    Enough…

    March 2, 2013

    Tough Enough

    August 7, 2019

    A sample of the Carl Zeiss Jena 135/F4 Sonnar and a Fuji X-T3

    February 5, 2023
  • Bookstores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  New York,  Spring

    Santino’s Photo& Video at Broadway

    August 7, 2014 /

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    A HDR Experiment

    December 9, 2013

    EOS-M. Tips and Results For Street-Photography

    August 9, 2013

    The Financial Times at Night

    October 1, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    An Attentive Listener

    July 18, 2014 /

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    A Modern Nazca?

    December 4, 2014

    Over There!

    May 29, 2022

    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Beach Wrestlers

    October 21, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  New York,  Spring,  Streets&Squares

    Just Another Times Square View

    July 9, 2014 /

    Memories from the past…

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    The Sentinel

    August 13, 2013

    A Step Ahead

    October 8, 2022

    Waiting for a Future to Tell

    April 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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    A Ryanair Aircraft

    August 21, 2018

    A Red Floating Crate

    February 15, 2014

    A Roller Coaster… A Kind Of

    April 3, 2014
  • Boulevards,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  New York,  Spring

    Arriba El Mexico!

    July 3, 2014 /

    Proud to be a native American!

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    Belgian Chocolate – Godiva

    November 20, 2015

    A Quiet Evening

    June 26, 2013

    Still Ruling The Empire

    February 5, 2022
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring,  Street Markets

    The Spanish Sense of Flesh – 2

    June 28, 2014 /

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    @Rome Maker Faire – 7. Mobile Rest

    October 23, 2014

    Gigi Cifarelli Guitar Solo (feat. Michele Di Toro) – Live@Florian Espace Pescara

    March 8, 2016

    Chasing the Runner

    October 6, 2013
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring,  Street Markets

    The Spanish Sense of Flesh – 1

    June 26, 2014 /

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    Dark Cloud Over San Pietro

    August 27, 2021

    Fancy a beer?

    November 3, 2021

    Hard Worker

    February 9, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    The Unconvinced Listener

    June 25, 2014 /

    This was one of those shots where the scene composed itself. I didn’t need to move much—just recognise and release the shutter. What drew me in was the geometry of the interaction: a makeshift stage, oversaturated lighting washing the performers in synthetic blue, and in the foreground, a single man caught mid-gesture, possibly clapping, possibly holding a phone, or perhaps neither—his posture uncertain and unaligned with the music unfolding metres ahead. The band, framed neatly under the overhang of a modern tram stop, seems to exist in its own world, driven by rhythm, sequins, and stage light bravado. They’re working hard. But the man in the foreground? He’s not buying…

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    Horizon Bending, Again

    April 28, 2014

    When the parking’s lost

    May 16, 2013

    Urban Totem

    April 29, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Social Control,  Spring

    Waiting For The Elections

    June 24, 2014 /

    Shot on a Leica M9 with a Zeiss Biogon 35mm f/2.8, this image is more about suspension than action. The frame holds a waiting posture — literally and metaphorically. No speeches, no slogans, just the inertia of democratic process taking over the political machinery. I wanted to convey stillness without silence. The Biogon’s rendering gave me that microcontrast and edge clarity I rely on when details matter more than gestures. The M9 sensor — as unpredictable as it can be in mixed light — held together the tonal values well here, especially in the midtones. Shadow detail was secondary; this wasn’t about hiding or revealing, but about the unresolved pause…

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    Portrait of a Master luthier

    October 26, 2013

    Bronine Volkit Camera Hub. Mixed feelings

    November 30, 2021

    Portrait of Keyboard Player

    May 18, 2014
  • 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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    Los Niños y El Tocaor

    October 30, 2017

    Parachute

    September 14, 2013

    An Old Lady in Great Shape

    September 23, 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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    Parisian’s Bags

    April 6, 2014

    Pentax k-5 And The Aquapack 458

    August 15, 2014

    The Sharp Shooter

    March 10, 2015
  • Barcelona,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Spring

    Lost In Barcelona’s Beauty

    June 13, 2014 /

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    None of Your Business

    October 2, 2013

    An Essay in Composition

    October 11, 2017

    An Athlete@Stadio Marmi, Rome

    October 11, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Past&Relics,  Spring

    The Lost Lock

    June 12, 2014 /

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    WTF Are They Looking At?

    May 7, 2014

    A Nikon’s Portrait Made With a Fuji

    January 14, 2016

    Meaning in Photography

    March 4, 2020
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fountains,  People,  Spring

    Thirsty

    June 10, 2014 /

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    Guarding Democracy

    June 14, 2023

    Get Ready, Set, Go

    February 2, 2022

    Unattainable 1:1 magnification with the JJC FDA S-1 and Micro Nikkor 60 2,8

    January 29, 2023
  • 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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    An Abandoned Book…

    January 28, 2013

    @Rome Maker Faire – 7. Mobile Rest

    October 23, 2014

    Sales Force

    January 28, 2016
  • 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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    Alone

    December 31, 2017

    Street Of New York… Possibly

    March 21, 2017

    Protezione Civile

    November 12, 2013
  • 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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    Stylemaster

    August 22, 2014

    God Save the Queen!

    September 6, 2014

    Shrinking Knowledge Into A Small Brain

    July 24, 2018
  • 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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    A perfect match

    February 1, 2013

    Pipes in Colour

    May 1, 2015

    No, You Don’t Need To Change Your Glasses

    June 14, 2014
  • 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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    A Pensive Nun

    December 14, 2016

    Barbarians At the Beach

    August 30, 2021

    Leaving The Actor’s Studio

    January 14, 2014
  • B&W,  Barcelona,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Spring

    The Teleferic de Montjiuc

    May 28, 2014 /

    I framed this high, tight, and in monochrome. The tower holds its geometry clean against a washed-out sky, bisected by the tension of support cables that anchor the structure both physically and compositionally. The decision to exclude ground and context wasn’t aesthetic—it was structural. I wanted the image to stand on line, angle, and steel alone. Shot with a mid-telephoto to flatten depth slightly and reduce parallax across the girders. The light was diffuse but not flat. A break in the clouds gave enough gradient to define planes without creating shadow noise. The exposure leaned conservative: highlights retained in the clouds, midtones preserved in the riveted panels and pulleys. No…

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    A Zeppelin in The New York Sky

    July 2, 2014

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

    October 12, 2013

    An urgent phone call?

    December 15, 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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    Duel Inside The Cage

    November 20, 2014

    LP – Live@Anfiteatro La Civitella – The photogallery

    July 11, 2022

    The Spinners

    June 13, 2013
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Social Control,  Spring

    Whatever You Stand For, Vote!

    May 24, 2014 /

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    Handling the Fishnet

    October 28, 2014

    Yes, We…Can

    May 16, 2014

    Via Collina, Empty, From Above

    September 13, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Spring,  Visual

    Somewhere in Japan

    May 19, 2014 /

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    Up Where the World Unfolds

    November 16, 2013

    Kudos to Ricoh

    February 8, 2013

    Still Standing

    March 15, 2014
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