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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Garages&Labs,  Photography,  Spring

    Leica Shop @ Strada Maggiore

    May 11, 2017 /

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    On The Rocks

    August 13, 2014

    Zombie

    March 4, 2021

    Who Is The Machine?

    August 5, 2019
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  Spring

    Mistress Of Puppets

    April 30, 2017 /

    I titled this one Mistress of Puppets. A nod, of course, to the Metallica anthem where the master pulls the strings, controls the fate of others—merciless, mechanical, in charge. But in this frame, the dynamic is flipped. The puppet isn’t controlled. She’s in control. Shot through a shop window, the mannequin doesn’t stand, she sits—curled into herself in an oddly introspective pose. Not a gesture of command, but of knowing. Dressed in soft florals, faceless but not neutral. The glass between us acts like a screen, a membrane, a boundary between worlds—hers synthetic, silent, and oddly powerful; ours fast, distracted, and easily led. Because really, who’s manipulating whom? She doesn’t speak.…

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    Guess Who’s the Human?

    October 12, 2013

    Hangmen

    May 21, 2013

    AI or not AI?

    October 3, 2023
  • Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Patisserie,  Spring

    The Quest for Belgian Chocolate…

    April 11, 2017 /

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    Half a Bridge

    October 16, 2016

    An Early Morning Fishing Expedition

    July 29, 2014

    National Security

    April 4, 2014
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  Seasons

    The Sorcerer’s Shop

    November 1, 2016 /

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    Andrea Monti

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    The Lost Garage

    July 8, 2013

    One Shot Story: (Un)Available Coin Lockers at Shin Osaka Station

    December 22, 2024

    Impatience

    February 6, 2013
  • Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  London,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer

    Late Night Conversation at Cardinal’s Wharf

    September 29, 2016 /

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    Using a 1960 Leica Elmarit 90/2,8 on a Fuji X-T3

    April 5, 2021

    Inside a Master Luthier’s Workshop

    July 24, 2025

    Urban Desolation

    September 18, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  Shops,  Stockholm,  Winter

    A Special Dress for a Special Party

    July 6, 2016 /

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    Some odd outcomes from a photo recovering attempt using an AI

    July 13, 2025

    Gary O’ Toole

    July 15, 2017

    No time for lunch at Piazza Fiume …

    February 20, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Downtown,  Garages&Labs,  Lines,  Rome,  Spring

    Frames for Sale at Via Margutta

    May 2, 2016 /

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    Different Paths

    December 26, 2012

    Bent

    April 21, 2014

    A relic from the (recent) past

    April 30, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome,  Winter

    A coffee at Saint Eustachio’s

    February 4, 2016 /

    This photo is taken with an X-E2 coupled with a Zeiss Planar 50/1,5, manually focused. Although the visible purple shift in the face of the barman is still visible, it doesn’t change the quality of the colours rendition.

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    Off Duty

    September 4, 2015

    Lost In Barcelona’s Beauty

    June 13, 2014

    A Shadow

    July 24, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  Rome,  Winter

    Sales Force

    January 28, 2016 /

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    Just Another Piccadilly Circus’ View

    September 20, 2016

    Last Puff Before the Ride

    December 26, 2015

    Inside the Nazario Sauro

    August 10, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  Gear,  People,  Rome,  Winter

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

    January 23, 2016 /

    …but actually with a 23mm (35mm equivalent, cropped.) It’s not just a shopping street. It’s a stage. Look closer: this frame holds a silent performance — a subtle interplay of desire, decision, and doubt. Three women stand just outside the warmth of the boutique, their eyes fixed on mannequins who, ironically, seem far more confident than the living observers. The mannequin inside strikes a bold pose, clad in red and certainty. The women outside? Bundled in coats, their body language somewhere between ambivalence and negotiation. On the far left, another kind of window. A glowing child’s fantasy, plastered with Disney’s “Frozen” — a reminder of simpler times, when wanting something…

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    Slow Walk at Mulberry St.

    January 16, 2014

    Christmas Time at Covent Garden

    December 25, 2013

    My camera’s early test shots

    December 20, 2012
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome,  Winter

    A Nikon’s Portrait Made With a Fuji

    January 14, 2016 /

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    The El Prat’s Lounge

    June 5, 2014

    Fujifilm X-T3 Video Cheat Sheet

    September 5, 2021

    A Fujifilm X-E1 Annoyance

    April 15, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    Reflexes

    December 30, 2015 /

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    Too Big To Be Dumped

    January 10, 2015

    Lockpicking Tools

    December 11, 2018

    Soldering

    November 8, 2021
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    Busy

    December 24, 2015 /

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    The Bell Ringer of Nikko

    August 6, 2018

    Bus Driver

    September 16, 2016

    A Fisherman

    August 29, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Streets&Squares

    One Coffee

    December 20, 2015 /

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    The Coffin

    December 12, 2015

    Los niños y el tocaor

    October 30, 2017

    Too Noisy

    May 24, 2013
  • Colour,  Milan,  OutOfFocus,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Summer

    A (Out-of-Focus) Break Between Lunch and Supper

    December 8, 2015 /

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    A Seagull in Rome

    June 28, 2013

    Alone

    December 31, 2017

    Damned Pidgeons…

    October 8, 2017
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    Cold Stuff

    November 28, 2015 /

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    People

    December 21, 2012

    Much Too Short a Ladder

    October 17, 2013

    A Zen Garden?

    February 22, 2014
  • Autumn,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Patisserie,  People

    Belgian Chocolate – Godiva

    November 20, 2015 /

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    Audience

    February 20, 2014

    A Fujifilm X-E1 Annoyance

    April 15, 2014

    Hanging News

    June 18, 2013
  • Autumn,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Jewelry,  People

    The Jewels Sale

    November 18, 2015 /

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    An attempt at DSLR-made film digitization

    January 14, 2023

    Phone Call – 2

    February 20, 2015

    Pipes in Colour

    May 1, 2015
  • Autumn,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Patisserie,  People

    Belgian Chocolate – Neuhaus

    November 16, 2015 /

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    Blob

    January 4, 2014

    Portrait of a Lawyer

    October 5, 2013

    Italian Boxing Amateur Championship 2018. The Reportage

    December 18, 2018
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar

    A Lamp

    November 14, 2015 /

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    Late Night@Piazza San Babila

    March 9, 2022

    Night Serenade

    September 12, 2013

    Arrested Behind the Door

    March 29, 2015
  • Autumn,  Bookstores,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Seasons

    Glancing Books

    November 12, 2015 /

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    The Coffin

    December 12, 2015

    A comfortable chair

    November 8, 2013

    Footprints

    March 27, 2021
  • Autumn,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Groceries,  People

    Fancy a Beer?

    November 10, 2015 /

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    Mandatory Photo Position

    August 3, 2019

    A Lonely Table

    March 8, 2015

    The dilemma

    January 11, 2013
  • Autumn,  Bruxelles,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Patisserie,  People

    Sweet Dilemma

    November 4, 2015 /

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    The Silent Dialog

    August 31, 2013

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

    January 23, 2016

    5 Frames from our Tragic Past Shot with an iPhone 14 Pro Max

    April 4, 2025
  • Bruxelles,  Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Patisserie,  Winter

    Belgian Macarons

    November 2, 2015 /

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    Padua, a photographer’s goldmine

    October 31, 2024

    Galaxy S21 Ultra 5g. The difference between Marketing and Reality in Image Quality

    January 24, 2021

    Thirsty

    June 10, 2014
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