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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Garages&Labs,  People,  Portraits,  Rome,  Winter

    The Angel Maker

    February 25, 2014 /

    There are some things you only find in Rome. Down a narrow street behind the Teatro di Pompeo, inside a studio that smells of dust, turpentine and time, I watched a man restoring angels. Not metaphorically—literally. Plaster cherubs laid out across the table, grey with primer, one mid-stroke under his steady brush. The place looked more like a reliquary than a workshop. And in a way, it was. He’s a master restorer. The kind of figure you expect in an old Fellini film, surrounded by faded tapestries, cracked frames, and gold leaf so fine it breathes when you exhale near it. But this wasn’t a scene. This was a day’s…

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    The Expired Film Series – Episode 2 – Ilford XP2Super 400 – Nov. 2017 shot in May 2023

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    July 27, 2014

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    April 25, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Landscape,  Photography,  Winter

    Italy, Landscape Photography and the Law – Part Two

    February 23, 2014 /

    In a previous post I addressed some of the legal issues involved in Landscape Photography where copyright was willfully not mentioned: since copyright is an outcome of human creativity who might ever think of imposing it over a landscape? Well, as much as it sounds crazy, somebody did it: on 2o11 the Town of San Quirico d’Orcia, in Tuscany, passed a local regulation that copyrights landscape images and artistic, cultural, environmental and architectural “stuff”, making mandatory pro shooter to ask for an authorization before starting their sessions. This local regulation is simply illegal, because “copyright” implies an act of creativity, while the landscape in itself doesn’t (unless you believe in…

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    A Rusted Window

    September 11, 2014

    Out for a While

    September 26, 2013

    The Wild Bunch

    September 30, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Winter

    A Zen Garden?

    February 22, 2014 /

    Not very, actually…

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    The Expired Film Series – Episode 4 – Ferrania Solaris 100 – Dec. 2006 shot in August 2023

    September 3, 2023

    Walking Table in via Cornaggia

    March 22, 2014

    Waiting for the Justice to Arrive

    March 11, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Garbage,  Past&Relics,  Winter

    The Arson

    February 21, 2014 /

    Nobody seems to care…

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    Pentax – In Praise of Usability of Cameras and Lenses

    March 3, 2024

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    November 30, 2024

    Max Casacci – Live@Circolo Aternino, Pescara

    January 4, 2018
  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Winter

    Hanging Clothes

    February 18, 2014 /

    Waiting to dry…

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

    June 10, 2013

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    August 5, 2013

    Street Magic@Nagoya Castle

    July 21, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Winter

    A Floating Crate

    February 15, 2014 /

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    Stand-up, Sugar!

    March 8, 2014

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    January 22, 2013

    Light Dance in Hamburg

    April 6, 2018
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Visual,  Winter

    Wrecked Hull

    February 14, 2014 /

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    March 2, 2014

    Italian Boxing Amateur Championship 2018. The Reportage

    December 18, 2018

    The Elders’ Council

    June 29, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Winter

    A Relaxed Call

    February 12, 2014 /

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    June 11, 2015

    The Oslo Opera House

    October 24, 2014

    An Old Wi(n)dow

    November 17, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  People,  Winter

    The Fisherman’s Knots

    February 11, 2014 /

    In an age of automation, efficiency, and scale, this image restores dignity to the gesture of the hand. The photograph captures a fisherman absorbed in the ancient ritual of mending his net—a task as old as seafaring itself. His fingers, calloused and sure, draw thread through mesh with the concentration of a craftsman rather than a labourer. There is no sea in sight, only scaffolding, plastic tape, and the anonymous infrastructure of a modern dock. Yet this contrast only strengthens the narrative: amid industrial noise, a human persists in doing things slowly, correctly, traditionally. The net becomes more than a tool—it is sustenance, memory, continuity. Every knot ties past to…

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    February 28, 2013

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    March 17, 2015

    A Sound Engineer

    March 10, 2016
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Blowin in the Wind

    February 8, 2014 /

    Hopefully, he shouldn’t fall on the ground…

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    The Fisherman’s Knots

    February 11, 2014

    A Seagull in Rome

    June 28, 2013

    On The Rocks

    August 13, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Social Control,  Urban Landscape,  Winter

    Just a soccer field… Part 3

    February 5, 2014 /

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    March 24, 2014

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    August 11, 2013

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    July 24, 2017
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Photography,  Reportage,  Social Control,  Urban Landscape,  Winter

    Just a soccer field… Part 2

    February 4, 2014 /

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    March 16, 2013

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    March 15, 2014

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  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Parks,  Reportage,  Social Control,  Winter

    Just a Soccer Field… Part 1

    February 3, 2014 /

    Just a soccer field… the only place where freedom lasts, but just for the time of a match.

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    December 11, 2014

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    September 25, 2014

    Saving the Boat

    December 11, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Photography,  Winter

    Good Idea

    January 31, 2014 /

    … bad execution. The shot would have been acceptable if the head of the fisherman had the sky as a background instead of the bow.

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    February 17, 2013

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    August 23, 2018
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Docks,  People,  Winter

    Rest on the Docks

    January 30, 2014 /

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    November 18, 2013

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    December 29, 2012

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    April 10, 2015
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Winter

    W Verdi

    January 29, 2014 /

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    July 18, 2013

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    April 28, 2019

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    December 21, 2012
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Garbage,  Milan,  Winter

    Lost Cigarettes at Piazza Affari

    January 22, 2014 /

    The Milan Stock-Exchange is just closed, another stressful day is gone, so are the cigarettes

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    Mulberry Street, When Benito II Was Still There…

    July 7, 2014

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    April 13, 2013

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    August 13, 2014
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Winter

    Let’s get the party started…

    January 20, 2014 /

    You never know… maybe some fish might slip from the fishermen’s hands!

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    September 1, 2014

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    April 11, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Winter

    The Guardian

    January 19, 2014 /

    Not scaring as a Pitbull would, but still deserving to be handled with care… He didn’t move. Not even when I approached with the camera. Not even when I paused to adjust the lens. He just stared—calm, unblinking, sure of his place. This photo was taken outside a closed wooden structure. Maybe a seasonal shack, maybe a beachside store. The railings were weathered, the wood silvered by sun and salt. Everything about the setting felt unfinished, in-between. Except for him. The black cat sat at the centre like he’d been assigned the role. Not hiding, not curious—just there. Positioned perfectly in the geometry of the fence, flanked by empty space…

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    November 18, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Late Night Arrival at Bertinoro’s Castle

    January 15, 2014 /

    Hopefully the janitor is still awake…

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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Winter

    Fisherman’s Friend

    January 10, 2014 /

    When the course is set back to the dock, at night, there is no better friend than this twin masts to show the way.

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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Winter

    Riviera Life

    January 9, 2014 /

    Nothing to do with Caro Emerald’s tune. Life on a fishing boat isn’t exactly a holiday…

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  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Patisserie,  Winter

    A chocolaterie in Bruxelles

    January 6, 2014 /

    What an elegant chocolatier!

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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Landscape,  Winter

    A Tree through the Fog

    January 5, 2014 /

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