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  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Seasons,  Winter

    Should I Seat?

    December 15, 2021 /

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    A Step Ahead

    October 8, 2022

    Sideways Through the Tunnel

    April 5, 2013

    Macarons. Again

    October 23, 2015
  • Airport,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Lines,  Winter

    Landing

    December 4, 2021 /

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    Sega Codemaster

    November 21, 2017

    After the Party

    December 16, 2013

    Questioning the Referee

    October 8, 2023
  • Daily photo,  Gear,  Winter

    Bronine Volkit Camera Hub. Mixed feelings

    November 30, 2021 /

    The picture is self-eplaining. Patona batteries show odd parameters, while a Nikon original battery is more in line with the declared specs. This is by no way a reliable experiment, as the batteries’ state is not comparable. I will continue experimenting with different models because these results are pretty odd. However I can not blame Patona for the outcomes, for the bromine volkit itself might be defective and a fair comparison should be based upon batteries handled similarly.

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    Waiting For The Elections

    June 24, 2014

    The Alchoolist’s garbage

    March 5, 2013

    Red Beam

    October 24, 2023
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Lines,  People,  Winter

    A Skateboarder

    November 23, 2021 /

    I took this shot with a long lens, standing just far enough back to flatten the scene and compress the zig-zag of the bike lane into a graphic, winding ribbon. What drew me to the moment was the contrast between the physical tension of the skateboarder’s posture and the rigid lines of the urban environment. He’s caught mid-shift — arms out, knees bent, entirely present in his balance. No theatricality, no posing. Just rhythm and gravity. The geometry of the path worked as an unintentional compositional gift. The white lines, curved rails, and signage almost funnel the viewer’s attention into the skater’s hunched figure. A classic leading-lines scenario, but more…

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    Waiting For The Patrons – 1

    June 17, 2015

    A Silohuette on the Bridge

    March 3, 2014

    Just a soccer field… Part 2

    February 4, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Winter

    After Heat, Structure

    November 12, 2021 /

    I made this photograph  handheld, late afternoon. The car was still warm. Fire had done what fire does: reduced all function to form, all value to surface. What remained was metal, glass, ash—and light. I chose a shallow angle, head-on through the front windscreen, to confront the wreckage as directly as possible. The lens was at roughly 60mm, allowing a slight compression of space. I focused on the mid-depth—the charred dashboard—so the frame reads in layers: foreground (rust and blistered bonnet), middle (molten plastic and exposed seat frames), background (burned upholstery, collapsed interior geometry). Each plane tells a different part of the story. The light was flat, which helped. No…

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    Leo Gullotta – Bartleby lo scrivano@Teatro Marrucino

    March 15, 2022

    The Day of the Zombies

    October 23, 2016

    A Moto Guzzi Falcone and an Expired Kodak Portra 160 Roll

    October 25, 2025
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Winter

    Black Cat

    October 31, 2021 /

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    Knocking on lion’s door

    April 22, 2013

    Tour Saint-Jacques, Standby

    March 27, 2014

    Shooting Sanda (Chinese Kickboxing) Bouts

    June 26, 2025
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Garbage,  Winter

    Toxic Waste in Open Air

    August 31, 2021 /

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    Street Compass Rose

    September 25, 2013

    When We Were Kids

    August 18, 2013

    5 frames with a Voigtländer Bessa R2, a Nokton 35/1,4 and a roll of an expired Kodak Portra 160

    July 11, 2024
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Winter

    Fixing the ship

    August 18, 2021 /

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    Next Time, Maybe…

    January 12, 2014

    Renovating Milan

    November 18, 2017

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

    October 12, 2013
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Winter

    A ‘Trabocco’ on the Adriatic Sea

    April 20, 2021 /

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    Alien Veins

    December 3, 2014

    A Broken Gearwheel

    August 27, 2014

    Love is like a flower

    May 18, 2013
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Seasons,  Winter

    Deserved Rest

    March 21, 2021 /

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    The Watchman (Street-Photography Shortcuts)

    January 21, 2016

    VueScan and the missed Bits-per-pixel

    December 1, 2013

    Taking-Off

    April 15, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Docks,  People,  Skating,  Winter

    A Street-Skater on the Waterfront

    March 17, 2021 /

    I came across him by the harbour on a day when the wind carried the smell of salt and diesel from the moored fishing boats. He wasn’t performing for an audience—just skating alone, immersed in his own rhythm. His movements were sharp but fluid, somewhere between dance and martial art. I wanted to capture that moment when the body leans into balance, teetering on the edge of a fall but never crossing it. The setting presented an immediate visual contrast: the fluidity of his posture against the static, almost heavy backdrop of the docked ships. I framed him to the left, letting the background breathe, so that the masts, ropes,…

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    A creative approach to zone focusing with superfast manual lenses and mirrorless cameras in street photography

    September 28, 2024

    Zebra Crossing, Again…

    June 22, 2014

    The EOS-M just sucks

    July 18, 2013
  • Buildings,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Gates&Fences,  Winter

    Open Interior

    March 14, 2021 /

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    Late Night Conversation at Cardinal’s Wharf

    September 29, 2016

    The Wild Bunch

    September 30, 2014

    A Manual-Focus Atteimpt on a Moving Target

    July 26, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fountains,  Winter

    Splinter

    March 13, 2021 /

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    Shooting the Shooter…

    February 12, 2013

    The Watchdogs

    February 9, 2017

    A Puff of Smoke

    August 29, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Winter

    Drying Clothes

    March 9, 2021 /

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    Watching the Eiffel Tower

