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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Seasons,  Summer

    Smile!

    August 7, 2013 /

    Smile! It’s contagious!

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    An Early Morning Fishing Expedition

    July 29, 2014

    Ugo Pagliai – Romeo e Giulietta@Teatro Marrucino

    March 29, 2022

    The Watchdogs

    February 9, 2017
  • B&W,  Beach&Shores,  Daily photo,  People,  Seasons,  Summer

    Early Morning Shaving on The Beach

    August 6, 2013 /

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    Posing at Milan’s Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

    October 1, 2018

    On the Edge of the World

    April 22, 2014

    The Sorcerer’s Shop

    November 1, 2016
  • 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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    Running On The (Oslo’s) Docks

    September 28, 2014

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

    January 23, 2016

    True Leather (Saved by Photoshop’s Crop)

    January 18, 2016
  • 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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    DSLR-like…?

    March 21, 2025

    The Porter

    July 3, 2015

    How to Shoot Stand-up Paddle Competitions

    April 29, 2024
  • 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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    Urban Desolation

    September 18, 2014

    Photography and the Importance of a Proper Training

    April 23, 2024

    Mistress Of Puppets

    April 30, 2017
  • 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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    Toxic Waste in Open Air

    August 31, 2021

    The Straycat

    December 3, 2013

    The TelcoMan

    January 26, 2015
  • 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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    Almost Spotted

    February 27, 2014

    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Italy Beach Soccer Team’s Goalkeeper (and a primer on sport photography, part 2)

    September 24, 2015

    Restaurant or Hellgate?

    June 21, 2013
  • 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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    Life is a bitch

    May 22, 2013

    Once A God

    July 15, 2014

    A Mini At The Garage

    June 16, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Social Control,  Summer

    Crowd Control

    July 16, 2013 /

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    The Last Icecream?

    October 30, 2013

    A Missed Pricetag?

    January 29, 2013

    Sting of the Vespa

    March 7, 2025
  • 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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    Wasubot. A Stiff Organ Player@Tsukuba

    June 21, 2018

    Bronine Volkit Camera Hub. Mixed feelings

    November 30, 2021

    The Taste Master

    March 2, 2014
  • 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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    Yet Another WDISF Post

    May 5, 2024

    Dark Omen

    December 31, 2021

    High-Tech Elder Care Tool

    April 2, 2013
  • 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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    Fishing Shelter Under The Bridge

    September 4, 2014

    Gloves

    October 19, 2014

    Iron Gate

    May 2, 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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    Now You See It…Street Juggler at a Red Light in Barcelona

    June 16, 2014

    Just A Phone Call – 1

    February 18, 2015

    Stand-up, Sugar!

    March 8, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Seasons,  Shops,  Summer

    The Smoke Teacher

    July 1, 2013 /

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    @Rome Maker Faire – 1

    October 9, 2014

    Busy

    January 8, 2013

    St. Peter in Background

    December 5, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Seasons,  Summer

    The Elders’ Council

    June 29, 2013 /

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    Next Time, Maybe…

    January 12, 2014

    Under an Old Roof

    May 22, 2014

    The Oslo Opera House

    October 24, 2014
  • 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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    Leo Gullotta – Bartleby lo scrivano@Teatro Marrucino

    March 15, 2022

    Portrait of a Perinatal Cardiologist

    July 11, 2014

    Another attempt at DLSR film scanning

    January 21, 2023
  • 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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    The Waiting

    December 23, 2012

    Steve Hackett – Live@Teatro d’Annunzio

    July 8, 2017

    Stand-up, Sugar!

    March 8, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Seasons,  Summer

    The Sailor

    June 24, 2013 /

    Hey, there’s no water straight there!

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    Staged?

    February 16, 2016

    Rocco Zifarelli, Jeff Berlin, Beth&Danny Gottlieb, Gabriela Sinagra

    June 10, 2013

    Waiting To Board At Santa Margherita Ligure

    August 16, 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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    Las Ramblas’ Lifestyle

    April 18, 2014

    Processing a DSLR Digitised Black and White Film with Affinity Photo

    January 24, 2023

    A Sound Engineer

    March 10, 2016
  • 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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    Suspicious

    December 2, 2014

    An illuminated escape path will help you to reach the exits …

    November 10, 2013

    The Spanish Sense of Flesh – 2

    June 28, 2014
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