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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Garages&Labs

    Harley-Davidson: Chrome And Presence

    December 24, 2018 /

    I shot this in a garage, mid-morning, using natural light filtered through a high side window. The intention was not documentation but compression—pulling a Harley-Davidson’s surface tension into a single diagonal, letting the chrome dominate the field without drowning in reflection. I placed the lens close, short telephoto range, aperture wide enough to throw the background car into softness without losing the suggestion of shape. The Porsche headlights were a deliberate inclusion. They echo the round mirrors and instrument cluster. Mechanically different machines, visually rhymed. The tank occupies the lower third, its curve breaking the flow of lines from lever to throttle. Shadow and reflection cross it diagonally, giving volume…

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    A Nikon’s Portrait Made With a Fuji

    January 14, 2016

    Asimo’s Ancestor@Tsukuba World1985 Expo

    June 30, 2018

    Max Gazzè Tour 2016 Live @Pescara

    February 1, 2016
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Garages&Labs,  Odds,  Summer

    Claws of Fire

    September 27, 2017 /

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    Food For Thought

    September 14, 2014

    @Rome Maker Faire – 3. Stare Of The Mechanical Man

    October 13, 2014

    Windows

    September 15, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Garages&Labs,  Photography,  Spring

    Leica Shop @ Strada Maggiore

    May 11, 2017 /

    The red Leica circle glows against the darkness, a beacon above a shuttered storefront. Below, the metal grate closes the shop to the street, yet faint reflections and hints of light bleed through—an illuminated mask on one side, a small display on the other. The brand’s prestige is reduced to fragments, glimpsed through barriers. Composition is strict and minimal. The glowing round sign sits high in the frame, commanding attention as the only strong colour against black. The shutter’s horizontal lines dominate the lower half, flattening depth and insisting on closure. Within that darkness, however, faint details emerge—faces, objects, light—making the viewer lean closer, as if to pry open the…

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    Kite Surfer Under Duress

    January 29, 2021

    Where Did I Left My Car?

    April 2, 2015

    A Great Marketing Stunt

    May 27, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Downtown,  Garages&Labs,  Lines,  Rome,  Spring

    Frames for Sale at Via Margutta

    May 2, 2016 /

    I was walking along Via Margutta when the geometry in this shop window stopped me cold. Two empty frames leaned against the glass, one upright, the other tilted sharply as though it had slipped out of formation. Behind them, more frames receded into the dim interior, creating an optical echo — rectangles within rectangles, stretching away into the dark. I shot it in black and white film, embracing the grain and high contrast that the low light demanded. The texture is almost intrusive, but it adds a grit that feels appropriate for a street scene late in the evening. Exposure was tricky: I wanted to preserve the fluorescent highlights inside…

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    Tired or Fascinated?

    October 21, 2013

    Footprints

    March 27, 2021

    Where Did I Left My Car?

    April 2, 2015
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Garages&Labs,  People,  Winter

    The True Ironman

    March 4, 2015 /

      Not in a cave. Not in a suit. No arc reactor. Just grit, weight, and heat. This is a portrait of a welder—not fictional, not cinematic, but real. And yet, standing behind the mask, lit by the fierce white arc of molten metal, it’s hard not to think of Iron Man. Not the one flying through CGI skies, but the original scene: sparks, shadows, invention by necessity. But this isn’t fantasy. This is work. The man in the photo is sculpting structure with his hands, joining steel under blinding light. Every gesture is deliberate. Every spark, a fragment of labour. The mask doesn’t make him a superhero. It protects him—barely—from…

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    The Chicken

    September 10, 2014

    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Italian Female Rowing Team

    October 7, 2015

    A Nikon’s Portrait Made With a Fuji

    January 14, 2016
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Garages&Labs,  Winter

    What Lasts of A Workbench

    February 22, 2015 /

    Shot on 35mm film, this frame shows what remains of a once-active workspace—dust settled, air hoses tangled, the table cluttered in quiet disarray. I was drawn to the repetition of the coiled tubing, which leads the eye through the composition like a question mark—where did the work go? Technically, the image leans heavily on contrast. The film’s grain structure reinforces the tactile feel of the setting: the rusted corrugated metal, the splintered table legs, the pitted concrete. Exposure runs slightly hot in the highlights, but it works here. The wall texture and tool remnants need that brightness to emerge from the shadows. Compositionally, the corner perspective introduces depth without dramatics.…

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    Portrait of a Lawyer

    October 5, 2013

    Settled in the wrong place

    January 11, 2017

    A pouch for the Fuji XF 150-600

    May 16, 2023
  • 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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    Behind the News

    June 25, 2013

    Ugo Pagliai – Romeo e Giulietta@Teatro Marrucino

    March 29, 2022

    Lost In Barcelona’s Beauty

    June 13, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Garages&Labs,  Rome,  Shops

    The Restorer’s Nest

    June 27, 2013 /

    Bringing back to life what was nearly lost

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    The Google Experiment

    February 1, 2014

    The Shoesfixer

    September 7, 2014

    Fujifilm XF 18-120 just snapped in two

    September 10, 2023
  • Bottles&Cups,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Garages&Labs,  Projects

    Coffee Doesn’t Need a Table. It Needs a Moment

    June 17, 2013 /

    I didn’t need to wait for this shot to compose itself—it already had. The empty espresso cup, still fresh with crema residue, sat on the curve of the car roof like it belonged there. No fuss, no coaster, just placed with the kind of instinct that only comes from repetition. Mechanics don’t schedule coffee breaks. They take them where they stand. The car’s soft metallic paint reflected just enough light to form a clean, curved foreground. I used a wide aperture to isolate the cup, letting the background—raised vehicles, industrial stairs, soft chaos—bleed into blur. The contrast between the sharp plastic rim and the defocused scene behind it is where…

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    In praise of ‘cheap’ lenses for ‘pro’ works

    April 4, 2021

    Batklubben

    July 23, 2016

    Three Tires

    May 18, 2022
  • Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Garages&Labs,  Projects,  Shops

    A Mini At The Garage

    June 16, 2013 /

    In motorsport, the story is often told on the track—in the blur of speed, the roar of engines, the chase of the apex. But there is another narrative, quieter and equally vital, found in the moments before a car is ready to move again. This photograph of an old Mini Cooper captures that in-between state: the stillness of a machine awaiting service. The perspective is deliberate. We see the car from the rear, centred on the whip antenna and the roofline, framed by the muted geometry of the workshop. Reflections curve across the back glass, warping the ceiling lights into soft arcs—a reminder of the interplay between machine and environment.…

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    A Virtual Glance Dance

    December 28, 2019

    Hard Spam

    April 1, 2013

    A Fishnet – 2

    October 29, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Garages&Labs,  People,  Projects,  Shops

    A quiet watchdog or long-time friend who enjoys some rest??

    May 23, 2013 /

    I was walking through a narrow street in Rome when I saw him—stretched across the threshold of a dusty antiques shop like a soft barricade. Head down, ears flat, but not asleep. Not quite. He was watching with the kind of calm that doesn’t need to prove anything. The Leica M9 was set to zone focus, aperture around f/5.6, and I didn’t have time to fuss. I framed, stepped slightly left to catch the reflections in the glass, and took the shot. The light was diffuse—no harsh shadows, just a steady wash of warmth from the tungsten bulbs inside, softened further by the grey sky outside. The exposure held nicely,…

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    Street Crossing

    September 17, 2014

    The Answer is On the Wall

    August 28, 2020

    Daniele Silvestri – Teatri 2022 – Live@Teatro Massimo, Pescara

    December 16, 2022

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