    October 14, 2013

    We Are All Made of Stars

    February 28, 2018

    The Driver

    August 8, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    The Last Journey Of An Hero of Italian Motoring

    March 7, 2021 /

    Behold, the Fiat 500. Not the modern one that’s all airbags and Bluetooth and makes you feel like a fashion blogger. No, this is the real thing. The original. The glorious, underpowered, unapologetically tinny Italian shoebox. And look at it now—strapped to the back of a truck like a pensioner wheeled out of the bingo hall for the last time. Rusted. Flat-tyred. Beaten. Magnificent. I spotted it being hauled away through a southern Italian town, and frankly, I nearly wept. This was once the car that got a nation moving. The people’s Ferrari. The automotive embodiment of an espresso shot. And now? A hunk of oxidised metal destined for the…

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    Snaps of a Flamenco recital…

    April 26, 2013

    Everything is ready for the service

    July 2, 2013

    The Stupidity of Being Stubborn

    August 31, 2024
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Uninterested

    March 2, 2021 /

    No glance. No nod. Just two people moving through the same space, as if the other didn’t exist. This was taken on a beach that should have felt wide open, maybe even freeing—but something about the moment made it feel small, enclosed. The boy looks down at his phone. The girl walks past him, eyes fixed forward. Neither slows. Neither turns. They’re metres apart, yet orbiting separate worlds. I didn’t ask for this scene. It unfolded on its own. A brief choreography of disconnection. Their postures say enough: one drawn into a screen, the other into her own stride. There’s no hostility here—just absence. A quiet kind of loneliness, the…

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    Red Wine Makes Good Blood…

    April 27, 2014

    Negrita’s Cover Band

    September 19, 2013

    Late Night@Piazza San Babila

    March 9, 2022
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Winter

    Pensive

    February 26, 2021 /

    Manual focus needs practice. This photo would have been better if I framed also the top of the cabin and focused better the person.

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    Life And Work On A Fishing Boat

    January 9, 2014

    A Fountain’s Jet

    April 12, 2021

    @Rome Maker Faire – 5. Pensive

    October 18, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Streets&Squares,  Technique,  Winter

    A Skater

    February 23, 2021 /

    Framing the whole statue would have made this photo better. The mistake was caused by the necessity to shoot fast, the lens’ field of view and the distance between the subject and the focal plane.

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    In a yellowtone…

    September 17, 2013

    An Open Gate

    January 13, 2015

    Freeze!

    December 19, 2014
  • Bridges,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Winter

    A Droplet

    February 21, 2021 /

    Sometimes the most unassuming subjects hold the greatest visual intrigue. A Droplet invites us to pause before a corroded pipe, its mouth fringed with moss and decay, and notice the minute beads of water suspended in time. The scene is humble, even neglected, yet it carries a quiet dignity — a testament to the slow, unrelenting processes of nature reclaiming the man-made. From a compositional standpoint, the photographer has made the astute decision to centre the pipe, drawing the eye directly to the mossy rim and the droplets. The shallow depth of field isolates the subject from the textured wall behind it, giving the image a pleasing three-dimensionality. The fine…

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    Reflexes

    December 30, 2015

    Opposites

    February 3, 2013

    The Day of the Zombies

    October 23, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  Winter

    A Rudder

    February 19, 2021 /

    Pentax K-1/smc Pentax-A 135/2,8

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    Belgian Macarons

    November 2, 2015

    Out-of-Focus Once Again

    February 28, 2015

    Should I Seat?

    December 15, 2021
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Visual,  Winter

    A Mesh

    February 16, 2021 /

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    Macarons. Again

    October 23, 2015

    Harley-Davidson: Chrome And Presence

    December 24, 2018

    Not A Photography Anymore

    September 22, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fountains,  Visual,  Winter

    An Essay on Composition

    February 14, 2021 /

    This photograph began with geometry, but it ended up being about contradiction. Sand, marble, sea—each a distinct texture, each performing under different rules. It’s not a landscape and it’s not abstract, but it borrows from both. The diagonal lines, the flattened depth, the conflict between order and erosion—all deliberate, but not staged. I rotated the frame on purpose. The eye expects a horizon, some gravitational anchor, but here that’s denied. The marble slabs—cold, precise, quarried and arranged—seem to float or fall, depending on how you orient yourself. The band of sand running diagonally across the frame interrupts their perfection with a tactile, natural disorder: dunes formed by wind, not by…

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    Between Sea and Sky

    February 12, 2015

    Al Di Meola, Peo Alfonsi, Sergio Martinez – Live @ Teatro della Villa Comunale – Roseto degli Abruzzi

    July 30, 2025

    The Lost Lock

    June 12, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Winter

    A Lockheed C-130 Hercules

    January 31, 2021 /

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    The Casual Observer

    September 5, 2013

    EOS-M. An Act of Fairness

    July 24, 2013

    Nagoya’s reportage featured in The Good Life

    October 29, 2020
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Kite Surf,  Seasons,  Sport,  Technique,  Winter

    Kite Surfer Under Duress

    January 29, 2021 /

    The wind was already rising when I reached the beach. Grey sky, hard light, the kind of day most people read from behind a window. But the kitesurfers were already out—lines taut, boards skipping through the chop. What always strikes me about this scene isn’t just the colour of the kites against a flat sky, or the sharp angles they carve into the wind—it’s the resolve. They know what they’re getting into. The cold. The salt in their eyes. The bruises. And they do it anyway. Because this is when it’s real. That’s what drew me to raise the camera. The same drive, maybe. You don’t wait for golden hour.…

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    Inside a Master Luthier’s Workshop

    July 24, 2025

    Perfectly Framed

    November 26, 2015

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

    August 30, 2023
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